Sushruta Samhita

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अथातः सर्वोपघातशमनीयं रसायनं व्याख्यास्यामः ||१||

sanskrit

Now we shall discourse on the recipes and modes of using elixirs and rejuvenators of the human organism which will make it invulnerable to the inroads of any disease or of decay (Sarvopaghata-Shamaniya-Rasayana).

english translation

hindi translation

athAtaH sarvopaghAtazamanIyaM rasAyanaM vyAkhyAsyAmaH ||1||

hk transliteration

यथोवाच भगवान् धन्वन्तरिः ||२||

sanskrit

As said by Lord Dhanvantari.

english translation

hindi translation

yathovAca bhagavAn dhanvantariH ||2||

hk transliteration

पूर्वे वयसि मध्ये वा मनुष्यस्य रसायनम् | प्रयुञ्जीत भिषक् प्राज्ञः स्निग्धशुद्धतनोः सदा ||३||

sanskrit

A wise physician should (invariably) prescribe some sort of tonic (Rasayana) for his patients in their youth and middle age after having their systems (properly) cleansed by the applications of a Sneha and purifying remedies (emetics and purgatives).

english translation

hindi translation

pUrve vayasi madhye vA manuSyasya rasAyanam | prayuJjIta bhiSak prAjJaH snigdhazuddhatanoH sadA ||3||

hk transliteration

नाविशुद्धशरीरस्य युक्तो रासायनो विधिः | न भाति वाससि क्लिष्टे रङ्गयोग इवाहितः ||४||

sanskrit

A person whose system has not been (previously) cleansed (Sodhana) with the proper purifying remedies (emetics and purgatives) should not, in any case, have recourse to such tonics inasmuch as they would fail to produce the wished-for result, just as the application of a dye to a piece of dirty cloth will prove non-effective.

english translation

hindi translation

nAvizuddhazarIrasya yukto rAsAyano vidhiH | na bhAti vAsasi kliSTe raGgayoga ivAhitaH ||4||

hk transliteration

शरीरस्योपघाता ये दोषजा मानसास्तथा | उपदिष्टाः प्रदेशेषु तेषां वक्ष्यामि वारणम् ||५||

sanskrit

Now I shall describe the remedies and agents for the maladies due to the aggravated Doshas, both mental and physical, which have already been described (in several places).

english translation

hindi translation

zarIrasyopaghAtA ye doSajA mAnasAstathA | upadiSTAH pradezeSu teSAM vakSyAmi vAraNam ||5||

hk transliteration