[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) › 5.4.27\_1 # The Compendium of Caraka 5.4.27\_1 Carakasaṃhitā 5.4.27\_1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.4.27\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.4.27_1) etadindriyavijñānaṃ yaḥ paśyati yathātatham/ maraṇaṃ jīvitaṃ caiva sa bhiṣak jñātumarhati// > He who understands this cognition of the senses as it truly is— > that physician is fit to know death and life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.4.27) - [Next: 5.4.27\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.4.27_2) - [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.5.4.27_1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.4.27_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.4.27_1) · Pramāṇa