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अथात उन्मादचिकित्सितं व्याख्यास्यामः ॥१॥
Now we shall expound the chapter "Unmada Chikitsa" (Management of psychosis disorders).
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इति ह स्माह भगवानात्रेयः ॥२॥
Thus said Lord Atreya.
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बुद्धिस्मृतिज्ञानतपोनिवासः पुनर्वसुः प्राणभृतां शरण्यः। उन्मादहेत्वाकृतिभेषजानि कालेऽग्निवेशाय शशंस पृष्टः ॥३॥
[Specifications of Punarvasu] Punarvasu, the abode of intellect, memory, knowledge, penance and saviour of living beings, timely described the etiology, symptoms and treatment of unmada to Agnivesha as queried.
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विरुद्धदुष्टाशुचिभोजनानि प्रधर्षणं देवगुरुद्विजानाम्। उन्मादहेतुर्भयहर्षपूर्वो मनोऽभिघातो विषमाश्च चेष्टाः ॥४॥
[Causes of unmada] Food with incompatible, contaminated and unclean properties; possession by spirits like gods, teachers and brahmanas; mental trauma due to recurrent exposure to fear or exhilaration and adopting difficult posture are the general causes of unmada.
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तैरल्पसत्त्वस्य मलाः प्रदुष्टा बुद्धेर्निवासं हृदयं प्रदूष्य। स्रोतांस्यधिष्ठाय मनोवहानि प्रमोहयन्त्याशु नरस्य चेतः ॥५॥
[Pathogenesis of unmada] By the above causative factors, the doshas get vitiated in the person possessing low level of sattva guna (weak minded people) in turn vitiate hridaya (mind), which ise seat of intellect. There from the channels carrying mental factors (mano-vaha srotasas), quickly delude the mind of the person.
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