The Compendium of Suśruta 1.2.11

1.2.11

yataścaitad granthakartuḥ suśrutasyaiva sūtraṃ; tena, ‘adhyāpyāśca bhavanto vatsāḥ’ ityasyānantarametad gurusūtram ‘athātaḥ’ ityādi boddhavyam; kiṃ vā, ‘iha khalvāyurvedaprayojanaṃ’ ityādau | ‘sa uvāca–evamastu’ ityasyānantaram ‘athātaḥ’ ityādi gurupratijñāsūtramiti yadvarṇyate, tannirastam | kiṃ ca, yadi tatsthānagatametat sūtraṃ tadā iha kimiti paṭhyate tatra ca na paṭhyate; kiṃ ca tatsthānaniveśe'sya sūtrasya vedotpattirasminnastīti kṛtvā adhyāyaniruktirna syāt, vedotpatteḥ prāguktatvena vakṣyamāṇe granthe cāsaṃbhavāt | nanvāyurvedopadeśakatvaṃ tadarthajñāne sati yuktaṃ, tadarthaśca dravyādyaśeṣajñānādhīno nānvayavyatirekābhyāṃ varṣasahasrairapi jñātuṃ śakyaḥ, nāpi pratyakṣaviṣayaḥ, sarvajñaśca suśruto na bhavati, tat kathamasyāyurvedārthavyākhyāne prāmāṇyamityāśaṅkāṃ nirācikīrṣurguruprakāśitamarthaṃ prakāśayāma iti darśayannāha–yathovāca bhagavān dhanvantaririti | jagadarthasādhanād dhanurrdharmaḥ, tasyānto vyādhyakālamṛtyusaṃpādako'dharmaḥ, tasyārirvyādhyakālamṛtyunivartanadvārā, śakandhvādipāṭhāt pararūpatvam | tathā ‘dhanuḥ śalyaṃ, tasyāntamīyarti gacchatīti dhanvantariḥ’ iti niruktivi-