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The Compendium of Caraka 5.10: daśamo 'adhyāyaḥ/

Carakasaṃhitā 5.10

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daśamo 'adhyāyaḥ/

5.10.1

athātaḥ sadyomaraṇīyamindriyaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ//

Now we shall explain the indriya entitled "Immediate Death."

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5.10.2

iti ha smāha bhagavānātreyaḥ//

Thus spoke the venerable Ātreya:

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5.10.3

sadyastitikṣataḥ prāṇāṃ(anunāsika)llakṣaṇāni pṛthak pṛthak/
agniveśa! pravakṣyāmi saṃspṛṣṭo yairna jīvati//

For one whose vital breaths are about to cease immediately, I shall explain individually
the signs, Agniveśa, touched by which one does not live.

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5.10.4

vātāṣṭhīlā susaṃvṛddhā tiṣṭhantī dāruṇā hṛdi/
tṛṣṇayā 'abhiparītasya sadyo muṣṇāti jīvitam//

A fully developed, dread vātāṣṭhīlā located in the chest
of one overcome with thirst immediately robs his life.

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5.10.5

piṇḍike śithilīkṛtya jihmīkṛtya ca nāsikām/
vāyuḥ śarīre vicaran sadyo muṣṇāti jīvitam//

Making the calf muscles flaccid and making the nose crooked,
wind roaming through the body immediately robs life.

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5.10.6

bhruvau yasya cyute sthānādantardāhaśca dāruṇaḥ/
tasya hikkākaro rogaḥ sadyo muṣṇāti jīvitam//

Whose eyebrows have fallen from their place, and who has severe internal burning:
his hiccup-causing disease immediately robs his life.

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5.10.7

kṣīṇaśoṇitamāṃsasya vāyurūrdhvagatiścaran/
ubhe manye same yasya sadyo muṣṇāti jīvitam//

In one whose blood and flesh are depleted, upward-moving wind roaming
across both carotids evenly immediately robs life.

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5.10.8

&antareṇa gudaṃ gacchan nābhiṃ ca sahasā 'anilaḥ/
kṛśasya vaṃkṣaṇau gṛhṇan sadyo muṣṇāti jīvitam//

Wind moving suddenly between the anus and the navel,
seizing the groins of an emaciated man, immediately robs his life.

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5.10.9

vitatya parśukāgrāṇi gṛhītvoraśca mārutaḥ/
stimitasyāyatākṣasya sadyo muṣṇāti jīvitam//

Spreading the tips of the ribs and seizing the chest,
wind immediately robs the life of one who is motionless with wide-open eyes.

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5.10.10

hṛdayaṃ ca gudaṃ cobhe &gṛhītvā māruto balī/
durbalasya viśeṣeṇa sadyo muṣṇāti jīvitam//

Seizing both the heart and the anus, powerful wind,
especially in a weak person, immediately robs life.

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5.10.11

vaṃkṣaṇaṃ ca gudaṃ cobhe gṛhītvā māruto balī/
śvāsaṃ saṃjanayañjantoḥ sadyo muṣṇāti jīvitam//

Seizing both the groin and the anus, powerful wind,
producing dyspnea in a person, immediately robs life.

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5.10.12

nābhiṃ mūtraṃ &bastiśīrṣaṃ purīṣaṃ cāpi mārutaḥ/
&pracchinnaṃ janayañchūlaṃ sadyo muṣṇāti jīvitam//

[Affecting] the navel, urine, bladder neck, and stool,
wind producing sharp cutting colic immediately robs life.

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5.10.13

bhidyete vaṃkṣaṇau yasya vātaśūlaiḥ samantataḥ/
bhinnaṃ purīṣaṃ tṛṣṇā ca sadyaḥ prāṇāñjahāti saḥ//

One whose two groins are split all around by vāta-pains,
with loose stool and thirst, immediately abandons life.

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5.10.14

āplutaṃ māruteneha śarīraṃ yasya kevalam/
bhinnaṃ purīṣaṃ tṛṣṇā ca sadyo jahyāt sa jīvitam//

One whose whole body here is flooded by wind,
with loose stool and thirst, immediately loses life.

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5.10.15

śarīraṃ śophitaṃ yasya vātāśophena dehinaḥ/
bhinnaṃ purīṣaṃ tṛṣṇā ca sadyo jahyāt sa jīvitam//

One whose embodied body is swollen with a vāta-swelling,
with loose stool and thirst, immediately loses life.

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5.10.16

āmāśayasamutthānā yasya syāt parikartikā/
bhinnaṃ purīṣaṃ tṛṣṇā ca sadyaḥ prāṇāñjahāti saḥ//

One who has cutting pain arising from the stomach,
with loose stool and thirst, immediately abandons life.

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5.10.17

pakvāśayasamutthānā yasya syāt parikartikā/
tṛṣṇā gudagrahaścograḥ sadyo jahyāt sa jīvitam//

One who has cutting pain arising from the colon,
with thirst and fierce retention of stool, immediately loses life.

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5.10.18

&pakvāśayamadhiṣṭhāyaṃ hatvā saṃjñāṃ ca mārutaḥ/
kaṇṭhe ghurghurakaṃ kṛtvā sadyo harati jīvitam//

Establishing itself in the colon, striking down consciousness,
and producing a rattling in the throat, wind immediately takes away life.

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5.10.19

dantāḥ kardamadigdhābhā mukhaṃ cūrṇakasannibham/
siprāyante ca gātrāṇi liṅgaṃ sadyo mariṣyataḥ//

Teeth looking smeared with mud, a face resembling powder,
and limbs sweating: these are the marks of one about to die immediately.

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5.10.20

tṛṣṇāśvāsaśirorogamohadairbalyakūjanaiḥ/
spṛṣṭaḥ prāṇāñjahātyāśu śakṛdbhedena cāturaḥ//

Afflicted with thirst, dyspnea, head diseases, stupor, debility, and moaning,
and with diarrhea, the patient quickly abandons life.

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5.10.21

tatra ślokaḥ---

Here is a verse:

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5.10.21_1

etāni khalu liṅgāni yaḥ samyagavabudhyate/
sa jīvitaṃ ca martyānāṃ maraṇaṃ cāvabudhyate//

He who properly understands these marks
understands both the life and the death of mortals.

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5.10.21_2

ityagniveśakṛte tantre carakapratisaṃskṛte indriyasthāne sadyomaraṇīyamindriyaṃ nāma daśamo 'adhyāyaḥ//10//

Thus ends the tenth chapter, named "Fatal Signs of Immediate Death," in the Indriyasthāna of the treatise composed by Agniveśa and redacted by Caraka. //10

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