The Compendium of Suśruta 1.12

1.12

evaṃ sthite praśnādhikāriṇaṃ suśrutaṃ saṃbodhyāha—vatsa suśrutetyādi | yadyapi rogopaśamārthamiti vadatā āyurvedaprayojanamuddiṣṭameva, tathā'pyupadarśitameva prayojanaṃ mukhyamāyurvedaprayojanamiti dāḍhyarthaṃ darśayati—ihāyurvedaprayojanamityādi (iheti rogasvasthādhikārapravṛttāyurvede, vyādhimokṣaḥ svastharakṣaṇaṃ ca; anyatra tu naiṣṭhikacikitsāyāṃ śārīravaktavyāyāṃ mokṣaḥ prayojanam ) iha tu sāmānyenāyurvedaprayojanameva prayojanamiti kṛtvā sāmānyenāyurvedaprayojanābhidhānaṃ; vyādhimokṣādiphalamapi puruṣaprayojanakatvāt prayojanamucyate | svāsthyarakṣaṇaṃ svasthale vyavasthāpanam | kecidgranthakārāścakārād yāpyayāpanamāyurukarṣaśca prayojanamiti vadanti | kiṃtu āyurjananaṃ svāsthyarakṣaṇaviśeṣa eva, yāpyayāpanaṃ tvadhikavyādhiparimokṣa eva, anāgatādhikavyādhirakṣaṇatayā ābhimānikasvāsthyarakṣaṇameva vātādiprakṛtīnāmiva svāsthyarakṣaṇamāhuḥ; yaduktaṃ carake vātādiprakṛtīn sadāturānabhidhāya—"viparītaguṇasteṣāṃ svāsthyavṛttau vidhirhitaḥ” ( ca. sū. a. 7) iti |