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290 bination with the aggravated bodily fire ( Káya-Agni ) produces the symptoms of intoxication and unconciousness, etc. ( Mada ) in a foolish person taking it without food or in an empty stomach and in an inordinate quantity. 5.

Evil effects of Drinking:— Excessive drinking, produces incidental nescience which gradually creeps into and clouds the sense-perceptions, destroying all power of self control (control over the sense-organs) and giving publicity to the innermost thoughts (in the mind) of the intoxicated person. 6.

Three stages of Alcoholic Intoxication: — There are three stages of intoxication — viz., the first, the second or intermidate and the third or last. The first or preliminary stage ( of intoxication ) is marked by an exhilarated state of mind with increased valour, and conviviality as well as satisfaction and talkativeness, etc. The second or intermediate stage is indicated by incoherent speech, exhilaration and the performance of proper and improper acts. In the thirdor last stage the man lies down unconscious, bereft of all powers of action, of memory and of judging the ethic effects of his acts. 7.

A man who is in the habit of taking fatty food or in whom Śleshmá predominates, or in whose constitution, there is only a little of Pitta, is not so easily affected by the action of wine, which, however, proves distressing in a person of contrary nature. Wine, if taken daily without food by a man in an empty stomach, gives rise to many distressing and dangerous diseases in his organism and leads to the ultimate dissolution of his body. 8-9.

Cases where wine is prohibited:—Wine should not be taken by a person under the influence of anger, grief, fright, thirst or hunger. The use