Ashtanga Sangraha · Chapter 2.8

athātaḥ prakṛtibheddīyaṃ śārīraṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ /
iti ha smāhurātreyādayo maharṣayaḥ //

sapta prakṛtayo doṣaiḥ pṛthak saṃsargeṇa sāmyena ca bhavanti /
tatra śukrārtavagarbhāśayakāleṣu mātuścāhāravihārayoreko 'neko vā yo doṣo bhavatyādhikyena tenāmaraṇādviṣavalyāmivotpadyamānasya kṛmerviṣeṇa saviṣakṛmeriva vṛścikāderāśīviṣasyeva vā svaviṣeṇa prakṛtirjāyate //

tasmāttanmayatayā śukrārtavayordehasya bhāvitatvāt prākṛtatvācca tāvatā tena doṣeṇa na vihanyate /
tadguṇaireva cāsyaśarīramupaskriyate /
tataśca tadguṇapratipakṣaiḥ sahasā na bādhyate /
tasyāṃ tvavasthāyāṃ vikṛtimati doṣe ulbaṇenaiva garbhaḥ sambhavati /
sambhava eva vipadyate /
vikṛto vā bhavati //

tathā ca kecidāhuḥ /
dvividhā vātādayaḥ prākṛtā vaikṛtāśca /
tatra prākṛtāḥ saptavidhāyāḥ prakṛterhetubhūtāḥ śarīraikajanmānaḥ /
te śarīradhāraṇāddhātusaṃjñāḥ /
doṣākhyānāṃ vikṛtānāṃ bījabhūtāḥ /
mumūrṣoḥ svarūpāccalanti /
sarveṣvapi ca dehe sannihiteṣu prakṛtāvulbaṇena vyapadeśaḥ //

vaikṛtāstu garbhādabhinissṛtasyāhārarasasya malāḥ sambhavanti /
prākṛteṣvavarohanti /
te kālādivaśena svapnamāṇavṛddhikṣayayogāddehamanugṛhṇanti dūṣayanti ca /
tadvadojo 'pi paraṃ hṛdayasthamaṣṭabindupramāṇamādhāraḥ prāsṛtikasya rasātmakasyaujasaḥ kṣayavṛddhibhājaḥ //

atha svadoṣaguṇānurodhādvātaprakṛtistanurūkṣastabdhālpāṅgadantanakharomanetrasvaraḥ śītadviḍudvaddhapiṇḍikaḥ saśabdasandhigāmī śīghrārambhakṣobhagrahaṇavismaraṇaścaladhṛtimatigatidṛṣṭisvabhāvasauhārdasteno 'nāryo matsaryajitendriyaḥ priyagāndharvetihāsahāsavilāsakalahamṛgayodyānayātraḥ snigdhoṣṇamadhurāmlalavaṇānnapānakāṅkṣopaśayaśca bhavati //

api ca /
alpavittabalajīvitanidraḥ kṣāmavāgdhamanisantatagātraḥ /
durbhago 'tibahubhugbahubhāṣī nāstikaḥ sphuṭitakeśakarāṅghriḥ //

kiñcidunmiṣitadurmukhasuptastrasyati krathati khādati dantān /
śuṣkarūkṣaviṣamāsu saritsu vyomni śaulaśikhareṣu ca yāti //

pittaprakṛtiruṣṇagauragātrastāmranakhanayanajihvauṣṭhapāṇipādatalaḥ śithilasandhibandhamāṃsaḥ karabhakapilaviralamṛdukeśaromā madhyabalāyuralpaśukravyavāyāpatyaḥ śūro 'bhimānī śīghravalīkhalatipalitapipluvyaṅgakṣutpipāso medhāvī durbhagaḥ svādutiktakaṣāyaśītābhilāṣopaśayaśca bhavati //

api ca /
dayitamālyavilepanamaṇḍanaḥ sucaritaḥ śucirāśritavatsalaḥ /
vibhavasāhasabuddhibalānvito bhavati bhīṣu gatirdviṣatāmapi //

