[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) › [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt) › 71 # Ashtangahridayasamhita 71 English (machine translation) 71 - **Language:** English ### [71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.71) All activities of all living beings are considered to be for the sake of happiness; / and happiness does not exist without righteousness; therefore, one should be devoted to righteousness. // 20 - [Previous: 70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.70) - [Next: 72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.72) ## Commentaries (1) - [Sarvāṅgasundarā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya!arunadatta.1.2.68.1) — Aruṇadatta, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.71) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.71) · Pramāṇa