[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) › 8.12 # Ashtangasamgraha 8.12 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 8.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.12) snehalavaṇayogādapi cāgniritthaṃ syāt | ato vayobhiḥ parīkṣeta | tatra viṣajuṣṭāhārābhyavahārātkākāḥ kṣāmasvarā bhavanti | makṣikāḥ saviṣānne na nilīyante | nilīnāśca vyāpadyante | dṛṣṭa eva cāsmiṃstu cakorasyākṣiṇī virajyete | kokilasya svaro vikṛtimeti | haṃsasya gatiḥ skhalati | kūjati bhṛṅgarājaḥ | mādyati krauñcaḥ | virauti kṛkavākuḥ | vikrośati śukaḥ śārikā ca | chardayati cāmīkaraḥ | anyato yāti kāraṇḍavaḥ | mriyate jīvañjīvako glāyati vā | hṛṣṭaromā bhavati nakulaḥ | śakṛdvisrjati vānaraḥ | roditi pṛṣataḥ | hṛṣyati mayūraḥ | darśanādeva cāsya viṣaṃ mandatāmupaiti || kṛte 'pyakṛtasaṃjñaśca sarvātmā sarvalakṣaṇaḥ || pibenmanthaṃ yavāgūṃ vā lājaiḥ samadhuśarkaraiḥ | gudgajāṅgalajairadyādvyañjanaiḥ śāliṣaṣṭikam || haridre ca kṛtā vartiḥ pūrvavannayanāñjanam | vayasthā hiṅgu kaṭukā ṣaḍgranthā saindhavaṃ tathā || > Fire may also become like this through the addition of unctuous substances and salt. > > Therefore, one should test it by means of birds. > > In that regard, crows develop feeble voices from eating poisoned food. > > Flies do not alight upon poisoned food; > > and if they alight, they perish. > > Upon its merely being seen, the eyes of the cakora bird become discolored. > > The voice of the cuckoo undergoes alteration. > > The gait of the swan falters. > > The bhṛṅgarāja bird chirps. > > The krauñca bird becomes intoxicated. > > The rooster cries out. > > The parrot and the śārikā shriek. > > The cāmīkara bird vomits. > > The kāraṇḍava bird goes elsewhere. > > The jīvañjīvaka bird dies > > or faints. > > The mongoose gets horripilation. > > The monkey discharges feces. > > The spotted deer weeps. > > The peacock becomes joyful, > > and merely by its sight, the poison diminishes in strength. > > And even when done, he thinks it undone; endowed with every soul and every characteristic. > > He should drink a churned beverage or barley gruel made with puffed rice along with honey and sugar; > he should eat śāli and ṣaṣṭika rice with condiments made from gudga and animals of arid regions. > > A wick prepared with the two haridrās is a collyrium for the eyes, as before; > so too vayasthā, asafoetida, kaṭukā, ṣaḍgranthā, and rock salt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.11) - [Next: 8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.13) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.8.12) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.15.12) — Indu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.12) · Pramāṇa