Ashtangasamgraha 22.1

22.1

ānantyādauṣadhānāmāmayānāṃ cānantā eva kaṣāyāḥ | ye tu sutarāmupayogavantaḥ prakarṣavartino vā te jīvanīyādisaṃjñāḥ | pratyekaṃ daśakaṣāyasaṃyogāt pañcacatvāriṃśanmahākaṣāyā vakṣyante | tatpratipattyarthameva mandabuddhīnām | buddhimatāmudāharaṇamātrapradarśinārtham | śakyaṃ hi buddhimadbhiḥ svāduśītasnigdhādīn jīvantyādiṣu sādhāraṇān guṇānālocya kṣīrekṣudrākṣākṣoḍa vidārīkandādiṣvapi tadguṇeṣu jīvanīyāditvamavadhārayitum | yathoktānusaraṇameva tu śreyo mandabuddheriti | vyastāśca te catvāri śatāni pañcāśadadhikāni tadabhidhānānyeva | yadyapi tāni tānyeva dravyāṇīti dravyasaṅkaraḥ kaṣāyeṣu tathāpi na saṃjñāvirodhaḥ | ekasyāpi bahukāryanirvartanāt | tatra lavaṇavarjyā rasāḥ kalpanāyāṃ kaṣāyā ityucyante | tadyonitvāt | lavaṇasya yato niryāsādikalpanānāmasambhavaḥ | pṛthagupayogopakārarāhitvācca nairthakyamiti |
mahāntaśca te kaṣāyā mahākaṣāyāḥ | etadevocyate | auṣadhānāmāmayānāṃ cānantyamataḥ prativyādhyauṣadhaviśeṣāt kaṣāyāṇāmapyānantyam | ye tu kaṣāyā atyarthenopayujyante, anyebhyaścotkarṣavanto vā teṣāṃ śāstrakārairjīvanīyabṛṃhaṇīyādayaḥ saṃjñā dhṛtāḥ | te ca jīvanīyādayo mahākaṣāyāḥ saṅkhyayā pañcacatvāriṃśat | carake tu ṣaḍvirecanaśatāśritīye pañcāśaduktāḥ | tebhyo vamanopayogādayaḥ pañcātra na saṅgṛhītāḥ | taddravyāṇāṃ śodhanādigaṇasaṅgrahoktavamanādyupayogitvevāntarbhāvāt | tathā cāsthāpanānuvāsanopayogidravyāṇi śodhanādipaṭhiteṣu sarveṣu tu prāyeṇa madanetyevamādike granthe dṛśyanta eva | evaṃ vamanavirecanaśirovirecanopayogīnyapi | bilvaśvadaṃṣṭrāgnimanthasyonākāni daśamūlāṅgatvādṛśyantaṃ eva bastyupayogiṣu | vṛścīvasya punarnavābhedatvam pippalī tu vyoṣentarbhāvāt | tatraikaikasmin mahākaṣāye daśakānāṃ kaṣāyāṇāṃ saṃyogaḥ | ete ca mahākaṣāyā mandabuddhīnāṃ yathoktapratipatyarthamuktāḥ | mahābuddhīnāṃ tu tadudāharaṇamātrapradarśanārtham | yato mahābuddhibhirjīvanīyamahākaṣāye'nuktānāmapi drākṣākṣaudrādīnāṃ taduktaguṇasādṛśyāttadarthaḥ prayogo'pyavadhārayituṃ śakyaḥ | mandabuddhestvacittohā'sahiṣṇudhiyo yathāpaṭhitānusaraṇemeva śreṣṭhamatastasya yathoktaprati pattyartha meva ! te ca mahākaṣāyasaṅgṛhītāḥ avayavakaṣāyāḥ saṅkhyayā pañcāśadadhikāni catvāri śatāni pañcacatvāriṃśatāṃ daśābhirguṇitānām | yadyapi caikaṃ dravyamaneke mahākaṣāye dṛśyate tathāpi saṃjñāvirodho na bhavati yataḥ kāryabhedāt saṃjñābhedaḥ | yathaiko devadattaḥ pākaṃ kurvan pācaka ityucyate lavanaṃ ca lāvaka iti | tadvadekamapi dravyaṃ kāryabhedāt saṃjñābhedaṃ gacchati | tatra lavaṇavarjyāḥ pañcarasāḥ kvāthacūrṇādikalpanāyāṃ kaṣāyaśabdavācyāḥ tadyonitvādvasānāṃ kaṣāyakāraṇatvādvasā eva pañca kaṣāyaśabdenocyante | lavaṇasya tu kaṣāyatvaṃ niṣprayojana tvānnoktam | evaṃ ca nairthakyam | yato lavaṇarasasya lavaṇadravyodaniryāsāniṣkvāthādikaṃ na sambhavati | na ca pṛthaglavaṇasya kevalasyopayogaḥ | upayogo'pi śarīre nopakāravāniti nairthakyam |