Charak Samhita

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अथातो गुल्मचिकित्सितं व्याख्यास्यामः ||१||

Now we shall expound the chapter "Gulma Chikitsa" (Management of abdominal lumps and other diseases) .

english translation

athAto gulmacikitsitaM vyAkhyAsyAmaH ||1||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

इति ह स्माह भगवानात्रेयः ||२||

Thus said Lord Atreya.

english translation

iti ha smAha bhagavAnAtreyaH ||2||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

सर्वप्रजानां पितृवच्छरण्यः पुनर्वसुर्भूतभविष्यदीशः| चिकित्सितं गुल्मनिबर्हणार्थं प्रोवाच सिद्धं वदतां वरिष्ठः ||३||

Punarvasu the fatherly figure for all, who has knowledge of past and future, who is the best among the exponents, describes the treatment for the complete eradication of gulma

english translation

sarvaprajAnAM pitRvaccharaNyaH punarvasurbhUtabhaviSyadIzaH| cikitsitaM gulmanibarhaNArthaM provAca siddhaM vadatAM variSThaH ||3||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

विट्श्लेष्मपित्तातिपरिस्रवाद्वा तैरेव वृद्धैः परिपीडनाद्वा| वेगैरुदीर्णैर्विहतैरधो वा बाह्यभिघातैरतिपीडनैर्वा ||४||

[Etio-pathogenesis of gulma] Following are the general causative factors of gulma: 1. Excessive excretion of feces, kapha and pitta or due to pressure exerted by their excessive aggravation, 2. Suppression of downward natural urges (like feces, flatus and urine), 3. Physical trauma, 4. By excessive pressure (on abdomen),

english translation

viTzleSmapittAtiparisravAdvA taireva vRddhaiH paripIDanAdvA| vegairudIrNairvihatairadho vA bAhyabhighAtairatipIDanairvA ||4||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

रूक्षान्नपानैरतिसेवितैर्वा शोकेन मिथ्याप्रतिकर्मणा वा| विचेष्टितैर्वा विषमातिमात्रैः कोष्ठे प्रकोपं समुपैति वायुः ||५||

5. By taking food articles and drinks having excessive dry property, 6. Excessive grief, 7. Improper implementation of Panchakarma procedures, 8. Excessive wrongful body activities, Due to the above mentioned factors vata gets aggravated in koshtha i.e. thoraco-abdominal cavity

english translation

rUkSAnnapAnairatisevitairvA zokena mithyApratikarmaNA vA| viceSTitairvA viSamAtimAtraiH koSThe prakopaM samupaiti vAyuH ||5||

hk transliteration by Sanscript