Ayurvedadipika (Carakatatparyatika) 6.4.8

6.4.8.1

samprati sādhyāsādhyavibhāgamāha- eketyādi| ekadoṣānugamiti uktaikadoṣalakṣaṇayuktam, evaṃ dvidoṣamapi doṣadvayalakṣaṇayuktam, evaṃ tridoṣamapi jñeyam| na tu mārgasambandhānugatamapi doṣaṃ prakṣipya dvidoṣatvaṃ tridoṣatvaṃ vā gaṇanīyaṃ, tathāhi sati kevalaṃ rakapittaṃ na syādeva; tathā samprāptisamprāptaṃ doṣaṃ gṛhītvā mārgasambandhānugatena vāyunā kaphena vā yogāddvidoṣajatvameva sarvadā syāt, na ‘ekadoṣānugaṃ sādhyaṃ’ iti yaduktaṃ tat syāt; tasmādyathoktameva sādhu| mandāgnerativegavaditi pṛthagevāsādhyalakṣaṇaṃ, vyādhibhiḥ kṣīṇadehasyetyādi ca pṛthageva||13-14||