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# Hārīta's Compendium of Medicine 3.3.1.65

Hārītasaṃhitā 3.3.1.65

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.3.1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita.3.3.1.65)

sadā pathyaṃ prayoktavyaṃ nāpathyena sa sidhyati  
auṣadhena vinā pathyaiḥ sidhyate bhiṣaguttamaiḥ

> Ātreya said: / For one ignorant of therapeutics, what is the use of reciting the treatises? / Just as straw devoid of grains is useless,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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