The Compendium of Suśruta 3.54

3.54

saṃprati prakṛtamāha-atha vatsetyādi | vatsa iti prakṛtaśiṣyasuśrutasaṃbodhanam, athetyupanayanasya tathā triḥkartavyānantarye | śucitvādayastvadvārā dṛṣṭena vā'dhyayanopakāri vyaktameva | upasthitāyeti vidhivat samīpasthitāya | yathāśaktīti hīnaśaktaye padaṃ, madhyamaśaktaye pādam, uttamaśaktaye ślokamupadiśet | pādaśabdena ca ślokapāda ucyate | yatra tu yuktakagranthastatrāpi ślokapādaparimāṇo grantho jñeyaḥ | evaṃ ślokaśabdo'pi prāyo dvātriṃśadakṣaramātravākyaṃ grāhayati | krameṇānusaṃdheyā iti stokaṃ stokaṃ gṛhītaṃ punarekīkṛtya paṭhanīyam | ghaṭayanniti śiṣyaṃ ghaṭayituṃ yojayan | adrutamiti drutaṃ sannikṛṣṭavarṇaṃ, tadviparītam | avilambitaṃ nātivilambitam | aśaṅkitamityanenābhayoccāraṇaṃ gadgadādidoṣavatpāṭhanirāsārtham | ananunāsikamiti ṅañaṇanamādīnananunāsikāṃstyaktvā jñeyam | apīḍitamiti prayatne tālvādikaraṇairapīḍitam | akṣidhruvābhinayo gurusamakṣamatininditatvānna kāryaḥ | susaṃskṛtamiti anusvāravisarjanīyādisahitaṃ śāstraṃ paṭhet | na cetyādinā paṭhatorguruśiṣyayormadhye kasyacidgamanamadharmavaśādantarāyakaraṃ niṣedhayati |