Mayūrāsana quickly cures all diseases such as tumors and dropsy, conquers the doṣas, reduces to ashes all bad food ingested, kindles the digestive fire, and can digest even the poison kālakūṭa.

This verse celebrates the extraordinary healing powers of Mayūrāsana with emphatic language:

Sakala-rogān harati āśu — “quickly cures all diseases.” Specifically mentioned are gulma (tumors or abdominal cysts) and udara (dropsy or ascites).

Doṣān abhibhavati — “conquers the doṣas.” The three āyurvedic doṣas (vāta, pitta, kapha) are balanced through this practice.

Kadaśana-bhuktam bhasma kuryāt — “reduces bad food to ashes.” Digestion becomes so strengthened that even inappropriate foods are completely processed.

Kālakūṭam jārayet — “digests the poison kālakūṭa.” This is the deadly poison that arose from the churning of the cosmic ocean. To claim that Mayūrāsana can “digest it” is hyperbolic, but indicates the exceptional power attributed to the posture.

The mechanism is the intense pressure on the digestive organs created by the elbows, stimulating the gastric fire (jaṭharāgni).