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The Compendium of Caraka 5.6: ṣaṣṭho 'adhyāyaḥ/

Carakasaṃhitā 5.6

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ṣaṣṭho 'adhyāyaḥ/

5.6.1

athātaḥ katamāniśarīrīyamindriyaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ//

Now we shall explain the Indriya concerning 'Which Bodies [Are Incurable]'.

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5.6.2

iti ha smāha bhagavānātreyaḥ//

Thus declared the venerable Ātreya.

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5.6.3

katamāni śarīrāṇi vyādhimanti mahāmune!/
yāni vaidyaḥ pariharedyeṣu karma na siddhyati//

Which diseased bodies, O great sage,
should the physician avoid, in which treatment does not succeed?

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5.6.4

&ityātreyo 'agniveśena praśnaṃ pṛṣṭaḥ sudurvacam/
ācacakṣe yathā tasmai bhagavāṃstannibodhata//

Thus questioned by Agniveśa with a question exceedingly hard to answer,
as the venerable Ātreya declared it to him, so understand:

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5.6.5

yasya vaibhāṣamāṇasya rujatyūrdhvamuro bhṛśam/
annaṃ ca cyavate bhuktaṃ sthitaṃ cāpi na jīryati//

For whom, while speaking, the upper chest aches severely,
and eaten food slips away, or even remaining is not digested;

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5.6.6

balaṃ ca hīyate &śīghraṃ tṛṣṇā cātipravardhate/
jāyate hṛdi śūlaṃ ca taṃ bhiṣak parivarjayet//

And whose strength quickly wanes, whose thirst greatly increases,
and in whose heart colic arises: him the physician should avoid.

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5.6.7

hikkā gambhīrajā yasya śoṇitaṃ cātisāryate/
na tasmai bheṣajaṃ dadyāt smarannātreyaśāsnama//

Whose hiccup arises from the depths and who passes blood in diarrhea:
one should not give him medicine, remembering the teaching of Ātreya.

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5.6.8

ānāhaścātisāraśca yametau durbalaṃ naram/
vyādhitaṃ viśato rogau durlabhaṃ tasya jīvitam//

Abdominal distension and diarrhea: which weak, diseased man
these two diseases enter, for him life is hard to obtain.

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5.6.9

ānāhaścātitṛṣṇā ca yametau durbalaṃ naram/
viśato vijahatyenaṃ prāṇā nāticirānnaram//

Abdominal distension and excessive thirst: which weak man
these two enter, the vital breaths abandon this man before long.

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5.6.10

jvaraḥ paurvāhṇiko yasya śuṣkakāsaśca dāruṇaḥ/
balamāṃsavihīnasya yathā pretastathaiva saḥ//

Whose fever occurs in the forenoon and who has severe dry cough,
deprived of strength and flesh: he is just like a corpse.

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5.6.11

yasya mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ ca grathitaṃ saṃpravartate/
nirūṣmaṇo jaṭhariṇaḥ śvasano na sa jīvati//

Whose urine and feces come forth in hard lumps,
who is devoid of heat, suffering from abdominal enlargement, and panting: he does not live.

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5.6.12

śvayathuryasya kukṣistho hastapādaṃ visarpati/
jñātisaṅghaṃ sa saṃkleśya tena rogeṇa hanyate//

Whose swelling situated in the belly spreads to the hands and feet,
after causing grief to his assembly of kinsmen, he is destroyed by that disease.

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5.6.13

śvayathuryasya pādasthastathā sraste ca piṇḍike/
sīdataścāpyubhe &jaṅghe taṃ bhiṣak parivarjayet//

Whose swelling is located in the feet, and whose calf muscles droop,
and both of whose shanks collapse: him the physician should avoid.

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5.6.14

śūnahastaṃ śūnapādaṃ śūnaguhyodaraṃ naram/
hīnavarṇabalāhāramauṣadhairnopapādayet//

A man with swollen hands, swollen feet, swollen genitals, and swollen belly,
deprived of complexion, strength, and food: one should not treat him with medicines.

