The Compendium of Caraka 3.3.36_3

3.3.36_3

api ca sarvacakṣuṣāmetat paraṃ yadaindraṃ *cakṣuḥ, idaṃ cāpyasmākaṃ tena pratyakṣaṃ; yathā---puruṣasahasrāṇāmutthāyotthāya^*āhavaṃ kurvatāmakurvatāṃ cātulyāyuṣṭvaṃ, tathā jātamātrāṇāmapratīkārāt pratīkārācca, aviṣaviṣaprāśināṃ cāpyatulyāyuṣṭvameva, na ca tulyo yogakṣema udapānaghaṭānāṃ citraghaṭānāṃ cotsīdatāṃ; tasmāddhitopacāramūlaṃ jīvitam, ato viparyayānmṛtyuḥ/

Moreover, of all eyes, this divine eye is superior, and this is directly perceived by us through it: namely, that for thousands of men rising up again and again to fight or not to fight, lifespan is unequal; likewise, among the newborn, due to absence of intervention and due to intervention, and among those who do not ingest poison and those who do ingest poison, lifespan is indeed unequal; nor is the welfare and security equal between water-well pitchers and painted pitchers that are perishable. Therefore, life has beneficial management as its root; from the reverse comes death."