Charak Samhita

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सप्तोत्तरं मर्मशतमस्मिञ्छरीरे स्कन्धशाखासमाश्रितमग्निवेश!| तेषामन्यतमपीडायां समधिका पीडा भवति, चेतनानिबन्धवैशेष्यात्| तत्र शाखाश्रितेभ्यो मर्मभ्यः स्कन्धाश्रितानि गरीयांसि, शाखानां तदाश्रितत्वात्; स्कन्धाश्रितेभ्योऽपि हृद्वस्तिशिरांसि, तन्मूलत्वाच्छरीरस्य||३||

[Description of marma (vital points and organs)] Hey Agnivesha! There are 107 marmas in this sharira situated in the skandha (trunk) and shakha (extremities or limbs). Trauma or pain occurring in these areas is much more intense as compared to other parts because of chetana (life) is bound to these sites. The marmas related to skandha are more important than those situated in the shakha because the shakha is attached to the skandha and more so among the skandha situated marmas, hrid, basti and shiras are important owing to the fact that they are the root cause of body (on them depends the existence or otherwise of the body).

english translation

saptottaraM marmazatamasmiJcharIre skandhazAkhAsamAzritamagniveza!| teSAmanyatamapIDAyAM samadhikA pIDA bhavati, cetanAnibandhavaizeSyAt| tatra zAkhAzritebhyo marmabhyaH skandhAzritAni garIyAMsi, zAkhAnAM tadAzritatvAt; skandhAzritebhyo'pi hRdvastizirAMsi, tanmUlatvAccharIrasya||3||

hk transliteration by Sanscript