शरीरोपचयः कान्तिर्गात्राणां सुविभक्तता ।
दीप्ताग्नित्वमनालस्यं स्थिरत्वं लाघवं मृजा ।।
श्रमक्लमपिपासोष्णशीतादीनां सहिष्णुता ।
आरोग्यं चापि परमं व्यायामादुपजायते ।।
śarīropacayaḥ kāntir gātrāṇāṁ suvibhaktatā |
dīptāgnitvam anālasyaṁ sthiratvaṁ lāghavaṁ mṛjā ||
śrama-klama-pipāsoṣṇa-śītādīnāṁ sāhiṣṇutā |
ārogyaṁ cāpi paramaṁ vyāyāmād upajāyate ||
(Suśruta-saṁhitā: Cikitsā-sthāna, 4.39-40)
“Development of the body, luster, a well-proportioned figure, good digestion, an absence of lethargy, steadiness, lightness, pure skin, tolerance of the fatigue of exertion, thirst, heat, cold, and so on, and full freedom from disease [all] arise from exercise.”