Hārīta's Compendium of Medicine 2.7

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2.7.3 — 1 part

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Ātreya said: / Now, when a disease arises under the conjunction of asterisms, / whether it is curable, incurable, or manageable, I shall declare; listen, my son.

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Maghā with the Sun, Viśākhā joined with the Moon, Mars with Ārdrā, / Mūla with Mercury, Kṛttikā with Jupiter, Rohiṇī with Venus, and Hasta with Saturn—

these the skilled call the 'Yama's Bell' conjunctions. / If a man seized by disease, through the fruition of merit, / should survive, how then could he be at ease, unless through the terrible gap of a machine granted by the cloud[-god] under the blazing sun?

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With the Sun Anurādhā dwells, and the Moon is conjoined with Uttarā,
Mars is conjoined with the Pitṛ-deity [Maghā], Mercury is conjoined with the Horse-faced [Aśvinī]—this brings no relief;

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therefore Jupiter conjoined with Mṛgaśiras, Venus beneficial with Āśleṣā, / Saturn conjoined with Hasta—the expert in astrology does not declare this auspicious.

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Joined with the Sun's ray [Hasta], or the Moon with Mercury [Śravaṇa], Mars accompanied by Aśvinī, Mercury with Anurādhā, / Jupiter in Puṣya, Revatī on Friday, and Rohiṇī joined with Saturn—these are causes of ease.

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Under Śūla, Vajra, Atigaṇḍa, Vyāghāta, or Vyatipāta, / or joined with the Viṣkambha conjunction, and under an asterism having a cruel presiding deity—

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under these, fever patients are incurable; therefore, one should examine the astrological conjunctions. / When a cruel conjunction, lunar mansion, or day is encountered, [the patient] does not survive.

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Siddhi, Śukla, Śubha, Prīti, Āyuṣmat, Saubhāgya, / Dhṛti, Vṛddhi, Dhruva, and Harṣa—these are remembered as easily curable.

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Maghā, Viśākhā, Bharaṇī, likewise Ārdrā, Mūla, Kṛttikā, Hasta, and Tiṣya— / these the sages declare unwholesome; they are to be evaluated in order of the days [of the week].

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One who takes fever under Maghā, Bharaṇī, Hasta, / or Mūla meets with death; no doubt should be held here.

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Aśvinī, Rohiṇī, Puṣya, Mṛgaśiras, Jyeṣṭhā, and Punarvasu— / these are to be understood as curable, especially for those afflicted with fever.

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The three Pūrvās, Svātī, Citrā, the triad with Ārdrā, Śravaṇā, Dhaniṣṭhā, / Mūla, Viśākhā, along with the Kṛttikās, Āśleṣā, Anurādhā, and Jyeṣṭhā—

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these are difficult for those tormented by illness; Tiṣya makes [illness] easily manageable for a man. / Therefore, recognizing this thoroughly, the wise achieve the destruction of diseases through treatment.

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Under Aśvinī, [the disease lasts] one night; under Bharaṇī, one foresees death;
for nine nights under Kṛttikā, and under Rohiṇī for three days.

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Under Mṛgaśīrṣa there will be great suffering, and under Ārdrā indeed death;
and under Punarvasu and Puṣya, one suffers for seven nights.

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For nine nights under Āśleṣā; and under Maghā one goes to the abode of Yama.
Under Pūrvā[phālgunī], it should be known as three months; under Uttarā[phālgunī], three times five [days].

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The first three quarters of Pūrvā[phālgunī] are to be known as auspicious by the wise;
if disease occurs in the fourth, last [quarter] of these, then there is death.

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Under Hasta, recovery is attained; Citrā [lasts] fifteen days;
Svāti sixteen nights, and Viśākhā twenty nights.

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Anurādhā one fortnight; Jyeṣṭhā ten days;
under Mūla one meets death; under the [Pūrvā]ṣāḍhās, three times five [days].

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Under Uttarā[ṣāḍhā], in twenty nights; under Śravaṇa, two months;
under Dhaniṣṭhā it is two months; under the hundred-star [Śatabhiṣaj], twenty days.

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Nine nights it will be under Pūrvā[bhādrapadā]; under Uttarā[bhādrapadā], three times five [days];
under Revatī, ten days' suffering, then one is freed from diseases.

