All the diseases whether karmaja (due to misdeeds) or atman (due to one’s self) are caused due to intellectual errors. The Gods, ancestors or rakshasas shall not be blamed for any disease.
देवादीनामपचितिर्हितानां चोपसेवनम्| ते च तेभ्यो विरोधश्च सर्वमायत्तमात्मनि ||२३||
Prayers to the Gods etc. and resorting to wholesome dietary and lifestyle habits act as antidotes to the misdeeds of the individual. Thus, the choice either to avert or get afflicted with unmada rests with the individual himself.
तत्र श्लोकः- सङ्ख्या निमित्तं प्राग्रूपं लक्षणं साध्यता न च| उन्मादानां निदानेऽस्मिन् क्रियासूत्रं च भाषितम् ||२४||
In summary, types of unmada and their etiology, premonitory symptoms, symptoms, curability or otherwise, and their modes of treatment have been described in this chapter. Thus ends the seventh chapter on diagnosis of unmada in Nidana Sthana in the treatise composed by Agnivesha and redacted by Charak.