Last evening I had written about dinacharya, ritu charya, traya
upastambha etc. Skipping the first two I want to focus over the traya
upastambha (three sub pillars) i.e. Aahara (food), nidra (sleep), abramhacharya
(sex).
Tritayam cha idam upastmbhanam aaharah swapnoabrrahmacharyam
cha.
Ebhih yukti
yuktaihupastabdham upastambhaih sariram bala barna upachya
upachitam
anuvartate yavat ayushah samskarah..
Three upstambha (sub pillars) are described in Ayurveda called
Aahara, Nidra and Abramhacharya. The body will remain full of bala (power),
barna (looks) and pusti (nourishment) till the end of life.
Before describing the Aahara (food), we have to take into
consideration, “Mandagnau sarva rogaah”. All
diseases arise from Mandagni (low agni).
Agni is 13 in number. 5 mahabhootagni (from earth, water, fire,
air, ether), 7 dhatu agni ( from Rasa, Rakta, Mamsa, Meda, Asthi, Majja, Sukra)
and above all the Jatharagni, the fire of the intestine.
Again to high light the importance of Agni (power of
appetite and digestion) they say
Valam aarogyam ayuscha pranascha agnau pratisthhita.
Annapaana indhanaischa agnih jalati byeti anyatha..
Vala (energy), aarogya (good health), ayu (life), prana (the
energy of life) are nourished by Agni. Aahara is the fuel to keep the fire
burning. Absence of fuel will calm down the Agni.
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