Charak Samhita

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अथातः स्वेदाध्यायं व्याख्यास्यामः ||१||

sanskrit

Now we shall expound the chapter "Sweda"(sudation).

english translation

athAtaH svedAdhyAyaM vyAkhyAsyAmaH ||1||

hk transliteration

इति ह स्माह भगवानात्रेयः ||२||

sanskrit

Thus said Lord Atreya.

english translation

iti ha smAha bhagavAnAtreyaH ||2||

hk transliteration

अतः स्वेदाः प्रवक्ष्यन्ते यैर्यथावत्प्रयोजितैः| स्वेदसाध्याः प्रशाम्यन्ति गदा वातकफात्मकाः ||३||

sanskrit

[Importance of swedana] Now the various techniques of sudation will be explained. A well administered sudation cures various disorders of vata and kapha origin,

english translation

ataH svedAH pravakSyante yairyathAvatprayojitaiH| svedasAdhyAH prazAmyanti gadA vAtakaphAtmakAH ||3||

hk transliteration

स्नेहपूर्वं प्रयुक्तेन स्वेदेनावजितेऽनिले| पुरीषमूत्ररेतांसि न सज्जन्ति कथञ्चन ||४||

sanskrit

provided they have been identified among a set of diseases that are curable by inducing sweat. Administering sudation, especially after oleation, controls vata and prevents clogging of feces, urine as well as semen.

english translation

snehapUrvaM prayuktena svedenAvajite'nile| purISamUtraretAMsi na sajjanti kathaJcana ||4||

hk transliteration

शुष्काण्यपि हि काष्ठानि स्नेहस्वेदोपपादनैः| नमयन्ति यथान्यायं किं पुनर्जीवतो नरान् ||५||

sanskrit

If oleation and sudation could soften dried out timber, then why not a human being?

english translation

zuSkANyapi hi kASThAni snehasvedopapAdanaiH| namayanti yathAnyAyaM kiM punarjIvato narAn ||5||

hk transliteration