gharmadveṣī svedanaḥ pūtigandhirbhūryuccārakrodhapānāśanerṣyaḥ /
suptaḥ paśyet karṇikārān palāśān digdāholkāvidyudarkānalāṃśca //

kaphaprakṛtistu dūrvendīvaraśarakāṇḍānyatamavarṇaḥ samasuvibhaktasnigdhasthirasukumāraśliṣṭamāṃsasandhibandhaḥ paripūrṇacārugātro mahālalāṭorubāhurvyaktasitāsitaprasannāyataviśālapakṣmalākṣaḥ siṃhamṛdaṅgaghanaghoṣaḥ kṣutpipāsoṣṇasahiṣṇurbahvojobalaśukravyavāyāpatyaściraśoṣamālyānulepano dṛḍhapracchannavairaḥ peśalaḥ satyavādī smṛtimān dhṛtimānalolupo bālye 'pyarodanaḥ kaṭutiktakaṣāyoṣṇarūkṣecchopaśayaśca bhavati //

api ca /
alpavyāhārakrodhapānāśanehaḥ prājyāyurvitto dīrghadarśī vadānyaḥ /
śrāddho gambhīraḥ sthūlalakṣaḥ kṣamāvānāryo nidrālurdīrdhasūtraḥ kṛtajñaḥ //

ṛjurvipaścitsubhagaḥ salajjo bhakto gurūṇāṃ dṛḍhasauhṛdayyaḥ /
svapne sapadmān savihaṅgamālāṃstoyāśayān paśyati toyadāṃśca //

ubhayalakṣaṇasaṅkare tu saṃsargaprakṛtiḥ /
sarvaguṇasamuditaḥ samadoṣaprakṛtiḥ /
tatrādyāstrayo nityāturāḥ doṣānuśayitaprakṛtitvāt /
viśeṣataśca dvandvaprakṛtayaḥ /
teṣu hi guṇamiśravikārakāriṣu kṣutpipāsādiṣvivārogyavyapadeśaḥ /
tasmādviparītaguṇena vidhinā doṣopakramaṇīyoktena tānupācaret /
samasarvarasena sātmyenāntyaṃ yathartuvihitena ca //

doṣavacca guṇairapi sattvādibhiḥ sapta prakṛtayo bhavanti /
tāstadabhinirvṛttaireva yathoktaiḥ śaucādibhirjānīyāt //

tathā punaḥ sapta prakṛtayo jātikuladeśakālavayobalapratyātmasaṃśrayāḥ /
dṛśyante hi puruṣāṇāṃ jātyādiniyatāste te bhāvaviśeṣāḥ //

sattvādīnāṃ ca taratamayogāccharīraviśeṣebhyaścānyonyānuvidhāyitvācca bhedāśrayamasaṅkhyeyaṃ bhavati /
śarīramapi sattvādīnanurudhyate /
sattvādayo 'pi śarīram //

sattvādyasaṅkhyabhedāveśācca rūpasvaracaritānukaraṇamapyanūkaśabdavācyamasaṅkhyabhedaṃ bhavati /
tadāveśastvanantarajanmābhyāsavāsanayā janyate /
tasmāddevamānuṣatiryakpretanārakāṇāṃ tattadviśeṣāṇāṃ ca yathāyathamevānūkaṃ puruṣasyānvavekṣeta //

vayastrividhaṃ bālaṃ madhyaṃ vṛddhaṃ ca /
tatrāṣoḍaśādvarṣādbālam /
ā ṣaṣṭermadhyam /
tato vṛddham /
teṣvapi stanyāhārobhayavṛttyā bālaṃ trividham /
tasmin dehapramāṇavṛddhiḥ śleṣmodrekaśca /
tena bālasya snehamārdavasaukumāryālpakrodhatvasaubhāgyāni bhavanti //

