Sushruta Samhita

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अथातः स्वभावव्याधिप्रतिषेधनीयं रसायनं व्याख्यास्यामः ||१||

sanskrit

Now we shall discourse on the restorative and on the constructive agents (Rasayana) which arrest innate morbific tendencies and decay (Svabhavika-Vyadhi Pratishedhaniya Rasayana).

english translation

hindi translation

athAtaH svabhAvavyAdhipratiSedhanIyaM 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

ब्रह्मादयोऽसृजन् पूर्वममृतं सोमसञ्ज्ञितम् | जरामृत्युविनाशाय विधानं तस्य वक्ष्यते ||३||

sanskrit

In the beginning, Brahma and other deities created the nectar known as Soma. Its formulation, which destroys old age and death, will now be described.

english translation

hindi translation

brahmAdayo'sRjan pUrvamamRtaM somasaJjJitam | jarAmRtyuvinAzAya vidhAnaM tasya vakSyate ||3||

hk transliteration

एक एव खलु भगवान् सोमः स्थाननामाकृतिवीर्यविशेषैश्चतुर्विंशतिधा भिद्यते ||४||

sanskrit

Indeed, there is only one divine entity known as Soma, but it manifests in twenty-four forms based on variations in location, shape, and potency.

english translation

hindi translation

eka eva khalu bhagavAn somaH sthAnanAmAkRtivIryavizeSaizcaturviMzatidhA bhidyate ||4||

hk transliteration

तद्यथा- अंशुमान् मुञ्जवांश्चैव चन्द्रमा रजतप्रभः | दूर्वासोमः कनीयांश्च श्वेताक्षः कनकप्रभः ||५||

sanskrit

They are as follows: Anshuman, Munjavan, Chandra (moon), Rajataprabha (silver-radiant), Durvasoma, Kaniyan (the smaller one), Shvetaksha (white-eyed), and Kanakaprabha (golden-radiant).

english translation

hindi translation

tadyathA- aMzumAn muJjavAMzcaiva candramA rajataprabhaH | dUrvAsomaH kanIyAMzca zvetAkSaH kanakaprabhaH ||5||

hk transliteration