The Compendium of Caraka 5.11: ekādaśo 'adhyāyaḥ/
Carakasaṃhitā 5.11
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ekādaśo 'adhyāyaḥ/
5.11.1
athāto 'aṇujyotīyamindriyaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ//
Now we shall explain the Indriya chapter on the Diminishing Light.
5.11.2
iti ha smāha bhagavānātreyaḥ//
Thus said the venerable Ātreya:
5.11.3
aṇujyotiranekāgro duśchāyo durmanāḥ sadā/
ratiṃ na labhate &yāti paralokaṃ samāntaram//
One with diminished light, distracted, with an altered complexion, always despondent,
finding no pleasure, goes to the other world within a year.
5.11.4
baliṃ balibhṛto yasya praṇītaṃ nopabhuñjate/
lokāntaragataḥ piṇḍaṃ bhuṅkte saṃvatsareṇa saḥ//
One whose prepared food offerings the creatures that receive them do not eat
eats the funeral ball after going to the other world within a year.
5.11.5
saptarṣīṇāṃ samīpasthāṃ yo na paśyatyarundhatīm/
saṃvatsarānte jantuḥ sa saṃpaśyati mahattamaḥ//
The creature who does not see Arundhatī situated near the Seven Sages
sees the greatest darkness at the end of a year.
5.11.6
vikṛtyā vinimittaṃ yaḥ śobhāmupacayaṃ dhanam/
prāpnotyato vā vibhraṃśaṃ samāntaṃ tasya jīvitam//
One who, through morbidity and without cause, attains luster, bodily growth, or wealth,
or the loss thereof, his life lasts until the end of a year.
5.11.7
bhaktiḥ śīlaṃ smṛtistyāgo buddhirbalamahetukam/
ṣaḍetāni nivartante ṣaḍbhirmāsairmariṣyataḥ//
Devotion, conduct, memory, generosity, intellect, and strength—
these six cease without cause six months before one dies.
5.11.8
dhamanīnāmapūrvāṇāṃ jālamatyarthaśobhanam/
lalāṭe dṛśyate yasya ṣaṇmāsānna sa jīvati//
One on whose forehead an unprecedented network of vessels
is seen to be exceedingly bright does not live six months.
5.11.9
lekhābhiścandravakrābhirlalāṭamupacīyate/
yasya tasyāyuṣaḥ ṣaḍbhirmāsairantaṃ samādiśet//
One whose forehead is overlaid with lines curved like the moon,
one should predict the end of his life in six months.
5.11.10
śarīrakampaḥ saṃmoho gatirvacanameva ca/
mattasyevopalabhyante yasya māsaṃ na jīvati//
Tremor of the body, stupor, and a gait and speech
like that of an intoxicated man: one in whom these are observed does not live a month.
5.11.11
retomūtrapurīṣāṇi yasya majjanti cāmbhasi/
sa māsāt svajanadveṣṭā mṛtyuvāriṇi majjati//
One whose semen, urine, and stool sink in water,
becoming hateful to his own kin, sinks into the water of death in a month.
5.11.12
hastapādaṃ mukhaṃ cobhe viśeṣādyasya śuṣyataḥ/
śūyete vā vinā dehāt sa ca &māsaṃ na jīvati//
One whose hands, feet, and face particularly dry up,
or swell up apart from the rest of the body, does not live a month.
5.11.13
lalāṭe mūrdhni bastau vā nīlā yasya prakāśate/
rājī bālendukuṭilā na sa jīvitumarhati//
One on whose forehead, crown, or bladder region a blue line
curved like the crescent moon shines forth cannot live.
5.11.14
pravālaguṭikābhāsā yasya gātre masūrikāḥ/
utpadyāśu &vinaśyanti na cirāt sa vinaśyati//
One on whose body smallpox eruptions resembling coral beads
arise and quickly vanish, perishes before long.
5.11.15
grīvāvamardo balavāñjihvāśvayathureva ca/
bradhnāsyagalapākaśca yasya pakvaṃ tamādiśet//
Severe bruising pain in the neck, swelling of the tongue,
and inflammation of the groin, mouth, and throat: one should declare him ripe [for death].
5.11.16
saṃbhramo 'atipralāpo 'atibhedo+&asthnāmatidāruṇaḥ/
kālapāśaparītasya trayametat pravartate//
Confusion, excessive delirium, and extremely severe tearing pain of the bones:
these three appear in one enveloped by the noose of Time.
