The Compendium of Kāśyapa 7.9: saṃhitākalpādhyāyaḥ

Now, therefore, we shall explain the Formulary of the Compendium (Saṃhitākalpa).

Thus spoke the venerable Kaśyapa.

Devoted to the study of the compendium, pure, virtuous, master of his senses, / a physician born in a lineage of physicians, accomplished in both the text and its meaning,

when questioned by another physician, should declare the rules of the compendium: / “How many sections does this treatise comprise? Why is it called a treatise?

What are the names of the sections, and what are their respective chapters on practice? / I wish to hear truly the sequence of the names of the sections.”

Eight sections are to be stated; therefore, it is called a treatise from this. / He who studies the one hundred and twenty chapters has truly crossed to the far shore:

Fundamental Principles (Sūtrasthāna), Pathology (Nidāna), Specific Determination (Vimāna), Ascertainment of the Self (Śārīra), / Prognosis (Indriya), Therapeutics (Cikitsā), Successful Outcomes (Siddhi), and Formularies (Kalpa) form the compendium.

Fundamental Principles and Therapeutics both consist of thirty chapters; / Pathology, Specific Determination, and Anatomy consist of groups of eight.

Successful Outcomes has twelve chapters, as do Formularies and Prognosis; / the Supplementary Section (Khila) has eighty chapters; the treatise is spoken of together with its supplement.

Indeed, retaining this treatise is like retaining the Vedas: / meritorious, auspicious, longevity-promoting, and destroying bad dreams and strife.

It is a great, righteous abode of duty, wealth, pleasure, and liberation, / bestowing constant happiness on men, bringing wealth, honour, and fame.

One who is unrighteous, childless, unlearned, censured, / unhonoured, or unknown does not reach mastery in the world.

And constantly studying and properly teaching, a physician, / having attained fame in this world, is exalted in Indra's realm.

At the sacrifice of Dakṣa, when the divine sages fled in fear of being slain, / all diseases arose from the affliction of body and mind:

Fever arose from heaviness; abdominal tumour from running; spleen [disease] from jumping; / giddiness from dejection; diarrhoea from running while suppressing natural urges;

Thirst and internal haemorrhage from fatigue and running in heat; / hiccup and dyspnoea from excess of kapha in those who ran and drank water.

Thus the original arising of other diseases was also proclaimed, / as they appeared among men in the transition between the Kṛta and Tretā [ages],

Destroying righteousness, wealth, pleasure, liberation, knowledge, strength, and renown. / Then, for the benefit of the worlds, by the great sage Kaśyapa,

Both by the instruction of the Grandfather and having perceived it through the eye of knowledge, / this compendium was composed through ascetic practice; [and] the sages received it.

Jīvaka, free from darkness, the pure son of Ṛcīka, / grasped the great compendium first, and he condensed it again.

All the sages did not approve of what was spoken by a child. / Then, in the presence of all the sages, pure Jīvaka,

A five-year-old boy, immersed himself in the Gaṅgā pool at Kanakhala, / and after a moment emerged seized with wrinkles and grey hair.

Then, seeing that marvel, the sages were filled with wonder; / they gave even the child the name 'Vṛddhajīvaka'.

They accepted the compendium and declared him the best of physicians. / Then, in the Kali age, this compendium was lost through the course of time;

It was preserved by the Yakṣa Anāyāsa for the welfare of the world. / Then, by the wise Vātsya, a descendant of Vṛddhajīvaka,

Having propitiated Anāyāsa, this great compendium was obtained, / after he had studied the three Vedas—Ṛg, Yajus, and Sāma—and all their auxiliary sciences.

And having propitiated Śiva, Kaśyapa, and the Yakṣa through ascetic practice and intellect, / that compendium composed by Vṛddhajīvaka was redacted again,

For righteousness, renown, and happiness, and for the advancement of offspring, / [supplying] whatever purpose had not been stated in the eight sections of the tradition.

And the Kalpasthāna is completed.

And the section on formulations is completed.

And this compendium is completed.
Hereafter follows the supplementary section.