Sushruta Samhita

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इह खल्वायुर्वेदं नामोपाङ्गमथर्ववेदस्यानुत्पाद्यैव [१] प्रजाः श्लोकशतसहस्रमध्यायसहस्रं च कृतवान् स्वयम्भूः, ततोऽल्पायुष्ट्वमल्पमेधस्त्वं चालोक्य नराणां भूयोऽष्टधा प्रणीतवान् ||६||

sanskrit

(which forms the subject of our present discourse), originally formed one of the subsections of the Atharva Veda; and even before the creation of mankind, the self-begotten Brahma strung it together into a hundred thousand couplets (Shlokas), divided into a thousand chapters. But then he thought of the small duration of human life on earth, and the failing character of human memory, and found it prudent to divide the whole of the Ayurveda into eight different branches

english translation

iha khalvAyurvedaM nAmopAGgamatharvavedasyAnutpAdyaiva [1] prajAH zlokazatasahasramadhyAyasahasraM ca kRtavAn svayambhUH, tato'lpAyuSTvamalpamedhastvaM cAlokya narANAM bhUyo'STadhA praNItavAn ||6||

hk transliteration