5.11.17
pramuhya luñcayet keśān &parigṛhṇātyatīva ca/
naraḥ &svasthavadāhāramabalaḥ kālacoditaḥ//
Bewildered, a weak man driven by Time plucks at his hair,
seizes [things] excessively, and takes food like a healthy person.
5.11.18
samīpe cakṣuṣoḥ kṛtvā mṛgayetāṅgulīkaram/
smayate 'api ca kālāndha &ūrdhvagānimiṣekṣaṇaḥ//
Holding his hands and fingers near his eyes, he searches for them;
blinded by Time, he also smiles, his eyes turned upward without blinking.
5.11.19
śayanādāsanādaṅgāt kāṣṭhāt kuḍyādathāpi vā/
asanmṛgayate kiñcit sa muhyan kālacoditaḥ//
From the bed, seat, limbs, wood, or even a wall,
bewildered and driven by Time, he searches for something nonexistent.
5.11.20
ahāsyahāsī saṃmuhyan &praleḍhi daśanacchadau/
śītapādakarocchvāso yo naro na sa jīvati//
Laughing at what is not funny, bewildered, licking his lips,
with cold feet, hands, and breath, that man does not live.
5.11.21
āhvayaṃstaṃ samīpasthaṃ svajanaṃ janameva vā/
mahāmohāvṛtamanāḥ paśyannapi na paśyati//
Calling out to his own kinsman or anyone standing nearby,
his mind clouded by great delusion, even though looking he does not see.
5.11.22
ayogamatiyogaṃ vā śarīre matimān bhiṣak/
khādīnāṃ yugapaddṛṣṭvā bheṣajaṃ nāvacārayet//
Seeing simultaneously in the body non-action or excessive action
of the orifices and the rest, the wise physician should not administer medicine.
5.11.23
atipravṛddhyā rogāṇāṃ manasaśca balakṣayāt/
vāsamutsṛjati kṣipraṃ śarīrī dehasaṃjñakam//
Through excessive increase of diseases and from loss of mental strength,
the embodied soul quickly abandons its dwelling called the body.
5.11.24
varṇasvarāvannibalaṃ vāgindriyamanobalam/
hīyate 'asukṣaye nidrā nityā bhavati vā na vā//
Complexion, voice, digestive fire, strength, and the power of speech, senses, and mind
decline at the loss of life; sleep becomes either continuous or absent.
5.11.25
bhiṣagbheṣajapānānnagurumitradviṣaśca ye/
vaśagāḥ sarva evaite boddhavyāḥ samavartinaḥ//
Those who hate the physician, medicine, drink, food, elders, and friends,
all these should be known as under the sway of Samavartin.
5.11.26
eteṣu rogaḥ kramate bheṣajaṃ pratihanyate/
naiṣāmannāni bhuñjīta na codakamapi spṛśet//
In them the disease advances, and medicine is thwarted;
one should not eat their food, nor even touch their water.
5.11.27
pādāḥ sametāścatvāraḥ saṃpannāḥ sādhakairguṇaiḥ/
vyarthā gatāyuṣo dravyaṃ vinā nāsti guṇodayaḥ//
All four pillars assembled and endowed with effective qualities
are useless for one whose lifespan is spent; without the substance, there is no arising of qualities.
5.11.28
parīkṣyamāyurbhiṣajā nīrujasyāturasya ca/
āyurjñānaphalaṃ kṛtsnamāyurjñe hyanuvartate//
Lifespan must be examined by the physician in both the healthy and the sick,
for the entire fruit of medical knowledge attends the knower of lifespan.
5.11.29
tatra ślokaḥ---
Here is a verse:
5.11.29_1
kriyāpathamatikrāntāḥ kevalaṃ dehamāplutāḥ/
cihnaṃ kurvanti yaddoṣāstadariṣṭaṃ nirucyate//
When doṣas have passed beyond the path of treatment and pervaded the entire body,
the sign they make is called an ariṣṭa.
5.11.29_2
ityagniveśakṛte tantre carakapratisaṃskṛte indriyasthāne 'aṇujyotīyamindriyaṃ nāmaikādaśo 'adhyāyaḥ//11//
Thus ends the eleventh chapter, named "The Indriya on the Diminishing Light," in the Indriyasthāna of the treatise composed by Agniveśa and redacted by Caraka. //11
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