[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) › 6.1.1.2 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.1.1.2 Carakasaṃhitā 6.1.1.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.1.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1.2) nṛpavaidyadvijātīnāṃ sādhūnāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām// nivāse nirbhaye śaste prāpyopakaraṇe pure/ diśi pūrvottarasyāṃ ca subhūmau kārayet kuṭīm// vistārotsedhasaṃpannāṃ trigarbhāṃ sūkṣmalocanām/ ghanabhittimṛtusukhāṃ suspaṣṭāṃ manasaḥ priyām// śabdādīnāmaśastānāmagamyāṃ strīvivarjitām/ iṣṭopakaraṇopetāṃ &sajjavaudyauṣadhadvijām// &\`sakta-' iti pā-. athodagayane śukle tithinakṣatrapūjite/ muhūrtakaraṇopete praśaste kṛtavāpanaḥ// dhṛtismṛtibalaṃ kṛtvā śraddadhānaḥ samāhitaḥ/ vidhūya mānasān doṣān maitrīṃ bhūteṣu cintayan// devatāḥ pūjayitvā 'agre dvijātīṃśca pradakṣiṇam/ devagobrāhmaṇān kṛtvā tatastāṃ praviśet kuṭīm// tasyāṃ saṃśodhanaiḥ śuddhaḥ sukhī jātabalaḥ punaḥ/ rasāyanaṃ prayuñjīta &tatpravakṣyāmi śodhanam// &\`tato vakṣyāmi' iti pā-. harītakīnāṃ cūrṇāni saindhavāmalake guḍam/ vacāṃ viḍaṅgaṃ rajanīṃ pippalīṃ viśvabheṣajam// pibeduṣṇāmbunā jantuḥ snehasvedopapāditaḥ/ tena śuddhaśarīrāya kṛtasaṃsarjanāya ca// trirātraṃ yāvakaṃ dadyāt pañcāhaṃ vā 'api sarpiṣā/ saptāhaṃ vā purāṇasya yāvacchuddhestu varcasaḥ// śuddhakoṣṭhaṃ tu taṃ jñātvā rasāyanamupācaret/ vayaḥprakṛtisātmyajño yaugikaṃ yasya yadbhavet// harītakīṃ pañcarasāmuṣṇāmalavaṇaṃ śivām/ doṣānulomanīṃ laghvīṃ vidyāddīpanapācanīm// āyuṣyāṃ pauṣṭikīṃ dhanyāṃ vayasaḥ sthāpanīṃ parām/ sarvarogapraśamanīṃ buddhīndriyabalapradām// kuṣṭhaṃ gulmamudāvartaṃ śoṣaṃ pāṇḍvāmayaṃ madam/ arśāṃsi grahaṇīdoṣaṃ purāṇaṃ viṣamajvaram// hṛdrogaṃ saśirorogamatīsāramarocakam/ kāsaṃ pramehamānāhaṃ plīhānamudaraṃ navam// > In a secure, auspicious city where supplies are easily obtained, inhabited by kings, physicians, twice-born men, > and virtuous persons of meritorious deeds, > in the northeastern direction and on good ground, one should have an enclosure constructed, > endowed with breadth and height, having three concentric chambers, small windows, > thick walls, comfortable in all seasons, well-lighted, pleasing to the mind, > inaccessible to unwholesome sounds and the like, devoid of women, > equipped with desirable utensils, and attended by ready physicians, medicines, and twice-born men. > Then, during the northern course of the sun, in the bright fortnight, on an auspicious lunar day and constellation, > endowed with an auspicious muhūrta and karaṇa, having had one's head shaved, > having gathered the strength of resolve and memory, full of faith and composed in mind, > having cast away mental blemishes, contemplating goodwill toward living beings, > having first worshipped the deities and circumambulated twice-born men, > and having paid homage to the gods, cows, and brāhmaṇas, one should then enter that enclosure. > Cleansed therein by evacuative measures, happy, having regained strength once more, > one should employ rasāyana; I shall explain that cleansing: > Powders of harītakī, rock salt, āmalaka, jaggery, > vacā, viḍaṅga, turmeric, pippalī, and ginger > a person should drink with hot water, having undergone oleation and sudation. > To him whose body has been purified by that and who has undergone the restorative dietary regimen, > one should give barley gruel with ghee for three nights, or five days, > or seven days, until his feces of old accumulated waste are purified. > Knowing him to have a purified digestive tract, one should administer rasāyana, > knowing his age, constitution, and suitability, using whatever would be appropriate for whom. > Harītakī should be known to possess five tastes, to be hot, non-salty, auspicious, > carminative of the doṣas, light, and a promoter of digestion and assimilation; > promoting longevity, nourishing, fortunate, supreme in preserving youth, > alleviating all diseases, and bestowing strength upon the intellect and senses. > Obstinate skin diseases, abdominal lump, upward movement of vāyu, wasting, anemia, intoxication, > piles, disorders of the duodenum, chronic intermittent fever, > heart disease along with head disease, diarrhea, anorexia, > cough, urinary anomalies, flatulence, spleen enlargement, fresh abdominal enlargement, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.1.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1.1) - [Next: 6.1.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1.3) - [Up: 6.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.1.1.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1.2) · Pramāṇa