Sushruta Samhita 1.1: prathamo+adhyāyaḥ /

Suśrutasaṃhitā 1.1

Language: Sanskrit

prathamo+adhyāyaḥ /

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athāto vedotpattimadhyāyaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ //

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atha khalu bhagavantamamaravaramṛṣigaṇaparivṛtamāśramasthaṃ kāśirājaṃ divodāsaṃ dhanvantarimaupadhenavavaitaraṇaurabhrapauṣkalāvata-†karavīryagopurarakṣitasuśrutaprabhṛtaya ūcuḥ //

bhagavan śārīramānasāgantuvyādhibhirvividhavedanābhighātopadrutān sanāthānapyanāthavadviceṣṭamānān vikrośataśca mānavānabhisamīkṣya manasi naḥ pīḍā bhavati teṣāṃ sukhaiṣiṇāṃ rogopaśamārthamātmanaśca prāṇayātrārthaṃ pragāhitahetorāyurvedaṃ śrotumicchāma ihopadiśyamānaṃ atrā+āyattamaihikamāmuṣmikaṃ ca śreyaḥ tadbhagavantamupapannāḥ smaḥ śiṣyatveneti //

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tānuvāca bhagavān svāgataṃ vaḥ sarva evāmīmāṃsyā adhyāpyāśca bhavanto vatsāḥ //

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iha khalvāyurvedo nāmopāṅgamatharvavedasyānutpādyaivaprajāḥ ślokaśatasahasramadhyāyasahasraṃ ca kṛtavān svayambhūḥ tato+alpāyuṣṭvamalpamedhastvaṃ cālokya narāṇāṃ bhūyo+aṣṭadhā praṇītavān //

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tadyathā śalyaṃ śālākyaṃ kāyacikitsā bhūtavidyā kaumārabhṛtyaṃ agadatantraṃ rasāyanatantraṃ vājīkaraṇatantramiti //

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athāsya pratyaṅgalakṣaṇasamāsaḥ /

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tatra śalyaṃ nāma vividhatṛṇakāṣṭhapāṣāṇapāṃśulohaloṣṭāsthibālanakhapūyāsrāvaduṣṭavraṇāntargarbhaśalyoddharaṇārthaṃ yantraśastrakṣārāgnipraṇidhānavraṇaviniścayārthaṃ ca //

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śālākyaṃ nāmordhvajatrugatānāṃ śravaṇanayanavadanaghrāṇādisaṃśritānāṃ vyādhīnāmupaśamanārthaṃ //

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kāyacikītsā nāma sarvāṅgasaṃśritānāṃ vyādhīnāṃ jvara{O.atīsāra}raktapittaśoṣonmādāpasmārakuṣṭhamehātisārādīnāmupaśamanārtham //

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bhūtavidyā nāma devāsuragandharvayakṣarakṣaḥpitṛpiśācanāgagrahādyupasṛṣṭacetasāṃ śāntikarmabaloharaṇādigrahopaśamanārtham //

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kaumārabhṛtyaṃ nāma kumārabharaṇadhātrīkṣīradoṣasaṃśodhanārthaṃ duṣṭastanyagrahasamutthānāṃ ca vyādhīnāmupaśamanārtham //

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agadatantraṃ nāma sarpakīṭalūtāmūśikādidaṣṭaviṣavyañjanārthaṃ vividhaviṣasaṃyogopaśamanārthaṃ ca //

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rasāyanatantraṃ nāma vayaḥsthāpanamāyurmedhābalakaraṃ rogāpaharaṇasamarthaṃ ca //

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vājīkaraṇatantraṃ nāmālpaduṣṭakṣīṇaviśuṣkaretasāmāpyāyanaprasādopacayajanananimittaṃ praharṣajananārthaṃ ca //

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evamayamāyurvedo+aṣṭāṅga upadiśyate atra kasmai kimucyatāmiti //

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ta ūcuḥ asmākaṃ sarveṣāmeva śalyajñānaṃ mūlaṃ kṛtvopadiśatu bhagavāniti //

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sa uvācaivamastviti //

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ta ūcurbhūyo+api bhagavantam asmākamekamatīnāṃ matamabhisamīkṣya suśruto bhagavantaṃ prakṣyati asmai copadiśyamānaṃ vayamapyupadhārayiṣyāmaḥ //

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sa hovācaivamastviti //

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vatsa suśruta iha khalvāyurvedaprayojanaṃ vyādhyupasṛṣṭānāṃ vyādhiparimokaṣaḥ svasthasya rakṣaṇaṃ ca //

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āyurasmin vidyate+anena vā+āyurvindatītyāyurvedaḥ //

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tasyāṅgavaramādyaṃ pratyakṣāgamānumānopamānairaviruddhamucyamānamupadharaya //

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etaddhyaṅgaṃ prathamaṃ prāgabhighātavraṇasaṃrohāt yajñaśiraḥsandhānācca / śrūyate hi yathā rudreṇa yajñasya śiraśchinnamiti tato devā aśvināvabhigamyocuḥ bhagavantau naḥ śreṣṭhatamau yuvāṃ bhaviṣyathaḥ bhavadbhyāṃ yajñasyaśeraḥ sandhātavyamiti / tāvūcaturevamastviti / atha tayorarthe devā indraṃ yajñabhagena prāsādayan / tābhyāṃ yajñasya śiraḥ saṃhitam iti //

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aṣṭāsvapi cāyurvedatantreṣvetadevādhikamabhimataṃ āmāśukriyākaraṇādyantraśastrakṣārāgnipraṇidhānāt sarvatantrasāmānyācca //

