[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) › 4.2.30 # The Compendium of Caraka 4.2.30 Carakasaṃhitā 4.2.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.30) varṣāsu kāṣṭhāśmaghanāmbuvegāstaroḥ saritsrotasi saṃsthitasya/ yathaiva kuryurvikṛtiṃ tathaiva garbhasya kukṣau viyatasya doṣāḥ// > Just as in the rains the force of wood, stones, and dense water produces deformity in a tree standing in a river's current, > even so do the doshas \[produce deformity\] in an embryo that is developing in the womb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.29) - [Next: 4.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.31) - [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.4.2.30) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.2.30) · Pramāṇa