Charak Samhita

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सर्वाकृतिः सन्निपातादपस्मार इवागतः| स जन्तुं पातयत्याशु विना बीभत्सचेष्टितैः ||४१||

sanskrit

Sannipataja murchcha has characters of all the above types and the patient suffers from (epilepsy-like) bouts of paroxysm, with the difference that in this murchcha the patient falls unconscious without violent or revolting movements.

english translation

sarvAkRtiH sannipAtAdapasmAra ivAgataH| sa jantuM pAtayatyAzu vinA bIbhatsaceSTitaiH ||41||

hk transliteration

दोषेषु मदमूर्च्छायाः कृतवेगेषु देहिनाम्| स्वयमेवोपशाम्यन्ति सन्न्यासो नौषधैर्विना ||४२||

sanskrit

[Sanyasa (coma)] Mada and murchcha subside on their own when the vitiated doshas subside. However, sanyasa (coma) does not subside without medical treatment.

english translation

doSeSu madamUrcchAyAH kRtavegeSu dehinAm| svayamevopazAmyanti sannyAso nauSadhairvinA ||42||

hk transliteration

वाग्देहमनसां चेष्टामाक्षिप्यातिबला मलाः| सन्न्यस्यन्त्यबलं जन्तुं प्राणायतनसंश्रिताः ||४३||

sanskrit

In weak patients, when vitiated doshas move into a vital organ (i.e. brain and heart) and start affecting speech, physical movement, and the mind, coma ensues.

english translation

vAgdehamanasAM ceSTAmAkSipyAtibalA malAH| sannyasyantyabalaM jantuM prANAyatanasaMzritAH ||43||

hk transliteration

स ना सन्न्याससन्न्यस्तः काष्ठीभूतो मृतोपमः| प्राणैर्वियुज्यते शीघ्रं मुक्त्वा सद्यःफलाः क्रियाः ||४४||

sanskrit

. A person affected with coma appears to be in a vegetative state or seems dead. Death can occur if prompt and effective treatment is not given.

english translation

sa nA sannyAsasannyastaH kASThIbhUto mRtopamaH| prANairviyujyate zIghraM muktvA sadyaHphalAH kriyAH ||44||

hk transliteration

दुर्गेऽम्भसि यथा मज्जद्भाजनं त्वरया बुधः| गृह्णीयात्तलमप्राप्तं तथा सन्न्यासपीडितम् ||४५||

sanskrit

The physician should manage a comatose patient just as a wise person recovers a utensil sinking in deep water quickly before it settles down in the bottom.

english translation

durge'mbhasi yathA majjadbhAjanaM tvarayA budhaH| gRhNIyAttalamaprAptaM tathA sannyAsapIDitam ||45||

hk transliteration