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tadidaṃ śāśvataṃ puṇyaṃ svargyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ vṛttikaraṃ ceti //

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brahmā provāca tataḥ prajāpatiradhijage tasmādaśvinau aśvibhyāmindraḥ indrādaḥaṃ mayā tviha pradeyamarthibhyaḥ prajāhitahetoḥ //

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bhavati cātra

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ahaṃ hi dhanvantarirādidevo jarārujāmṛtyuharo+amarāṇām /

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śalyāṅgamaṅgairaparairupetaṃ prāpto+asmi gāṃ bhūya ihopadeṣṭum //

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asmin śāstre pañcamahābhūtaśarīrisamavāyaḥ puruṣa ityucyate / tasmin kriyā so+adhiṣṭhānaṃ kasmāt lokasya dvaividhyāt loko hi dvividhaḥ sthāvaro jaṅgamaśca dvividhātmaka evāgneyaḥ saumyaśca tadbhūyastvāt pañcātmako vā tatra caturvidho bhūtagrāmaḥ saṃsvedajarāyujāṇḍajodbhijjasaṃjñaḥ tatra puruṣaḥ pradhānaṃ tasyopakaraṇamanyat tasmāt puruṣo+adhiṣṭhānam //

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tadduḥkhasaṃyogā vyādhaya ucyante //

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te caturvidhāḥ āgantavaḥ śārīrāḥ mānasāḥ svābhāvikāśceti //

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teṣāmāgantavo+abhighātanimittāḥ //

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śārīrāstvannapānamūlā vātapittakaphaśoṇitasannipātavaiṣamyanimittāḥ //

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mānasāstu krodhaśokabhayaharṣaviṣāderṣyābhyasūyādainyamātsaryakāmalobhaprabhṛtaya icchādveṣabhedairbhavanti //

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svābhāvikāstu kṣutpipāsājarāmṛtyunidrāprakṛtayaḥ //

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ta ete manaḥśarīrādhiṣṭhānāḥ //

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teṣāṃ saṃśodhanasaṃśamanāhārācārāḥ samyakprayuktā nigrahahetavaḥ //

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prāṇināṃ punarmūlamāhāro balavarṇaujasāṃ ca sa ṣaṭsu raseṣvāyattaḥ rasāḥ punardravyāśrayāḥ dravyāṇi punaroṣadhayaḥ / tāstu dvividhāḥ sthāvarā jaṅgamāśca //

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tāsāṃ sthāvarāścaturvidhāḥ vanaspatayo vṛkṣā vīrudha oṣadhaya iti / tāsu apuṣpāḥ phalavanto vanaspatayaḥ puṣpaphalavanto vṛkṣāḥ pratānavatyaḥ stambinyaśca vīrudhaḥ phalapākaniṣṭhā oṣadhaya iti //

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jaṅgamāḥ khalvapi catuvidhāḥ jarāyujāṇḍajasvedajodbhijjāḥ / tatra paśumanuṣyavyālādayo jarāyujāḥ khagasarpasarīsṛpaprabhṛtayo+aṇḍajāḥ kṛmikīṭapipīlikāprabhṛtayaḥ svedajāḥ indragopamaṇḍūkaprabhṛtaya udbhijjāḥ //

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tatra sthāvarebhyastvakpatrapuṣpaphalamūlakandaniryāsasvarasādayaḥ prayojanavantaḥ jaṅgamebhyaścarmanakharomarudhirādayaḥ //

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pārthivāḥ suvarṇarajatamaṇimuktāmanaḥśilāmṛtkapālādayaḥ //

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kālakṛtāḥ pravātanivātātapacchāyājyotsnātamaḥśītoṣṇavarṣāhorātrapakṣamāsartvayanādayaḥ saṃvatsaraviśeṣāḥ //

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ta ete svabhāvata eva doṣāṇāṃ sañcayaprakopapraśamapratīkārahetavaḥ prayojanavantaśca //

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bhavanti cātra ślokāḥ

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śārīrāṇāṃ vikārāṇāmeṣa vargaścatuvidhaḥ /

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prakope praśame caiva heturuktaścikitsakaiḥ //

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āgantavastu ye rogāste dvidhā nipatanti hi /

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manasyanye śarīre+anye teṣāṃ tu dvividhā kriyā //

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śarīrapatitānāṃ tu śārīravadupakramaḥ /

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mānasānāṃ tu śabdādiriṣṭo vargaḥ sukhāvahaḥ //

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evametat puruṣo vyādhirauṣadhaṃ kriyākāla iti catuṣṭayaṃ samāsena vyākhyātam / tatra puruṣagrahaṇāttatsaṃbhavadravyasamūho bhūtādiruktastadaṅgapratyaṅgavikalpāśca tvaṅnāṃsāsthisirāsnāyuprabhṛtayaḥ vyādhigrahaṇādvātapittakaphaśoṇitasannipātavaiṣamyanimittāḥ sarva eva vyādhayo vyākhyātāḥ oṣadhagrahaṇāddravyarasaguṇavīryavipākānāmādeśaḥ kriyāgrahaṇācchedyādīni snehādīni ca karmāṇi vyākhyātāni kālagrahaṇāt savakriyākālānāmādeśaḥ //

Commentaries (2)

Nibandhasaṅgraha — Ḍalhaṇa, Sanskrit
Bhānumatī — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit

Linked texts (3)

Āyurvedadīpikā (ed. Yādavjī Trikamjī Ācārya) — Sanskrit
Āyurvedīya Hitopadeśa — Raṇajitrāya Desāī, Sanskrit
Anupānadarpaṇa — Jñānasarāmaśarman, Sanskrit

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