Charak Samhita
आतुरस्य गृहे यस्य भिद्यन्ते वा पतन्ति वा। अतिमात्रममत्राणि दुर्लभं तस्य जीवितम् ॥३९॥
If plates or saucers often fall down and get broken in the patient’s house, then he (the patient) hardly survives.
english translation
Aturasya gRhe yasya bhidyante vA patanti vA। atimAtramamatrANi durlabhaM tasya jIvitam ॥39॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript