Sushruta Samhita

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चतुष्कान् वक्ष्यामः | चतुष्करससंयोगान्मधुरो दश गच्छति | चतुरोऽम्लोऽनुगच्छेच्च लवणस्त्वेकमेव तु ||११||

sanskrit

Now, we shall describe the combinations taken four at a time: Beginning with Madhura (sweet), it forms ten combinations when combined with four Rasas. Amla (acid) forms four combinations, while Lavana (saline) forms only one.

english translation

hindi translation

catuSkAn vakSyAmaH | catuSkarasasaMyogAnmadhuro daza gacchati | caturo'mlo'nugacchecca lavaNastvekameva tu ||11||

hk transliteration

मधुराम्ललवणकटुकः(१), मधुराम्ललवणतिक्तः(२), मधुराम्ललवणकषायः(३), मधुराम्लकटुकतिक्तः(४), मधुराम्लकटुकषायः(५), मधुराम्लतिक्तकषायः(६), मधुरलवणकटुकतिक्तः(७), मधुरलवणकटुकषायः(८), मधुरलवणतिक्तकषायः(९), मधुरकटुतिक्तकषायः(१०), एवमेषां दशानामादौ मधुरः प्रयुज्यते; अम्ललवणकटुतिक्तः(१), अम्ललवणकटुकषायः(२), अम्ललवणतिक्तकषायः(३), अम्लकटुतिक्तकषायः(४), एवमेषां चतुर्णामादावम्लः; लवणकटुतिक्तकषायः(१), एवमेकस्यादौ लवणः; एवमेते चतुष्करससंयोगाः पञ्चदश कीर्तिताः ||१२||

sanskrit

The ten combinations taken four at a time starting with Madhura (sweet) are: 1. Sweet, acid, saline, and pungent; 2. Sweet, acid, saline, and bitter; 3. Sweet, acid, saline, and astringent; 4. Sweet, acid, pungent, and bitter; 5. Sweet, acid, pungent, and astringent; 6. Sweet, acid, bitter, and astringent; 7. Sweet, saline, pungent, and bitter; 8. Sweet, saline, pungent, and astringent; 9. Sweet, saline, bitter, and astringent; 10. Sweet, pungent, bitter, and astringent. The four combinations taken four at a time starting with Amla (acid) are: 1. Acid, saline, pungent, and bitter; 2. Acid, saline, pungent, and astringent; 3. Acid, saline, bitter, and astringent; 4. Acid, pungent, bitter, and astringent. The only combination taken four at a time starting with Lavana (saline) is: 1. Saline, pungent, bitter, and astringent. Thus, the fifteen combinations taken four at a time have been explained.

english translation

hindi translation

madhurAmlalavaNakaTukaH(1), madhurAmlalavaNatiktaH(2), madhurAmlalavaNakaSAyaH(3), madhurAmlakaTukatiktaH(4), madhurAmlakaTukaSAyaH(5), madhurAmlatiktakaSAyaH(6), madhuralavaNakaTukatiktaH(7), madhuralavaNakaTukaSAyaH(8), madhuralavaNatiktakaSAyaH(9), madhurakaTutiktakaSAyaH(10), evameSAM dazAnAmAdau madhuraH prayujyate; amlalavaNakaTutiktaH(1), amlalavaNakaTukaSAyaH(2), amlalavaNatiktakaSAyaH(3), amlakaTutiktakaSAyaH(4), evameSAM caturNAmAdAvamlaH; lavaNakaTutiktakaSAyaH(1), evamekasyAdau lavaNaH; evamete catuSkarasasaMyogAH paJcadaza kIrtitAH ||12||

hk transliteration

पञ्चकान् वक्ष्यामः | पञ्चकान् पञ्च मधुर एकमम्लस्तु गच्छति ||१३||

sanskrit

We shall now discuss the five combinations: The five combinations starting with Madhura (sweet) are: 1. Sweet, acid, saline, pungent, and bitter; 2. Sweet, acid, saline, pungent, and astringent; 3. Sweet, acid, saline, bitter, and astringent; 4. Sweet, acid, pungent, bitter, and astringent; 5. Sweet, saline, pungent, bitter, and astringent. Of these five combinations, one starts with Amla (acid).

english translation

hindi translation

paJcakAn vakSyAmaH | paJcakAn paJca madhura ekamamlastu gacchati ||13||

hk transliteration

मधुराम्ललवणकटुतिक्तः(१), मधुराम्ललवणकटुकषायः(२), मधुराम्ललवणतिक्तकषायः(३), मधुराम्लकटुतिक्तकषायः(४), मधुरलवणकटुतिक्तकषायः(५), एवमेषां पञ्चानामादौ मधुरः प्रयुज्यते; अम्ललवणकटुतिक्तकषायः(१), एवमेकस्यादावम्लः; एवमेते षट् पञ्चकसंयोगा व्याख्याताः ||१४||

sanskrit

The six combinations taken five at a time are as follows: 1. Sweet, acid, saline, pungent, and bitter; 2. Sweet, acid, saline, pungent, and astringent; 3. Sweet, acid, saline, bitter, and astringent; 4. Sweet, acid, pungent, bitter, and astringent; 5. Sweet, saline, pungent, bitter, and astringent. Among these, the first five combinations begin with Madhura (sweet), and the only one combination starting with Amla (acid) is: 1. Acid, saline, pungent, bitter, and astringent. Thus, the six combinations taken five at a time have been explained.

english translation

hindi translation

madhurAmlalavaNakaTutiktaH(1), madhurAmlalavaNakaTukaSAyaH(2), madhurAmlalavaNatiktakaSAyaH(3), madhurAmlakaTutiktakaSAyaH(4), madhuralavaNakaTutiktakaSAyaH(5), evameSAM paJcAnAmAdau madhuraH prayujyate; amlalavaNakaTutiktakaSAyaH(1), evamekasyAdAvamlaH; evamete SaT paJcakasaMyogA vyAkhyAtAH ||14||

hk transliteration

षट्कमेकं वक्ष्यामः; एकस्तु षट्कसंयोगः- मधुराम्ललवणकटुतिक्तकषायः; एष एक एव षट्संयोगः ||१५||

sanskrit

We shall now discuss the one combination taken six at a time: 1. Sweet, acid, saline, pungent, bitter, and astringent. This is the only combination of the six Rasas taken all together.

english translation

hindi translation

SaTkamekaM vakSyAmaH; ekastu SaTkasaMyogaH- madhurAmlalavaNakaTutiktakaSAyaH; eSa eka eva SaTsaMyogaH ||15||

hk transliteration