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Under Kṛttikā, fever is severe, a bilious disease;
one should designate ten days in the first quarter;

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ten indeed in the second part; in the third, five days.
Under Rohiṇī, nine nights are proclaimed in the first part;

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in the second, twice as much is stated; in the third, ten nights.
Under the constellation whose deity is the Moon (Mṛgaśīrṣa), suffering indeed certainly arises:

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in the first part, five nights; in the middle, twelve days;
in the third part, it should likewise be known; after a month, death.

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Under the constellation whose deity is Rudra (Ārdrā), it lasts a fortnight in the first part;
twelve days in the second; and in the third part, one does not live.

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Under Punarvasu, one should know fever [lasts] three fortnights in the first part;
seven days in the middle; twenty-five in the third.

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Under Puṣya, it lasts seven [days] in the first; twenty days in the second;
in the third part, one should likewise know twenty-one days.

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And under the constellation Āśleṣā, he for whom fever arises
lives with difficulty after three months in the first part;

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and in the second and third, there is death without doubt.
Under the constellation whose deity is the ancestors (Maghā), he whose disease begins:

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in the first part, seven nights; in the second, equal to the constellation;
in the third, he is afflicted for twenty days by the force of karma.

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Under the constellation whose deity is Bhaga (Pūrvaphālgunī), he for whom fever arises:

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in the first part, five nights; in the middle, twelve days;
in the third part, it should likewise be known; after a month, death.

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In the first part of Uttarā[phālgunī], fourteen days;
in the second, seven nights; in the third, nine days.

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If disease arises under Hasta: in the first, seven nights;
four days in the second; in the third, five days.

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One should know death likewise in the first part of [Citrā,] whose deity is Tvaṣṭṛ, for him who has fever;
with three months in the second part, the disease becomes severe;

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in the third part, it should likewise be known that the wind-disease lasts thirteen [days].
Under [Svāti,] whose deity is Vāyu, seventeen [days] in the first, and twenty-one in the second;

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in the third part of this very [constellation], one should predict death alone.

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In the first part of Viśākhā, three times sixteen are recorded;
in the second, twelve are stated; and in the third, likewise.

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In the first part of [Anurādhā,] whose deity is Mitra, seven; in the second, one should designate a fortnight;
in the third part, sixty-four days, O great sage.

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Three fortnights in the first of [Jyeṣṭhā,] whose deity is Indra; and in the second and third parts, sixteen.

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In the third part of Mūla, a fortnight indeed should be known by the wise;
in the first of Pūrvā[ṣāḍhā], three months; in the middle, sixteen days.

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In the second part of Pūrvā[ṣāḍhā], a fortnight indeed should be known by the wise;
in the third part, however, death occurs after one night.

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In the first part of [Uttarāṣāḍhā,] whose deity is the Viśvedevas, a fortnight; in the middle, twelve nights;
twenty days are stated in the third part, O great sage.

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Seven days at first under Śravaṇa; twenty is held [to be the duration] in the middle;
sixteen days in the third part; this truth I speak.

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Twenty [days] under [Dhaniṣṭhā,] whose deity is the Vasus, in the first; in the middle, a pair of months;
one month in the third is to be understood; and it has been announced by astrologers.

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Under [Śatabhiṣaj,] whose deity is Varuṇa, disease is fierce: three fortnights in the first part;
six months in the second; sixteen days in the third.

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Under [Pūrvābhādrapadā / Uttarābhādrapadā,] whose deity is Ahirbudhnya, one should designate a fortnight at first; a month in the middle;
at the end, twenty-eight should be known; there is suffering from evil deeds.

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In the first [part] of Revatī, eight; in the second part, sixteen;
at the end, thirty days: thus has been declared by ancient sages.

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In the first part of Aśvinī, one day is proclaimed;
five nights in the second; likewise seven in the third.

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In the first part of Bharaṇī, seven days;
in the middle, death; and at the end, disease lasting up to three months.

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Knowing thus, the wise physician should properly perform palliative treatment.
The three parts of a constellation have been explained by Ātreya.

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Thus ends the sixth chapter, named 'Knowledge of the Nakṣatras', in the second section of the later Hārītasaṃhitā spoken by Ātreya.

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