Charak Samhita

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वातस्तुरूक्षलघुचलबहुशीघ्रशीतपरुषविशदः| तस्यरौक्ष्याद्वातलारूक्षापचिताल्पशरीराःप्रततरूक्षक्षामसन्नसक्तजर्जरस्वराजागरूकाश्चभवन्ति, लघुत्वाल्लघुचपलगतिचेष्टाहारव्याहाराः, चलत्वादनवस्थितसन्ध्यक्षिभ्रूहन्वोष्ठजिह्वाशिरःस्कन्धपाणिपादाः, बहुत्वाद्बहुप्रलापकण्डरासिराप्रतानाः, शीघ्रत्वाच्छ्रीघ्रसमारम्भक्षोभविकाराःशीघ्रत्रासरागविरागाःश्रुतग्राहिणोऽल्पस्मृतयश्च, शैत्याच्छीतासहिष्णवःप्रततशीतकोद्वेपकस्तम्भाः, पारुष्यात्परुषकेशश्मश्रुरोमनखदशनवदनपाणिपादाः, वैशद्यात्स्फुटिताङ्गावयवाःसततसन्धिशब्दगामिनश्चभवन्ति; तएवङ्गुणयोगाद्वातलाःप्रायेणाल्पबलाश्चाल्पायुषश्चाल्पापत्याश्चाल्पसाधनाश्चाल्पधनाश्चभवन्ति ||९८||

sanskrit

[Characteristics of vata prakriti] Vata is rough (ruksha), light (laghu), mobile (chala), abundant (bahu), swift (shighra), cold (sheeta), coarse (parusha) and non-slimy (vishada). Due to roughness the persons with predominance of vata have rough, underdeveloped and short stature, constant rough, weak, low, adhered and hoarse voice, wakeful; due to lightness, light and fickle movements, activities, diet and speech; due to mobility, unstable joints, eye brows, jaw, lips, tongue, head, shoulder, hands and feet; due to abundance, talkativeness and visually abundance of tendons and venous network; due to swiftness hasty initiation, quick irritation and disorder, quick in fear attachment and disenchantment, quick in acquisition but with a poor memory (retention); due to coldness intolerance to cold, continuously infliction with cold, shivering and stiffness; due to coarseness, coarse hairs, beard-mustaches, hairs, nails, teeth, face, hands and feet, due to non-sliminess cracked body parts and constant sound in joints during movement. Because of presence of these qualities the persons having predominance of vata have mostly low degree of strength, life-span, progeny, means and wealth.

english translation

vAtasturUkSalaghucalabahuzIghrazItaparuSavizadaH| tasyaraukSyAdvAtalArUkSApacitAlpazarIrAHpratatarUkSakSAmasannasaktajarjarasvarAjAgarUkAzcabhavanti, laghutvAllaghucapalagaticeSTAhAravyAhArAH, calatvAdanavasthitasandhyakSibhrUhanvoSThajihvAziraHskandhapANipAdAH, bahutvAdbahupralApakaNDarAsirApratAnAH, zIghratvAcchrIghrasamArambhakSobhavikArAHzIghratrAsarAgavirAgAHzrutagrAhiNo'lpasmRtayazca, zaityAcchItAsahiSNavaHpratatazItakodvepakastambhAH, pAruSyAtparuSakezazmazruromanakhadazanavadanapANipAdAH, vaizadyAtsphuTitAGgAvayavAHsatatasandhizabdagAminazcabhavanti; taevaGguNayogAdvAtalAHprAyeNAlpabalAzcAlpAyuSazcAlpApatyAzcAlpasAdhanAzcAlpadhanAzcabhavanti ||98||

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