[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) › 5.4.20 # The Compendium of Caraka 5.4.20 Carakasaṃhitā 5.4.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.4.20) saṃvṛtyāṅgulibhiḥ karṇau jvālāśabdaṃ ya āturaḥ/ na śṛṇoti gatāsuṃ taṃ buddhimān parivārjayet// > The sick person who, closing his ears with his fingers, does not hear > the sound of blazing fire, the intelligent physician should abandon him as one whose life-breath is gone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.4.19) - [Next: 5.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.4.21) - [Up: 5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.4.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.4.20) · Pramāṇa