[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) › 42.8 # Ashtangasamgraha 42.8 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 42.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [42.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.42.8) niṣpīḍya coddhareddaṃśaṃ marmasandhyagataṃ tathā | na jāyate viṣāvego bījanāśādivāṅkuraḥ | marmage prāpnuyānmṛtyuṃ sandhisthe vikalāṅgatām || > One should press and excise the bite, provided it is not located on a vital point or a joint. > The surge of poison does not arise, just as a sprout does not \[grow\] when the seed is destroyed. > If it is located on a vital point, one would meet death; if situated in a joint, deformity of limbs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 42.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.42.7) - [Next: 42.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.42.9) - [Up: 42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.42) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.42.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.7478) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.42.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.42.8) · Pramāṇa