The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c8.133

c8.133

brahmastrīsajjanavadhaparasvaharaṇādibhiḥ (cf., Hārīta, in JA, July-Sept., 1935, p. 136)/
karmabhiḥ pāparogasya prāhuḥ kuṣṭhasya sambhavam||25||
mriyate yadi kuṣṭhena punarjāte 'pi gacchati/
nātaḥ kaṣṭhataro rogo yathā kuṣṭham prakīrtitam||26||
āhārācārayoḥ proktām āsthāya mahatīm kriyām/
auṣadhīnām viśiṣṭānām tapasaś ca niṣevaṇāt (cf., Mahabh, XII, 5967)
yas tena mucyate jantuḥ sa puṇyām gatim āpnuyāt||27||