The Compendium of Caraka 7.4: caturtho 'adhyāyaḥ/
Carakasaṃhitā 7.4
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caturtho 'adhyāyaḥ/
7.4.1
athāto dhāmārgavakalpaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ//
Now we shall expound the procedure of dhāmārgava.
7.4.2
iti ha smāha bhagavānātreyaḥ//
Thus declared the venerable Ātreya.
7.4.3
karkoṭakī &koṭhaphalā mahājālinireva ca/
dhāmārgavasya paryāyā rājakośātakī tathā//
Karkoṭakī, koṭhaphalā, and mahājālinī,
and rājakośātakī: these are synonyms of dhāmārgava.
7.4.4
gare gulmodare kāse vāte śleṣmāśayasthite/
kaphe ca kaṇṭhavaktrasthe kaphasaṃcayajeṣu ca//
In slow poison, gulma, abdominal disease, cough, wind situated in the kapha receptacle,
and when kapha is situated in the throat and mouth, and in diseases born of kapha accumulation—
7.4.5
&rogeṣveṣu prayojyaṃ syāt sthirāśca guravaśca ye/
phalaṃ puṣpaṃ pravālaṃ ca vidhinā tasya saṃharet//
in these diseases it should be used, and in those which are firm and heavy.
One should harvest its fruit, flower, and sprout according to rule.
7.4.6
pravālasvarasaṃ śuṣkaṃ kṛtvā &ca gulikāḥ pṛthak/
kovidārādibhiḥ peyāḥ kaṣāyairmadhukasya ca//
Having dried the expressed juice of the sprout, individual pills
are to be drunk with kovidāra and other [decoctions] and with decoctions of madhuka.
7.4.7
puṣpādiṣu &payoyogāścatvāraḥ pañcamī surā/
pūrvavat jīrṇaśuṣkāṇāmataḥ kalpaḥ pravakṣyate//
In flowers and the rest, there are four formulations in milk, and wine is the fifth,
as before. Hereafter, the procedure for the mature and dried ones will be declared.
7.4.8
madhukasya kaṣāyeṇa bījalaṇṭhoddhṛtaṃ phalam/
saguḍaṃ vyuṣitaṃ rātriṃ kovidārādibhistathā//
A fruit with its seeds and pulp removed, left overnight with jaggery
in a decoction of madhuka, and likewise with kovidāra and the others,
7.4.9
dadyādgulmodarārtebhyo ye cāpyanye kaphāmayāḥ/
dadyādannena saṃyuktaṃ chardihṛdrogaśāntaye//
one should give to those afflicted with gulma and abdominal disease, and whatever other kapha diseases there are;
one should give it combined with food for the pacification of vomiting and heart disease.
7.4.10
cūrṇairvā 'apyutpalādīni bhāvitāni prabhūtaśaḥ/
rasakṣīrayavāgvāditṛpto ghrātvā vamet sukham//
Or water-lilies and the like repeatedly steeped with its powders,
one, satiated with meat broth, milk, barley gruel, or the like, smells and vomits with ease.
7.4.11
cūrṇīkṛtasya vartiṃ vā kṛtvā badarasaṃmitām/
vinīyāñjalimātre tu pibedgo+&aśvaśakṛdrase//
Or making a jujube-sized pill of the powdered [fruit]
and dissolving it in just an añjali measure, one should drink it in the liquid of cow or horse dung;
7.4.12
pṛṣatarṣyakuraṅgāhvagajoṣṭrāśvatarāvike/
śvadaṃṣṭrakharakhaḍgānāṃ caivaṃ peyā &śakṛdrase//
and in the liquid of dung of the spotted deer, white-footed antelope, deer, elephant, camel, mule, sheep,
dog, donkey, and rhinoceros, it is likewise to be drunk.
7.4.13
jīvakarṣabhakau vīrāmātmaguptāṃ śatāvarīm/
kākolīṃ śrāvaṇīṃ medāṃ mahāmedāṃ madhūlikām//
Jīvaka, ṛṣabhaka, vīrā, ātmaguptā, śatāvarī,
kākolī, śrāvaṇī, medā, mahāmedā, madhūlikā—
7.4.14
ekaikaśo 'abhisaṃcūrṇya saha dhāmārgaveṇa te/
śarkarāmadhusaṃyuktā lehā hṛddāhakāsinām//
having powdered these one by one together with dhāmārgava,
they are electuaries combined with sugar and honey for those coughing with burning in the heart;
7.4.15
sukhodakānupānāḥ syuḥ pittoṣmasahite kaphe/
dhānyatumburuyūṣeṇa kalkaḥ sarvaviṣāpahaḥ//
they should have warm water as the subsequent drink when kapha is accompanied by pitta heat.
With a soup of coriander and tumburu, the paste destroys all poisons.
7.4.16
jātyāḥ saumanasāyinyā rajanyāścorakasya ca/
vṛścīrasya mahākṣudrasahāhaimavatasya ca//
In [a decoction] of jātī, saumanasāyinī, rajanī, and coraka,
of vṛścīra, mahākṣudrasahā, and haimavatī,
7.4.17
bimbyāḥ punarnavāyā vā kāsamardasya vā &pṛthak/
ekaṃ dhāmārgavaṃ dve vā kṣāye parimṛdya tu//
or of bimbī, punarnavā, or kāsamarda separately,
having rubbed one or two dhāmārgavas in the decoction,
7.4.18
pūtaṃ manovikāreṣu pibedvamanamuttamam/
tacchṛtakṣīrajaṃ sarpiḥ sādhitaṃ vā phalādibhiḥ//
one should drink the strained [liquid] in mental disorders: it is an excellent emetic.
Or ghee born of its boiled milk, or prepared with the fruits and the rest.
7.4.19
tatra ślokau---
Here are the two verses—
7.4.19_1
pallave nava catvāraḥ kṣīra ekaḥ surāsave/
kaṣāye viṃśatiḥ kalke daśa dvau ca śakṛdrase//
Nine in the sprout, four in milk, one in wine-ferment;
twenty in decoctions, ten in paste, and twelve in dung liquid;
7.4.20
anna ekastathā ghreye daśa lehāstathā ghṛtam/
kalpe dhāmārgavasyoktāḥ ṣaṣṭiryogā maharṣiṇā//
one in food, and one to be smelled; ten electuaries, and likewise a ghee:
sixty formulations in the procedure of dhāmārgava have been declared by the great sage.
7.4.20_1
ityagniveśakṛte tantre carakapratisaṃskṛte 'aprāpte dṛḍhabalasaṃpūrite kalpasthāne dhāmārgavakalpo nāma caturtho 'adhyāyaḥ//4//
Thus ends the fourth chapter, named 'The Procedure of Dhāmārgava', in the Section on Formulation in the treatise made by Agniveśa, redacted by Caraka, and completed by Dṛḍhabala when unavailable.
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