Charak Samhita

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गोमयचूर्णीयेन्द्रियोपक्रमः अथातो गोमयचूर्णीयमिन्द्रियं व्याख्यास्यामः ||१||

sanskrit

Now we shall expound the chapter "Gomayachurniyam Indriyam" (Auspicious and Inauspicious Characteristics of the messenger).

english translation

gomayacUrNIyendriyopakramaH athAto gomayacUrNIyamindriyaM vyAkhyAsyAmaH ||1||

hk transliteration

इतिहस्माहभगवानात्रेयः ||२||

sanskrit

Thus said Lord Atreya.

english translation

itihasmAhabhagavAnAtreyaH ||2||

hk transliteration

यस्य गोमयचूर्णाभं चूर्णं मूर्धनि जायते| सस्नेहं भ्रश्यते चैव मासान्तं तस्य जीवितम् ||३||

sanskrit

[Moribund signs related to external appearance, efficacy of proven drug, diet] If a person complains that, an unctuous powder like cow dung powder falls on his scalp, the person may live for one month thereafter.

english translation

yasya gomayacUrNAbhaM cUrNaM mUrdhani jAyate| sasnehaM bhrazyate caiva mAsAntaM tasya jIvitam ||3||

hk transliteration

निकषन्निव यः पादौ च्युतांसः परिधावति| विकृत्या न स लोकेऽस्मिंश्चिरं वसति मानवः ||४||

sanskrit

A person is complaining of his feet rubbing against another like friction for braking, and his shoulder dislocate while running, does not remain alive in this world.

english translation

nikaSanniva yaH pAdau cyutAMsaH paridhAvati| vikRtyA na sa loke'smiMzciraM vasati mAnavaH ||4||

hk transliteration

यस्य स्नातानुलिप्तस्य पूर्वं शुष्यत्युरो भृशम्| आर्द्रेषु सर्वगात्रेषु सोऽर्धमासं न जीवति ||५||

sanskrit

If a person feels that, after taking bath or after applying Lepa (any fragrant liniment or herbal paste), his chest gets dried first, and rest of body remains wet, the person does not live even for a fortnight.

english translation

yasya snAtAnuliptasya pUrvaM zuSyatyuro bhRzam| ArdreSu sarvagAtreSu so'rdhamAsaM na jIvati ||5||

hk transliteration