Charak Samhita

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तत्राहारप्रसादाख्यो रसः किट्टं च मलाख्यमभिनिर्वर्तते| किट्टात् स्वेदमूत्रपुरीषवातपित्तश्लेष्माणः कर्णाक्षिनासिकास्यलोमकूपप्रजननमलाः केशश्मश्रुलोमनखादयश्चावयवाःपुष्यन्ति| पुष्यन्ति त्वाहाररसाद्रसरुधिरमांसमेदोस्थिमज्जशुक्रौजांसि पञ्चेन्द्रियद्रव्याणि धातुप्रसादसञ्ज्ञकानिशरीरसन्धिबन्धपिच्छादयश्चावयवाः| ते सर्व एव धातवो मलाख्याः प्रसादाख्याश्च रसमलाभ्यां पुष्यन्तः स्वं मानमनुवर्तन्ते यथावयःशरीरम्| एवं रसमलौ स्वप्रमाणावस्थितावाश्रयस्य समधातोर्धातुसाम्यमनुवर्तयतः| निमित्ततस्तु क्षीणवृद्धानां प्रसादाख्यानां धातूनां वृद्धिक्षयाभ्यामाहारमूलाभ्यां रसः साम्यमुत्पादयत्यारोग्याय, किट्टं चमलानामेवमेव| स्वमानातिरिक्ताः पुनरुत्सर्गिणः शीतोष्णपर्यायगुणैश्चोपचर्यमाणा मलाः शरीर धातुसाम्यकराः समुपलभ्यन्ते ||४||

sanskrit

[Metabolism, excretion, and homeostasis] The food gets transformed into two forms i.e. prasada or essence form (ahara rasa) and kitta (the waste form). The kitta part nourishes mala or excretory products like sweat, urine, stool, vata, pitta, kapha, excreta of the ear, nose, mouth, hair follicle, excreta of genital organs, scalp hair, beard, body hair, nails, etc. The essence part or ahara rasa nourishes body components (dhatu) like rasa dhatu (body fluids), rakta dhatu (blood), mamsa dhatu (flesh), meda dhatu (fat), asthi dhatu (bone), majja dhatu (bone marrow), shukra dhatu (reproductive elements like semen and ovum), oja (essence of the seven fundamental tissue elements), basic components of five sense organs, joints, ligaments, tendons and mucilage part in the body. All the mala (wastes) and dhatu (tissue elements) of the body are nourished by the waste part of food and essence of food or ahara rasa respectively. The rasadi dhatu and mala or waste products are nourished so that the quality is maintained according to the size and age of the body. Thus, after digestion, the essence and waste of food in their normal quantity maintain the equilibrium of tissues. The tissue elements may increase or decrease due to some etiology, which can be normalized by the essence part of digested food in decreased or increased quantity. Similarly, mala can be transformed into the waste part of ahara rasa. The waste products, when in excess, can be excreted and the status of the body can be brought to equilibrium through treatments with the therapies having opposite qualities like hot, cold, etc.

english translation

tatrAhAraprasAdAkhyo rasaH kiTTaM ca malAkhyamabhinirvartate| kiTTAt svedamUtrapurISavAtapittazleSmANaH karNAkSinAsikAsyalomakUpaprajananamalAH kezazmazrulomanakhAdayazcAvayavAHpuSyanti| puSyanti tvAhArarasAdrasarudhiramAMsamedosthimajjazukraujAMsi paJcendriyadravyANi dhAtuprasAdasaJjJakAnizarIrasandhibandhapicchAdayazcAvayavAH| te sarva eva dhAtavo malAkhyAH prasAdAkhyAzca rasamalAbhyAM puSyantaH svaM mAnamanuvartante yathAvayaHzarIram| evaM rasamalau svapramANAvasthitAvAzrayasya samadhAtordhAtusAmyamanuvartayataH| nimittatastu kSINavRddhAnAM prasAdAkhyAnAM dhAtUnAM vRddhikSayAbhyAmAhAramUlAbhyAM rasaH sAmyamutpAdayatyArogyAya, kiTTaM camalAnAmevameva| svamAnAtiriktAH punarutsargiNaH zItoSNaparyAyaguNaizcopacaryamANA malAH zarIra dhAtusAmyakarAH samupalabhyante ||4||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/caraka-samhita/sutra-sthana/28/4

