In this episode, Vaidya Mishra talks about Ojas and how it supports our immune system, through the translation of the following Sanskrit verses.
ojaḥ somā ātmakam
|| sushruta samhita. Su.ch.15 ||
The source of ojas is soma.
aṣṭabindu pramāṇaḥ parama ojaḥ |
ardhāñjaliḥ pramāṇaḥ apara ojaḥ || caraka ||
The essential ojas (param) is eight drops
Type II ojas (apar) is a handful
yenaujasā vartayanti prīṇitāḥ sarvadehinaḥ |
yadṛte sarvabhūtānāṁ jīvitaṁ nāvatiṣṭhate ||9||
yat sāramādau garbhasya yattadbharrasādrasaḥ |
saṁvartamānaṁ hṛdayaṁ samāviśati yat purā ||10||
yasya nāśāttu nāśo'sti dhāri yaddhṛdayāśritam |
yaccharīrarasasnehaḥ prāṇā yatra pratiṣṭhitāḥ ||11||
tatphalā bahudhā vā tāḥ phalantīva (ti) mahāphalāh |
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