Sushruta Samhita

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ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियवैश्यानामन्यतममन्वयवयःशीलशौर्यशौचाचारविनयशक्तिबलमेधाधृतिस्मृतिमतिप्रतिपत्तियुक्तं तनुजिह्वौष्ठदन्ताग्रमृजुवक्त्राक्षिनासं प्रसन्नचित्तवाक्चेष्टं क्लेशसहं च भिषक् शिष्यमुपनयेत् | अतो विपरीतगुणं नोपनयेत् ||३||

sanskrit

Such an initiation should be imparted to a student, belonging to one of the three twice-born castes such as, the Brahmana, the Kshatriya, and the Vaishya, and who should be of tender years, born of a good family, possessed of, a desire to learn, strength, energy of action, contentment, character, self-control, a good retentive memory, intellect, courage, purity of mind and body, and a simple and clear comprehension, command a clear insight into the things studied, and should be found to have been further graced with the necessary qualifications of thin lips, thin teeth and thin tongue, and possessed of a straight nose, large, honest, intelligent eyes, with a benign contour of the mouth, and a contented frame of mind, being pleasant in his speech and dealings, and usually painstaking in his efforts. A man possessed of contrary attributes should not be admitted into the sacred precincts of) medicine.

english translation

brAhmaNakSatriyavaizyAnAmanyatamamanvayavayaHzIlazauryazaucAcAravinayazaktibalamedhAdhRtismRtimatipratipattiyuktaM tanujihvauSThadantAgramRjuvaktrAkSinAsaM prasannacittavAkceSTaM klezasahaM ca bhiSak ziSyamupanayet | ato viparItaguNaM nopanayet ||3||

hk transliteration

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ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियवैश्यानामन्यतममन्वयवयःशीलशौर्यशौचाचारविनयशक्तिबलमेधाधृतिस्मृतिमतिप्रतिपत्तियुक्तं तनुजिह्वौष्ठदन्ताग्रमृजुवक्त्राक्षिनासं प्रसन्नचित्तवाक्चेष्टं क्लेशसहं च भिषक् शिष्यमुपनयेत् | अतो विपरीतगुणं नोपनयेत् ||३||

sanskrit

Such an initiation should be imparted to a student, belonging to one of the three twice-born castes such as, the Brahmana, the Kshatriya, and the Vaishya, and who should be of tender years, born of a good family, possessed of, a desire to learn, strength, energy of action, contentment, character, self-control, a good retentive memory, intellect, courage, purity of mind and body, and a simple and clear comprehension, command a clear insight into the things studied, and should be found to have been further graced with the necessary qualifications of thin lips, thin teeth and thin tongue, and possessed of a straight nose, large, honest, intelligent eyes, with a benign contour of the mouth, and a contented frame of mind, being pleasant in his speech and dealings, and usually painstaking in his efforts. A man possessed of contrary attributes should not be admitted into the sacred precincts of) medicine.

english translation

brAhmaNakSatriyavaizyAnAmanyatamamanvayavayaHzIlazauryazaucAcAravinayazaktibalamedhAdhRtismRtimatipratipattiyuktaM tanujihvauSThadantAgramRjuvaktrAkSinAsaM prasannacittavAkceSTaM klezasahaM ca bhiSak ziSyamupanayet | ato viparItaguNaM nopanayet ||3||

hk transliteration