[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) › 6.3.13 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.3.13 Carakasaṃhitā 6.3.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.13) kṣayastamo jvaraḥ pāpmā &mṛtyuścoktā yamātmakāḥ/ pañcatvapratyayānnṝṇāṃ kliśyatāṃ svena karmaṇā// &\`mṛtyuścokto 'ayamātmajaḥ' iti pā-. ityasya prakṛtiḥ proktā,pravṛttistu parigrahāt/ nidāne pūrvamuddiṣṭā rudrakopācca dāruṇāt// > Wasting, darkness, fever, sin, and death are stated to be of the nature of Yama, / because they bring about death in men suffering through their own actions. / Thus its primary nature is stated; but its manifestation arose from attachment, / as previously indicated in the \[section on\] Diagnosis, and from the fierce wrath of Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.11) - [Next: 6.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.15) - [Up: 6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.3.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.13) · Pramāṇa