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The Compendium of Caraka 6.9.20

Carakasaṃhitā 6.9.20

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Sanskrit

6.9.20

tadyathā---saumyadṛṣṭiṃ gambhīramadhṛṣyamakopanamasvapnabhojanābhilāṣiṇamalpasvedamūtrapurīṣa-&vātaṃ śubhagandhaṃ phullapadmavadanamiti devonmattaṃ vidyāt; guruvṛddhasiddharṣīṇāmabhiśāpābhicārābhidhyānānurūpaceṣṭāhāravyāhāraṃ tairunmattaṃ vidyāt; aprasannadṛṣṭimapaśyantaṃ vidrāluṃ pratihatavācamanannābhilāṣamarocakāvipākaparītaṃ ca pitṛbhirunmattaṃ vidyāt; (&caṇḍaṃ sāhasikaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ gambhīramadhṛṣyaṃ) mukhavādyanṛtyagītānnapānasnānamālyadhūpagandharatiṃ raktavastrabalikarmahāsyakathānuyogapriyaṃ śubhagandhaṃ ca gandharvonmattaṃ vidyāt; asakṛtsvapna-&rodanahāsyaṃ nṛtyagītavādyapāṭhakathānnapānasnānamālyadhūpagandharatiṃ raktaviplutākṣaṃ dvijātivaidyaparivādinaṃ rahasyabhāṣiṇaṃ ca yakṣonmattaṃ vidyāt; naṣṭanidramannapānadviṣiṇamanāhāramapyatibalinaṃ śastraśoṇitamāṃsaraktamālyābhilāṣiṇaṃ saṃtarjakaṃ ca rākṣasonmattaṃ vidyāt; prahāsanṛtyapradhānaṃ devavipravaidyadveṣāvajñābhiḥ stutivedamantraśāstrodāharaṇaiḥ kāṣṭhādibhirātmapīḍanena ca brahmarākṣasonmattaṃ vidyāt; asvasthacittaṃ sthānamalabhamānaṃ nṛtyagītahāsinaṃ baddhābaddhapralāpinaṃ saṃkarakūṭamalinarathyācelatṛṇāśmakāṣṭhādhirohaṇaratiṃ &bhinnarūkṣasvaraṃ nagnaṃ vidhāvantaṃ naikatra tiṣṭhantaṃ duḥkhānyāvedayantaṃ naṣṭasmṛtiṃ ca piśāconmattaṃ vidyāt//

Namely: one should recognize one maddened by a god as having a gentle gaze, solemn, invincible, slow to anger, desiring little sleep and food, with scanty sweat, urine, stool, and flatus, possessing a fragrant smell, and with a face like a blooming lotus; one should recognize one maddened by elders, aged persons, accomplished adepts, and sages as having actions, food, and speech conforming to their curses, spells, and ill-will; one should recognize one maddened by ancestors as having a dull gaze, unseeing, drowsy, with obstructed speech, without desire for food, and beset by anorexia and indigestion; one should recognize one maddened by a gandharva as fierce, reckless, sharp, solemn, invincible, delighting in instrumental music, dancing, singing, food and drink, bathing, garlands, incense, and perfumes, fond of red garments, oblations, jesting, conversation, and interrogation, and possessing a pleasant scent; one should recognize one maddened by a yakṣa as repeatedly sleeping, weeping, and laughing, delighting in dance, song, instrumental music, recitation, story-telling, food and drink, bathing, garlands, incense, and perfumes, with eyes bloodshot, reviling twice-born men and physicians, and speaking secrets; one should recognize one maddened by a rākṣasa as having lost sleep, hating food and drink, yet very strong even without food, desiring weapons, blood, meat, and red garlands, and intimidating others; one should recognize one maddened by a brahmarākṣasa as predominantly laughing and dancing, exhibiting hatred and disdain toward gods, brāhmaṇas, and physicians, quoting praises, Vedic mantras, and scriptures, and tormenting himself with wood and the like; one should recognize one maddened by a piśāca as having an unsteady mind, finding no resting place, dancing, singing, and laughing, babbling connected and disconnected words, delighting in ascending heaps of refuse, filthy streets, rags, straw, stones, and wood, with a broken and hoarse voice, running around naked, staying nowhere in one place, proclaiming his miseries, and having lost his memory.

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