तत्राहारप्रसादाख्यो रसः किट्टं च मलाख्यमभिनिर्वर्तते| किट्टात् स्वेदमूत्रपुरीषवातपित्तश्लेष्माणः कर्णाक्षिनासिकास्यलोमकूपप्रजननमलाः केशश्मश्रुलोमनखादयश्चावयवाःपुष्यन्ति| पुष्यन्ति त्वाहाररसाद्रसरुधिरमांसमेदोस्थिमज्जशुक्रौजांसि पञ्चेन्द्रियद्रव्याणि धातुप्रसादसञ्ज्ञकानिशरीरसन्धिबन्धपिच्छादयश्चावयवाः| ते सर्व एव धातवो मलाख्याः प्रसादाख्याश्च रसमलाभ्यां पुष्यन्तः स्वं मानमनुवर्तन्ते यथावयःशरीरम्| एवं रसमलौ स्वप्रमाणावस्थितावाश्रयस्य समधातोर्धातुसाम्यमनुवर्तयतः| निमित्ततस्तु क्षीणवृद्धानां प्रसादाख्यानां धातूनां वृद्धिक्षयाभ्यामाहारमूलाभ्यां रसः साम्यमुत्पादयत्यारोग्याय, किट्टं चमलानामेवमेव| स्वमानातिरिक्ताः पुनरुत्सर्गिणः शीतोष्णपर्यायगुणैश्चोपचर्यमाणा मलाः शरीर धातुसाम्यकराः समुपलभ्यन्ते ||४||

sanskrit

[Metabolism, excretion, and homeostasis] The food gets transformed into two forms i.e. prasada or essence form (ahara rasa) and kitta (the waste form). The kitta part nourishes mala or excretory products like sweat, urine, stool, vata, pitta, kapha, excreta of the ear, nose, mouth, hair follicle, excreta of genital organs, scalp hair, beard, body hair, nails, etc. The essence part or ahara rasa nourishes body components (dhatu) like rasa dhatu (body fluids), rakta dhatu (blood), mamsa dhatu (flesh), meda dhatu (fat), asthi dhatu (bone), majja dhatu (bone marrow), shukra dhatu (reproductive elements like semen and ovum), oja (essence of the seven fundamental tissue elements), basic components of five sense organs, joints, ligaments, tendons and mucilage part in the body. All the mala (wastes) and dhatu (tissue elements) of the body are nourished by the waste part of food and essence of food or ahara rasa respectively. The rasadi dhatu and mala or waste products are nourished so that the quality is maintained according to the size and age of the body. Thus, after digestion, the essence and waste of food in their normal quantity maintain the equilibrium of tissues. The tissue elements may increase or decrease due to some etiology, which can be normalized by the essence part of digested food in decreased or increased quantity. Similarly, mala can be transformed into the waste part of ahara rasa. The waste products, when in excess, can be excreted and the status of the body can be brought to equilibrium through treatments with the therapies having opposite qualities like hot, cold, etc.

english translation

tatrAhAraprasAdAkhyo rasaH kiTTaM ca malAkhyamabhinirvartate| kiTTAt svedamUtrapurISavAtapittazleSmANaH karNAkSinAsikAsyalomakUpaprajananamalAH kezazmazrulomanakhAdayazcAvayavAHpuSyanti| puSyanti tvAhArarasAdrasarudhiramAMsamedosthimajjazukraujAMsi paJcendriyadravyANi dhAtuprasAdasaJjJakAnizarIrasandhibandhapicchAdayazcAvayavAH| te sarva eva dhAtavo malAkhyAH prasAdAkhyAzca rasamalAbhyAM puSyantaH svaM mAnamanuvartante yathAvayaHzarIram| evaM rasamalau svapramANAvasthitAvAzrayasya samadhAtordhAtusAmyamanuvartayataH| nimittatastu kSINavRddhAnAM prasAdAkhyAnAM dhAtUnAM vRddhikSayAbhyAmAhAramUlAbhyAM rasaH sAmyamutpAdayatyArogyAya, kiTTaM camalAnAmevameva| svamAnAtiriktAH punarutsargiNaH zItoSNaparyAyaguNaizcopacaryamANA malAH zarIra dhAtusAmyakarAH samupalabhyante ||4||

hk transliteration