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5.6.15

&uroyukto bahuśleṣmā nīlaḥ pītaḥ salohitaḥ/
satataṃ cyavate yasya dūrātaṃ parivarjayet//

From whose chest much phlegm—blue, yellow, and blood-streaked—
continuously discharges: him one should avoid from afar.

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5.6.16

hṛṣṭaromā sāndramūtraḥ śūnaḥ &kāsajvarārditaḥ/
kṣīṇamāṃso naro dūrādvarjyo vaidyena jānatā//

With hair standing on end, thick urine, swollen, afflicted with cough and fever,
wasted in flesh: such a man should be avoided from afar by a discerning physician.

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5.6.17

trayaḥ prakupitā yasya doṣāḥ &kaṣṭābhilakṣitāḥ/
kṛśasya balahīnasya nāsti tasya cikitsitam//

Whose three doṣas are aggravated and marked by distress,
who is emaciated and devoid of strength: for him there is no treatment.

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5.6.18

jvarātisārau śophānte śvayathurvā tayoḥ kṣaye/
durbalasya viśeṣeṇa narasyāntāya jāyate//

Fever and diarrhea at the end of swelling, or swelling upon the cessation of those two,
occurs especially to the end of a weak man.

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5.6.19

pāṇḍuraśca kṛśo 'atyarthaṃ tṛṣṇayā 'abhipariplutaḥ/
ḍambarī kupitocchvāsaḥ pratyākhyeyo vijānatā//

Pale, exceedingly emaciated, overcome by thirst,
with a resonant belly, his breath agitated: he should be refused by the discerning physician.

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5.6.20

hanumanyāgrahastṛṣṇā balahrāso 'atimātrayā/
prāṇāścorasi vartante yasya taṃ parivarjayet//

Stiffness of jaws and carotid vessels, thirst, extreme reduction of strength,
and whose vital breaths dwell [only] in the chest: him one should avoid.

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5.6.21

&tāmyatyāyacchate śarma na kiñcidapi vindati/
kṣīṇamāṃsabalāhāro mumūrṣuracirānnaraḥ//

He faints, stretches out, and finds no comfort whatsoever;
wasted of flesh, strength, and food, the man is about to die before long.

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5.6.22

viruddhayonayo yasya viruddhopakramā bhṛśam/
&vardhante dāruṇā rogāḥ śīghraṃ śīghraṃ sa hanyate//

Whose dreadful diseases, having incompatible origins and incompatible treatments,
increase greatly: he is killed quickly, quickly.

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5.6.23

balaṃ vijñānamārogyaṃ grahaṇī &māṃsaśoṇitam/
etāni yasya &kṣīyante kṣipraṃ kṣipraṃ sa hanyate//

Whose strength, consciousness, health, digestion, flesh, and blood—
these waste away: he is killed swiftly, swiftly.

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5.6.24

ārogyaṃ hīyate &yasya prakṛtiḥ parihīyate/
sahasā sahasā tasya mṛtyurharati jīvitam//

Whose health fails, whose constitution deteriorates:
suddenly, suddenly death snatches away his life.

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5.6.25

tatra ślokaḥ---

Here is a verse:

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5.6.25_1

ityetāni śarīrāṇi vyādhimanti vivarjayet/
na hyeṣu dhīrāḥ paśyanti siddhiṃ kāñcidupakramāt//

Thus one should avoid these diseased bodies;
for the wise see no success whatsoever in them through treatment.

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5.6.25_2

ityagniveśakṛte tantre carakapratisaṃskṛte indriyasthāne katamāniśarīrīyamindriyaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭho 'adhyāyaḥ//6//

Thus ends the sixth chapter, named 'Sense Faculty on Which Bodies', in the Indriyasthāna of the compendium composed by Agniveśa and redacted by Caraka. //6

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