[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) › 4.8.38\_2 # The Compendium of Caraka 4.8.38\_2 Carakasaṃhitā 4.8.38\_2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.8.38\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.8.38_2) dāruṇavyāyāmavarjanaṃ hi garbhiṇyāḥ satatamupadiśyate, viśeṣataśca prajananakāle pracalitasarvadhātudoṣāyāḥ sukumāryā nāryā musalavyāyāmasamīrito vāyurantaraṃ labdhvā prāṇān hiṃsyāt, duṣpratīkāratamā hi tasmin kāle viśeṣeṇa bhavati garbhiṇī; tasmānmusalagrahaṇaṃ parihāryamṛṣayo manyante, jṛmbhaṇaṃ caṅkramaṇaṃ ca punaranuṣṭheyamiti / > For avoiding violent physical exercise is always advised for a pregnant woman, and especially at the time of delivery, when all bodily constituents and humors are agitated, wind stirred up by the exertion of a pestle might, finding an opening in the delicate woman, harm the vital breaths; for a pregnant woman is especially difficult to treat at that time. Therefore, the seers hold that grasping a pestle is to be avoided, but yawning and strolling are indeed to be performed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.8.38\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.8.38_1) - [Next: 4.8.38\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.8.38_3) - [Up: 4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.4.8.38_2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.8.38_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.8.38_2) · Pramāṇa