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## English Translation:
**204**
**Composed by Somasen Bhattaraka**
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**233.** The man who eats betel nut without putting a leaf in his mouth will be poor for seven births and will not be able to remember the name of the Supreme Being at the time of death. **233.**
**234.** Some say that one should give five, seven, eight, ten or twelve betel leaves to others and take the same number for oneself. **234.**
**235.** The first juice (peak) of betel nut causes disease, the second juice brings phlegm (kapha), and the third juice is considered to destroy disease. **235.**
**236.** Do not eat betel nut with lime applied with the index finger (near the thumb), but eat it with lime applied with the middle finger and thumb. **236.**
**237.** Betel nut is pungent, sharp, hot, sweet, alkaline and astringent. It destroys wind, phlegm, worms (intestinal parasites) and bad odor. It is an ornament for the mouth, a purifier, and a stimulant of the fire of desire. O friend! Betel nut has thirteen qualities. Even in heaven, these are difficult to obtain. **237.**
**238.** Do not eat betel nut during the period of mourning for the dead, on the day of the shraddha ceremony for one's parents, and on the day of fasting, both day and night. **238.**
**239.** Do not eat betel nut on the day of parana (breaking of fast), on the day of purification, at the beginning of a meal, when giving alms, when worshipping the Jina, or when offering to a devotee. **239.**