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अथातो विषचिकित्सितं व्याख्यास्यामः ॥१॥
Now we shall expound the chapter "Visha chikitsa"(Management of different types of poisoning).
english translation
इति ह स्माह भगवानात्रेयः ॥२॥
Thus said Lord Atreya.
english translation
प्रागुत्पत्तिं गुणान् योनिं वेगाँल्लिङ्गान्युपक्रमान् । विषस्य ब्रुवतः सम्यगग्निवेश निबोध मे ॥३॥
Agnivesha, hear me carefully. Next I will explain about visha with the following aspects. Utpatti (origin), guna (properties), yoni (source), vegas (stages), lakshana (signs and symptoms) and chikitsa (therapeutic measures).
english translation
अमृतार्थं समुद्रे तु मथ्यमाने सुरासुरैः । जज्ञे प्रागमृतोत्पत्तेः पुरुषो घोरदर्शनः ॥४॥
[History of origin of visha] While the ocean was being churned by devas and asuras for obtaining amrita (nectar of life), before the formation of amrita a ferocious looking person with fiery eyes, four fangs and greenish locks emerged.
english translation
दीप्ततेजाश्चतुर्दंष्ट्रो हरिकेशोऽनलेक्षणः । जगद्विषण्णं तं दृष्ट्वा तेनासौ विषसञ्ज्ञितः ॥५॥
After seeing him the whole world became desperate and from that desperation, visha originated.
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