[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) › 5.8.22 # The Compendium of Caraka 5.8.22 Carakasaṃhitā 5.8.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.8.22) na bibharti śiro grīvā na pṛṣṭhaṃ bhāramātmanaḥ/ na hanū piṇḍamāsyasthamāturasya mumūrṣataḥ// > The neck does not bear the head, nor the back its own load, > nor do the jaws \[bear\] the bolus placed in the mouth of a sick man about to die. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.8.21) - [Next: 5.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.8.23) - [Up: 5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.8.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.8.22) · Pramāṇa