Charak Samhita

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त्रिविधं तु खलु उन्मादकराणां भूतानामुन्मादने प्रयोजनं भवति; तद्यथा- हिंसा, रतिः, अभ्यर्चनं चेति तेषां तं प्रयोजनविशेषमुन्मत्ताचार विशेषलक्षणैर्विद्यात्| हिंसा, अप्सु वा स्थलाच्छ्वभ्रे निमज्जति, पतति, शस्त्रकशाकाष्ठलोष्टमुष्टिभिर्हन्त्यात्मानम्, अन्यच्च प्राणवधार्थमारभते किञ्चित्, विद्यात्; तमसाध्यं साध्यौ पुनर्द्वावितरौ ||१५||

sanskrit

unmada is caused by the above mentioned agents with the following objectives: 1. as a consequence of one’s sinful acts 2. affection/love/pleasure and 3. to make the individual pay obeisance to Gods The prognosis of unmada can be judged from the characteristic features of the patient. When the intention of the afflicted agents is to inflict injury, then the patient enters into fire, sinks into water, falls into a pit, provokes others to hurt him, strikes himself with weapons, whips, sticks, brick bats, his own fist etc. He may also adopt to such other means of killing himself. This type of unmada is incurable. The other two types of intentions i.e. for affection/love/pleasure or to offer prayer give rise to variants of unmada that are curable.

english translation

trividhaM tu khalu unmAdakarANAM bhUtAnAmunmAdane prayojanaM bhavati; tadyathA- hiMsA, ratiH, abhyarcanaM ceti teSAM taM prayojanavizeSamunmattAcAra vizeSalakSaNairvidyAt| hiMsA, apsu vA sthalAcchvabhre nimajjati, patati, zastrakazAkASThaloSTamuSTibhirhantyAtmAnam, anyacca prANavadhArthamArabhate kiJcit, vidyAt; tamasAdhyaM sAdhyau punardvAvitarau ||15||

hk transliteration