The Compendium of Suśruta 36.3

36.3

āturopakramaṇaṃ ca gatāyuṣi nirarthakamayaśaskaraṃ cetyadhyāyapratijñānantaramāyuḥ parīkṣopadeśaṃ karoti-āturamityādi | āyuḥparīkṣaṇaṃ ca riṣṭasadbhāvāsadbhāvābhyāṃ pūrvādhyāyairyadyapi kṛtameva, tathā'pi lakṣaṇato yaddīrghāyuṣṭvaṃ tattatra noktaṃ, tadiha pratipādanīyaṃ; yadiharoktapañcaviṃśativarṣādyāyuḥpramāṇajñāne sati pañcaviṃśativarṣādyupasthāne vinā'pi riṣṭaṃ cikitsā'kartavyaiva, tatkālamāyurlakṣaṇenāyuṣo'ntargatasyāvacāritvāt | atha cikitsāpravṛttyarthamāyureva kevalaṃ parīkṣyamathānyadapi parīkṣyamastītyāha-satyāyuṣi vyādhītyādi | āyuṣi sati paraṃ cikitsā saṃbhavati; tena tat pradhānatayā prathamaṃ parīkṣyaṃ, tato vyādhyādītyarthaḥ | vyādhyādīnāṃ ca yathā yathā pradhānavivakṣā tathā tathā taduddeśo jñeyaḥ; tatra vyādhirnirvartyatvena pradhānaṃ, tadanu ṛtavo'gnidehabalādihetutayā, tadanvagnirdehabalādihetutayā pradhānam, evamādyunneyamiti |