Sushruta Samhita

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सैन्धवोपहितं युञ्ज्यान्निहितं वेणुगह्वरे | मेदो यकृद्धृतं चाजं पिप्पल्यः सैन्धवं मधु ||२१||

sanskrit

The collyrium should be used after mixing it with salt, and it should be placed in a bamboo container. The preparation of fat, made by using clarified butter (ghee) with Pippali (long pepper), salt, and honey, should be used for the eyes.

english translation

hindi translation

saindhavopahitaM yuJjyAnnihitaM veNugahvare | medo yakRddhRtaM cAjaM pippalyaH saindhavaM madhu ||21||

hk transliteration

रसमामलकाच्चापि पक्वं सम्यङ्निधापयेत् | कोशे खदिरनिर्माणे तद्वत् क्षुद्राञ्जनं हितम् ||२२||

sanskrit

The prepared Rasa (medicinal paste), made with Amalaki (Indian gooseberry), should be stored properly. Similarly, a small collyrium should be stored in a container made of Khadira (Acacia) wood, which is considered beneficial for the eyes.

english translation

hindi translation

rasamAmalakAccApi pakvaM samyaGnidhApayet | koze khadiranirmANe tadvat kSudrAJjanaM hitam ||22||

hk transliteration

हरेणुमगधाजास्थिमज्जैलायकृदन्वितम् | यकृद्रसेनाञ्जनं वा श्लेष्मोपहतदृष्टये ||२३||

sanskrit

The collyrium (Anjana) made with the marrow of the bones of the Hare, Magadha, or Jaasthi, and mixed with liver juice, is beneficial for vision affected by an excess of mucus (Kapha).

english translation

hindi translation

hareNumagadhAjAsthimajjailAyakRdanvitam | yakRdrasenAJjanaM vA zleSmopahatadRSTaye ||23||

hk transliteration

विपाच्य गोधायकृदर्धपाटितं सुपूरितं मागधिकाभिरग्निना | निषेवितं तद्यकृदञ्जनेन निहन्ति नक्तान्ध्यमसंशयं खलु ||२४||

sanskrit

The collyrium prepared by cooking cow's urine with half-burnt charcoal, thoroughly filled with the fire of Magadha herbs, when used, destroys night blindness without any doubt.

english translation

hindi translation

vipAcya godhAyakRdardhapATitaM supUritaM mAgadhikAbhiragninA | niSevitaM tadyakRdaJjanena nihanti naktAndhyamasaMzayaM khalu ||24||

hk transliteration

तथा यकृच्छागभवं हुताशने विपाच्य सम्यङ्मगधासमन्वितम् | प्रयोजितं पूर्ववदाश्वसंशयं जयेत् क्षपान्ध्यं सकृदञ्जनान्नृणाम् ||२५||

sanskrit

Similarly, collyrium made from the urine of a goat, processed by fire and thoroughly mixed with Magadha herbs, when applied, removes night blindness in humans, overcoming all doubts and restoring vision.

english translation

hindi translation

tathA yakRcchAgabhavaM hutAzane vipAcya samyaGmagadhAsamanvitam | prayojitaM pUrvavadAzvasaMzayaM jayet kSapAndhyaM sakRdaJjanAnnRNAm ||25||

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