Charak Samhita

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अपस्मारचिकित्सितोपक्रमः अथातोऽपस्मारचिकित्सितं व्याख्यास्यामः ||१||

sanskrit

Now we shall expound the chapter "Apasmara Chikitsa"(Management of Epilepsy and other disorders).

english translation

apasmAracikitsitopakramaH athAto'pasmAracikitsitaM vyAkhyAsyAmaH ||1||

hk transliteration

इतिहस्माहभगवानात्रेयः ||२||

sanskrit

Thus said Lord Atreya.

english translation

itihasmAhabhagavAnAtreyaH ||2||

hk transliteration

स्मृतेरपगमं प्राहुरपस्मारं भिषग्विदः| तमःप्रवेशं बीभत्सचेष्टं धीसत्त्वसम्प्लवात् ||३||

sanskrit

[Definition of apasmara] The expert physicians call apasmara as 'going away of memory' characterized by black-outs (feeling of entering into darkness) and revolting movements caused by conglomeration of the intellect and the mind.

english translation

smRterapagamaM prAhurapasmAraM bhiSagvidaH| tamaHpravezaM bIbhatsaceSTaM dhIsattvasamplavAt ||3||

hk transliteration

विभ्रान्तबहुदोषाणामहिताशुचिभोजनात् [१] | रजस्तमोभ्यां विहते सत्त्वे दोषावृते हृदि ||४||

sanskrit

[Etiopathology] Apasmara occurs in those persons, in whom: The doshas are excessively aggravated and have spread to other sites (vibhranta) due to (habitual) intake of improper/harmful and impure/contaminated food. In whom, the sattva (one of the attributes of mind representing purity and consciousness) is suppressed by rajas (attribute of the mind representing energy and dynamism) and tamas (attribute of the mind representing passivity and ignorance) ;

english translation

vibhrAntabahudoSANAmahitAzucibhojanAt [1] | rajastamobhyAM vihate sattve doSAvRte hRdi ||4||

hk transliteration

चिन्ताकामभयक्रोधशोकोद्वेगादिभिस्तथा| मनस्यभिहते नॄणामपस्मारः प्रवर्तते ||५||

sanskrit

The heart (site of consciousness) is obscured by aggravated doshas; and Mind is distressed or annihilated by (affliction of negative emotions like) worry, passion, fright, anger, grief, anxiety etc.

english translation

cintAkAmabhayakrodhazokodvegAdibhistathA| manasyabhihate nRRNAmapasmAraH pravartate ||5||

hk transliteration