[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) › 6.3.140 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.3.140 Carakasaṃhitā 6.3.140 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.140) &kṣayānilabhayakrodhakāmaśokaśramodbhavāt/ laṅghanena kṣayaṃ nīte doṣe saṃdhukṣite 'anale// &\`' vijvaratvaṃ laghutvaṃ ca &kṣuccaivāsyopajāyate/ prāṇāvirodhinā cainaṃ laṅghanenopapādayet// &\`lāghavaṃ ca śarīrasya kṣuccaivāsyopajāyate' iti pā-. balādhiṣṭhānamārogyaṃ yadartho 'ayaṃ kriyākramaḥ/ laṅghanaṃ svedanaṃ kālo yavāgvastiktako rasaḥ// > arising from wasting, wind, fear, anger, passion, grief, or exertion. > When the humor is reduced by fasting, the fire is kindled, > freedom from fever, lightness, and appetite arise in him; > and one should manage him with fasting that does not oppose his vital breath. > Health is rooted in strength, for the sake of which this sequence of treatment \[is undertaken\]: > fasting, fomentation, time, thin gruel, and bitter taste, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.3.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.139) - [Next: 6.3.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.143) - [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.6.3.140) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Bhāvaprakāśa (another edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.bhavaprakasa*alt.3.1.35) — Sanskrit - [Cikitsāsārasaṅgraha (Vaṅgasena)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.vangasena.3.30) — Vaṅgasena, Sanskrit - [Bṛhadyogataraṅgiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.brhadyogatarangini.85.27) — Trimalla, Sanskrit - [Yogataraṅgiṇī (Trimalla)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.yogatarangini-trimalla-bhatta.83.27) — Trimalla, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.140) · Pramāṇa