The Compendium of Caraka 3.3.38_1

3.3.38_1

yathā ca sa evākṣo 'atibhārādhiṣṭhitatvādviṣamapathādapathādakṣacakrabhaṅgādvāgyavāhakadoṣādaṇimokṣādanupāṅgāt paryasanāccāntarā 'avasānamāpadyate, tathā++āyurapyayathābalamārambhādayathāgnyabhyavaharaṇādviṣamābhyavaharaṇādviṣamaśarīranyāsādatimaithunādasatsaṃśrayādudīrṇavegavinigrahādvidhāryavegāvidhāraṇādbhūtaviṣavāyvagnyupatāpādabhighātādāhārapratīkāravivarjanāccāntarā 'avasānamāpadyate, sa mṛtyurakāle; tathā jvarādīnapyātaṅkānmithyopacaritānakālamṛtyūn paśyāma iti//

And just as that very axle meets an untimely end midway through being loaded with excessive weight, through rough ground, absence of a road, breaking of the wheel-axle, defects in the yoke or driver, loosening of the axle-pin, lack of lubrication, or overturning; so too lifespan meets an end midway due to exertion disproportional to one's strength, eating disproportional to one's digestive fire, irregular eating, improper postures of the body, excessive sexual intercourse, reliance on the wicked, suppression of emerging urges, failure to suppress urges that ought to be suppressed, afflictions from spirits, poison, wind, or fire, physical trauma, and avoidance of food and corrective remedies. That is untimely death; likewise, we see that diseases such as fevers, when improperly managed, become untimely deaths."