The Compendium of Suśruta 22.9

22.9

nanu kathaṃ pittamādatte ? yenāgnireva tejorūpatayā sūryavadādatta iti śaṅkāyāṃ pittāgnyoraviruddhatvaṃ savimarśaṃ pratipādayannāha-tatra jijñāsyamityādi | na khalu pittavyatirekeṇānyo'gnirupalabhyata ityanena pittāgnyorbhedapratipādakapramāṇābhāvaṃ darśayati; yattu "tīkṣṇaḥ pittenāgniḥ” (sū. a. 35 ) ityādibhedāvabhāsakaṃ vacanaṃ tayathāśrutārthaṃ na bhavatīti bhāvaḥ | etadeva pittamevāgniritivyapadeśaṃ sopapattikamāha-āgneyatvādityādi | pittāgnyorbhede pramāṇābhāvaṃ darśayitvā svapakṣasādhakamabhede'numānamāha - kṣīṇe hītyādi | agnerguṇo'nna-
pācakatvalakṣita ūṣmā, tasmin kṣīṇe, tatsamānaṃ pittasamānaṃ kaṭutīkṣṇoṣṇaṃ nāgarādi | atipravṛddha ityamliguṇe eva | śītakriyopayogādityanenāpi pittapratyanīkakriyātaḥ praśamanaṃ darśayati | etenāmrilena vyavahriyamāṇaṃ tejaḥ pittāvayaverūpaṃ, pittavardhanapittakṣayakarairvṛddhinhrāsayogitvāt pradeśāntarasthapittāvayavavadityanumānaṃ darśitaṃ bhavati | atraiva sādhye āgamaṃ pramāṇamāha—āgamācceti | āgamaśca yathā “kānakaṃ rājataṃ tāmraṃ kṛṣṇāyastrapusīsakam | cirasthānādvilīyante pittatejaḥpratāpanāv” (sū. a. 26) iti | tathā “ṣaṣṭhī kalā pittadharā” (śā. a. 4) ityādinā agnyādhārā grahaṇyuktā | bhoje'pi “tasmāttejomayaṃ pittaṃ pittoṣmā yaḥ sa paktimān” ityāgamādabhedo jñeyaḥ | (anena prapañcena pittoṣmarūpatayā pittādabhedo vahnerdharmadharmiṇorabhedavivakṣayā sādhito jñeyaiḥ |) pāramārthikābhede hi tīkṣṇaḥ pittenāgniriti kāryakāraṇabhāvo na syāt, tathā “kadvajīrṇavidāhyamlakṣārādyaiḥ pittamulbaṇam | āplāvayaddhantyanalam (ca. ci. a. 15) iti carakavacanavirodhaḥ, tathā “pittaśamanamapi ghṛtamagnimedhe karoti” (sū. a. 45) ityuktamasaṅgataṃ syāt; tathā “samadoṣaḥ samāgniḥ” iti vacanamasaṃyuktaṃ syāt | yadapyabhedasādhakaṃ “pittatejaḥpratāpanāv” (sū. a. 26) iti vacanaṃ, tathā “pittoṣmā yaḥ sa paktimān” tadapi pittādbhinnasya tatkarmaṇastejaso'gnitvaṃ vadati, yattvanumānaṃ pittasya pittaśamane śamanaṃ pittavardhanairvardhanaṃ tad ghṛtasya pittaśamakasyāgnivardhakatvena tathā kadvajīrṇavidāhyamlasya ca pittajananāvāntaravyāpārasyābhyupaghātakatvena prasiddhatvādasiddhaṃ, tasmāddharmadharmirūpatayaivātrābheda ācāryasya vivakṣitaḥ | tadvakṣyati “audaryo bhagavānagnirīśvaro'nnasya pācakaḥ | saukṣmādrasānādānāno vivektuṃ na ca śakyate” (sū. a. 35) iti | saukṣmyaṃ hi pitte'nupapannam, ūṣmaṇi tūpapannam | yat “ṣaṣṭhī kalā pittadharā” (śā. a. 4) iti vacanaṃ tadbhāvaupacārikapittaśabdaprayogāt | dharmadharmyabhedopacāradarśanaṃ ca pittavardhanaiḥ prāyo vardhanamagnestacchamanaiśca prāyaḥ kṣapaṇamiti pratipādanārtham | pittejoropatāyāṃ ca vahnestejoviparītapittadravāṃśavardhakājīrṇavidāhyamlādibhirvyamlībhūtapittajananādagnernirvāpaṇaṃ yuktameva |