Sushruta Samhita

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पूर्वोक्तैश्च गुणैर्युक्तं नित्यं सन्निहितागदम् | महानसे प्रयुञ्जीत वैद्यं तद्विद्यपूजितम् ||११||

sanskrit

One should appoint a physician, who is endowed with the aforementioned qualities, knowledgeable in antidotes, constantly present, and esteemed by those learned in his field, in the royal kitchen.

english translation

hindi translation

pUrvoktaizca guNairyuktaM nityaM sannihitAgadam | mahAnase prayuJjIta vaidyaM tadvidyapUjitam ||11||

hk transliteration

प्रशस्तदिग्देशकृतं शुचिभाण्डं महच्छुचि | सजालकं गवाक्षाढ्यमाप्तवर्गनिषेवितम् ||१२||

sanskrit

The physician should be one who is proficient in the directions of the kitchen, who maintains a clean vessel, who is highly pure, who uses a net for straining, who has access to a cow-shed, and who is served by the skilled and knowledgeable.

english translation

hindi translation

prazastadigdezakRtaM zucibhANDaM mahacchuci | sajAlakaM gavAkSADhyamAptavarganiSevitam ||12||

hk transliteration

विकक्षसृष्टसंसृष्टं सवितानं कृतार्चनम् | परीक्षितस्त्रीपुरुषं भवेच्चापि महानसम् ||१३||

sanskrit

The physician should be one who has properly prepared and consecrated the ingredients, tested the remedies, and is capable of serving both men and women, even when the preparation involves a significant and large meal.

english translation

hindi translation

vikakSasRSTasaMsRSTaM savitAnaM kRtArcanam | parIkSitastrIpuruSaM bhaveccApi mahAnasam ||13||

hk transliteration

तत्राध्यक्षं नियुञ्जीत प्रायो वैद्यगुणान्वितम् | शुचयो दक्षिणा दक्षा विनीताः प्रियदर्शनाः ||१४||

sanskrit

In that case, the chief physician should be appointed, who is generally endowed with the qualities of a physician: clean, skilled, capable, disciplined, and having a pleasant appearance.

english translation

hindi translation

tatrAdhyakSaM niyuJjIta prAyo vaidyaguNAnvitam | zucayo dakSiNA dakSA vinItAH priyadarzanAH ||14||

hk transliteration

संविभक्ताः सुमनसो नीचकेशनखाः स्थिराः | स्नाता दृढं संयमिनः कृतोष्णीषाः सुसंयताः ||१५||

sanskrit

They should be well-distributed, having pleasant minds, with firm postures, short hair and nails, bathed, resolute, self-controlled, wearing appropriate attire, and well-disciplined.

english translation

hindi translation

saMvibhaktAH sumanaso nIcakezanakhAH sthirAH | snAtA dRDhaM saMyaminaH kRtoSNISAH susaMyatAH ||15||

hk transliteration