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The Compendium of Caraka 5.6

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5.6.1

Now we shall explain the Indriya concerning 'Which Bodies [Are Incurable]'.

5.6.2

Thus declared the venerable Ātreya.

5.6.3

Which diseased bodies, O great sage,
should the physician avoid, in which treatment does not succeed?

5.6.4

Thus questioned by Agniveśa with a question exceedingly hard to answer,
as the venerable Ātreya declared it to him, so understand:

5.6.5

For whom, while speaking, the upper chest aches severely,
and eaten food slips away, or even remaining is not digested;

5.6.6

And whose strength quickly wanes, whose thirst greatly increases,
and in whose heart colic arises: him the physician should avoid.

5.6.7

Whose hiccup arises from the depths and who passes blood in diarrhea:
one should not give him medicine, remembering the teaching of Ātreya.

5.6.8

Abdominal distension and diarrhea: which weak, diseased man
these two diseases enter, for him life is hard to obtain.

5.6.9

Abdominal distension and excessive thirst: which weak man
these two enter, the vital breaths abandon this man before long.

5.6.10

Whose fever occurs in the forenoon and who has severe dry cough,
deprived of strength and flesh: he is just like a corpse.

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Whose urine and feces come forth in hard lumps,
who is devoid of heat, suffering from abdominal enlargement, and panting: he does not live.

5.6.12

Whose swelling situated in the belly spreads to the hands and feet,
after causing grief to his assembly of kinsmen, he is destroyed by that disease.

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Whose swelling is located in the feet, and whose calf muscles droop,
and both of whose shanks collapse: him the physician should avoid.

5.6.14

A man with swollen hands, swollen feet, swollen genitals, and swollen belly,
deprived of complexion, strength, and food: one should not treat him with medicines.

5.6.15

From whose chest much phlegm—blue, yellow, and blood-streaked—
continuously discharges: him one should avoid from afar.

5.6.16

With hair standing on end, thick urine, swollen, afflicted with cough and fever,
wasted in flesh: such a man should be avoided from afar by a discerning physician.

5.6.17

Whose three doṣas are aggravated and marked by distress,
who is emaciated and devoid of strength: for him there is no treatment.

5.6.18

Fever and diarrhea at the end of swelling, or swelling upon the cessation of those two,
occurs especially to the end of a weak man.

5.6.19

Pale, exceedingly emaciated, overcome by thirst,
with a resonant belly, his breath agitated: he should be refused by the discerning physician.

5.6.20

Stiffness of jaws and carotid vessels, thirst, extreme reduction of strength,
and whose vital breaths dwell [only] in the chest: him one should avoid.

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He faints, stretches out, and finds no comfort whatsoever;
wasted of flesh, strength, and food, the man is about to die before long.

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Whose dreadful diseases, having incompatible origins and incompatible treatments,
increase greatly: he is killed quickly, quickly.

5.6.23

Whose strength, consciousness, health, digestion, flesh, and blood—
these waste away: he is killed swiftly, swiftly.

5.6.24

Whose health fails, whose constitution deteriorates:
suddenly, suddenly death snatches away his life.

5.6.25

Here is a verse:

5.6.25_1

Thus one should avoid these diseased bodies;
for the wise see no success whatsoever in them through treatment.

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Thus ends the sixth chapter, named 'Sense Faculty on Which Bodies', in the Indriyasthāna of the compendium composed by Agniveśa and redacted by Caraka. //6

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