Ashtangasamgraha 29.24

29.24

āśukṛccirakāritvaṃ guṇotkṛṣtāvkṛṣṭatā |

marśe ca pratimarśe ca na viśeṣo bhavedyadi |

ko marśaṃ saparīhāraṃ sāpadaṃ ca bhajettataḥ ||

dṛḍhānāṃ sthirabahumāṃsatvācchastramavacāryamāṇaṃ sirāsnāyvādīn na prāpnoti |

prāṇavatāṃ vedanāhāravihārayantraṇādibhirna glāniḥ |

satvavatāṃ dāruṇairapi kriyāviśeṣairna vyathā bhavati |

ātmavatāṃ suniyamitāhāravihārādibhirupadeśairnānyathā bhavati dīptāgnīnām praklinnadehatvāt |

prakṛtitaścāpraklediśarīrāṇāṃ tadvadhayośca deśakālayorāsrāvadairgandhyābhāvādāśu viśuddhena māṃsenānupadravamāpūraṇam ||

Acting quickly versus acting slowly, superiority versus inferiority of virtues— / if there were no distinction between marśa and pratimarśa, / then who would resort to marśa, with its restrictions and dangers?

In firm persons, because of their stable and abundant flesh, an applied instrument does not strike vessels, ligaments, and so forth.

In those endowed with vitality, there is no languor from pain, restrictions of diet and conduct, and so on.

In those endowed with mental fortitude, there is no agony even from harsh procedural methods.

In those with self-control, through well-regulated diet and conduct following instructions, nothing goes amiss, because in those whose digestive fire is blazing, the body is not overly moist.

And in those whose bodies are naturally not prone to moisture, and in regions and seasons of the same quality, because of the absence of discharge and foul smell, healing occurs quickly without complications by means of purified flesh.