Discourse on the Rising of the Breath (1800) - Page 14

Voice 6 b original: "Svara"; likely a musical or folio marker

The Method for the Teeth

If one desires the teeth and throat to be firm and beautiful, one should wake up early in the morning. Separate the lips and apply the tooth-stick original: "dant-dav"; a twig used as a natural toothbrush to the teeth and throat three times. Hold the mouth full of saliva and then spit it upon the earth. If one cares for the firmness of the teeth in this way, then as long as one lives, the teeth shall not loosen or shake. 18-19.

Regarding the Increase of Flesh

When a person is weak and the body does not gain flesh, all the pain remains and joy is lost. Rinse the mouth early in the morning to wash away the impurities; thus the face becomes clear and pimples are cured. 20.

Regarding the Treatment and Prevention of Eye Diseases

If one has earwax accumulated in the ears, one should attend to it. Rub the palms together with saliva; applying this as an eye-salve original: "anjan"; traditionally a medicinal collyrium, though here the text suggests a folk remedy using one's own warmth and saliva removes much pain from the eyes. 21-22.

Doha
A rhyming couplet used for essential wisdom.
When coldness pervades the limbs, keep the ears protected. This removes the foul smell and heavy humors that would otherwise grow within the body. 23.

On the Description of the Twelve Zodiac Signs Within the Body

Chaupai
A four-line verse structure used for narrative or instructional explanation.
Creation and dissolution happen within the Cosmic Egg original: "and"; refers to the Brahmanda or the microcosm of the human body; the Creator has made all these doors. Some are excellent and some are middling; as the quality Guna The three fundamental tendencies or "threads" that make up reality: balance, activity, and inertia is, so the result shall be. 24. All these zodiac signs original: "rasi" dwell in the sky, in the paths of the seven heavens. There are twenty-eight stations there, according to the measurement of the twenty-eight constellations Nakshatra Lunar mansions or star clusters used in Vedic astrology. 25. Whatever quality exists in a particular station, the constellation is pervaded by that same quality. All twelve zodiac signs are established there, and the nine planets are made to revolve there as well. 26. These are not in the hands of mortal men?; all qualities and stations move together. The wind original: "pavan"; often referring to the breath or the vital force Prana controls the cycle as it moves. 27. It does not remain still in its dwelling; the work of heaven is all one revolving cycle. It is called sixty days and nights; within that time, the entire sky rotates. 28.

Doha
The twelve...