Charak Samhita

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अथातः पञ्चकर्मीयां सिद्धिं व्याख्यास्यामः||१||

Now we shall expound the chapter "Panchakarmiya Siddhi" (Successful administration of Panchakarma therapies).

english translation

athAtaH paJcakarmIyAM siddhiM vyAkhyAsyAmaH||1||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

इति ह स्माह भगवानात्रेयः||२||

Thus said Lord Atreya.

english translation

iti ha smAha bhagavAnAtreyaH||2||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

येषां यस्मात् पञ्चकर्माण्यग्निवेश न कारयेत्| येषां च कारयेत्तानि तत् सर्वं सम्प्रवक्ष्यते||३||

O! Agnivesha, we will now describe about the patients for whom Panchakarma therapies are contra-indicated with proper reasoning and the patients for whom Panchakarma are indicated.

english translation

yeSAM yasmAt paJcakarmANyagniveza na kArayet| yeSAM ca kArayettAni tat sarvaM sampravakSyate||3||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

चण्डः साहसिको भीरुः कृतघ्नो व्यग्र एव च| सद्राजभिषजां द्वेष्टा तद्द्विष्टः शोकपीडितः||४||

[Persons who are generally anupakramya (unsuitable for treatment)] The wise physician should not treat the following types of patients: 1. Who is fierceful or aggressive, adventurous, fearful, ungrateful and fickle minded; 2. Who hates good persons, kings and physicians and who is intensely disliked by them; 3. Who is afflicted with grief;

english translation

caNDaH sAhasiko bhIruH kRtaghno vyagra eva ca| sadrAjabhiSajAM dveSTA taddviSTaH zokapIDitaH||4||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

यादृच्छिको मुमूर्षुश्च विहीनः करणैश्च यः| वैरी वैद्यविदग्धश्च श्रद्धाहीनः सुशङ्कितः||५||

4. Who does not believe in God (nastika) 5. Who is in the end stage of disease and is predicted to die soon; 6. Who is not in position to collect the essential items (karana) for the treatment; 7. Who is enemy or hostile to the physician;

english translation

yAdRcchiko mumUrSuzca vihInaH karaNaizca yaH| vairI vaidyavidagdhazca zraddhAhInaH suzaGkitaH||5||

hk transliteration by Sanscript