[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) › 5.6 # The Compendium of Caraka 5.6: ṣaṣṭho 'adhyāyaḥ/ Carakasaṃhitā 5.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### ṣaṣṭho 'adhyāyaḥ/ ### [5.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.6.1) athātaḥ katamāniśarīrīyamindriyaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ// > Now we shall explain the Indriya concerning 'Which Bodies \[Are Incurable\]'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.6.2) iti ha smāha bhagavānātreyaḥ// > Thus declared the venerable Ātreya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.6.25) tatra ślokaḥ--- > Here is a verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.25\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.25\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.6.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.2192) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: 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