[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Early and ascribed compendia](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) › [Ashtangahridayasamhita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya) › 77 # Ashtangahridayasamhita 77 Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 77 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.77) kāle hitaṃ mitaṃ brūyād a-visaṃvādi peśalam | pūrvābhibhāṣī su-mukhaḥ su-śīlaḥ karuṇā-mṛduḥ || 26 || > One should speak in season, wholesomely, moderately, without contradiction, and pleasantly; / greeting first, cheerful-faced, well-mannered, and gentle with compassion. // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.76) - [Next: 78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.78) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.77) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Sarvāṅgasundarā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya!arunadatta.1.2.96.1) — Aruṇadatta, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Śukranīti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti.999_726) — Uśanas (Śukra) 1800, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.77) · Pramāṇa