Astanga Hrudaya

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इयं भूमिरवद्यानां दौःशील्यस्येदमास्पदम् । एकोऽयं बहुमार्गाय दुर्गतेर्देशिकः परम् ॥ ६ ॥

This is the ultimate ground for all blameworthy actions and the very breeding place of all vices. Madya (wine) alone is the chief guide among the innumerable pathways leading to utter ruin and self-destruction.

english translation

iyaM bhUmiravadyAnAM dauHzIlyasyedamAspadam । eko'yaM bahumArgAya durgaterdezikaH param ॥ 6 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

निश्चेष्टः शववच्छेते तृतीये तु मदे स्थितः । मरणादपि पापात्मा गतः पापतरां दशाम् ॥ ७ ॥

In the third stage of intoxication, the person lies on the ground, movement–less like a cadaver, a greater sinner than the one who dead, going through different stage of grave sins.

english translation

nizceSTaH zavavacchete tRtIye tu made sthitaH । maraNAdapi pApAtmA gataH pApatarAM dazAm ॥ 7 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

धर्माधर्मं सुखं दुःखमर्थानर्थं हिताहितम् । यदासक्तो न जानाति कथं तच्छीलयेद्बुधः ॥ ८ ॥

He who is addicted (to wine) does not understand what is right and what is wrong, what is true happiness and what is unhappiness, what is beneficial and what is non-beneficial (for the present and future lives), or what is suitable and what is unsuitable (to his health, right living, etc.). With these bad effects, how could a wise person ever indulge in it?

english translation

dharmAdharmaM sukhaM duHkhamarthAnarthaM hitAhitam । yadAsakto na jAnAti kathaM tacchIlayedbudhaH ॥ 8 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

मद्ये मोहो भयं शोकः क्रोधो मृत्युश्च संश्रिताः । सोन्मादमदमूर्छायाः सापस्मारापतानकाः ॥ ९ ॥

In wine reside delusion, fear, grief, anger, and even death, as well as insanity, infatuation, fainting (murcha), epilepsy (apasmara), and tetanus or severe convulsions (apatanaka).

english translation

madye moho bhayaM zokaH krodho mRtyuzca saMzritAH । sonmAdamadamUrchAyAH sApasmArApatAnakAH ॥ 9 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

यत्रैकः स्मृतिविभ्रंशस्तत्र सर्वमसाधु यत् । अयुक्तियुक्तमन्नं हि व्याधये मरणाय वा ॥ १० ॥

When loss of memory (awareness of surroundings, common sense, etc.) alone is present, then all the activities of the person become improper (what to say when all the other evils are present as well). Even normal food, if partaken in a wrong way, leads to either disease or death.

english translation

yatraikaH smRtivibhraMzastatra sarvamasAdhu yat । ayuktiyuktamannaM hi vyAdhaye maraNAya vA ॥ 10 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript