[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) › [The Compendium of Caraka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) › 4.2.10 # The Compendium of Caraka 4.2.10 Carakasaṃhitā 4.2.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.10) ojośanānāṃ rajanīcarāṇāmāhārahetorna śarīramiṣṭam/ garbhaṃ hareyuryadi te na māturlabdhāvakāśā na hareyurojaḥ// > The body is not desired as food for night-roaming demons who feed on ojas; / if they were to take the embryo, having found an opportunity, why would they not take the mother's ojas? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.9) - [Next: 4.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.11) - [Up: 4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.4.2.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.10) · Pramāṇa