[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) › [Ashtangasamgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha) › 3.42 # Ashtangasamgraha 3.42 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 3.42 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.3.42) niśi cātyayike kārye daṇḍī maulī sahāyavān | prāvṛtya paryaṭedrātrau na prāvṛtya śiro 'hani || jāṅgalaṃ bhakṣayedvājaṃ māsaṃ pittayutaṃ yakṛt || diśānayaivāśu yateta siddhyai jyotirhi śāstraṃ nayadurnayānām || tṛṭdāhamohān pūyasya chardanaṃ ca pravartayet | rakaṃ ca sarvamārgebhyo 'riṣṭotpattiṃ ca taṃ tyajet || > And at night on urgent business, \[he should go\] carrying a staff, wearing a headdress, and with a companion; > > He should wander at night covering \[his head\], but not covering his head by day. > > He should eat the liver of an arid-zone animal, or of a goat, accompanied by bile. > > In this very direction he should quickly strive for success; for the treatise is the lamp regarding proper and improper conduct. > > Thirst, burning sensation, and confusion; and he may start vomiting pus, > and \[discharge\] blood from all passages, with the emergence of fatal signs—one should abandon him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.3.41) - [Next: 3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.3.43) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.3.42) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.3.42) · Pramāṇa