Charak Samhita

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क्रोधो यक्ष्मा ज्वरो रोग एकार्थो दुःखसञ्ज्ञकः| यस्मात् स राज्ञः प्रागासीद्राजयक्ष्मा ततो मतः ||११||

sanskrit

[Synonyms of disease and history of yakshma] Krodha(rage), yakshma (sickness), jwara(fever) and roga (disease suffering) – these terms are synonymous, and indicate misery. Because it afflicted Chandrama, the king of stars, originally, it is called rajayakshma, or the king of diseases.

english translation

krodho yakSmA jvaro roga ekArtho duHkhasaJjJakaH| yasmAt sa rAjJaH prAgAsIdrAjayakSmA tato mataH ||11||

hk transliteration