madhyamapi trividhaṃ yauvanaṃ sampūrṇatvamaparihāniśca /
tasmin pittodrekaḥ /
tena dīptāgnitā prajñādhikyaparipākau vyavasāyaśca /
tatrātriṃśato yauvanamācatvāriṃśataḥ sarvadhātvindriyabalavīryapauruṣasmaraṇavacanavijñānapraśrayaguṇasampūrṇatvamataḥ paramaparihāniḥ //

vṛddhaṃ tu śaśvat kṣīyamāṇadhātvindriyādiguṇaṃ valīkhalatikāsaścasāgnisādādibhirabhibhūyamānaṃ jīrṇaṃ bhavanamivābhivṛṣṭamavasīdati /
tasminmārutodrekaḥ tena ślathasāramāṃsasandhyasthitā tvakpāruṣyamavanāmaḥ kāyasya vepathuḥ kāsaḥ śvāsaḥ śleṣmasiṅghāṇakodīraṇaṃ dhātukṣayaśca //

anye punarāhaḥ /
bālyaṃ vṛddhiḥ prabhā medhāṃ tvakśukrākṣiśnutīndriyam /
daśakeṣu kramādvyeti manassarvendriyāṇi ca //

evaṃ varṣatamāyuṣaḥ pramāṇamasmin kāle /
santi punaḥ karmaviśeṣādūnādhikavarṣaśatajīvino manuṣyāḥ /
teṣāṃ yathoktaiḥ prakṛtiviśeṣairāyuṣaḥ pramāṇamupalabhya vayastridhā vibhajet //

api ca /
varṣaṃ varṣaṃ kṣayaṃ yāti nṛṇāṃ yāte śate śate /
āyuṣo 'puṇyabāhulyādyadā yanmānamiṣyate //

balamapi trividhaṃ bhavati /
sahajaṃ kālakṛtaṃ yuktikṛtaṃ ca /
tatra sahajaṃ dehasattvayoḥ prākṛtam /
kālakṛtamṛtuvibhāgajaṃ vayaḥkṛtaṃ ca /
yuktikṛtaṃ punarāhāravihārotthamūrjaskarayogajaṃ ca /
tadvṛddhikarāstvime ca bhāvā bhavanti /
tadyathā /
balavatpuruṣe deśe janma tadvidhe ca kāle sukhaśca kālayogo bījakṣetraguṇaśarīrāhārasattvasampattayaḥ svamāvo yauvanaṃ vyāyāmo harṣaśca //

tathā sārāṇyaṣṭau tvagraktamāṃsamedo 'sthimajjaśukrasatvātmakānyuttarottaravarāṇi balamānajñānārthamupadiśyannte /
api ca /
na muhyeddehamātradarśanādeva bhiṣagayamupacayena māhāśarīratvādvā balavānayaṃ kṛśatvādalpaśarīratvādvālpabala iti /
taccobhayamapyanyathā dṛṣṭaṃ gajasiṃhe //

tatra sarvaiḥ sārairupeto bhavatyatibalaḥ paramagauravayuktaḥ kleśakṣamaḥ sarvārambheṣvātmani pratyāśāvān kalyāṇābhiniveśī sthiraśarīraḥ susamāhitagatiḥ sānunādasnigdhagambhīramahāsvaraḥ sukhaiśvaryavittopabhoga sammānabhāṅmandajarāmayaḥ prāyastulyaguṇavistīrṇāpatyo dīrghāyuśca /
tadviparītastvasāraḥ /
madhyo madhyaguṇaḥ //

pramāṇaṃ punaḥ svāṅgulaiḥ pādāṅguṣṭhapradeśinyau dvyaṅgulāyate tisro 'nyāḥ krameṇottarottaraṃ pañcamabhāgahīnāstannakhahīnā vā /
caturaṅgulāyatāḥ pṛthak prapadapādatalapārṣṇayaḥ ṣaṭpañcacaturaṅgulavistṛtāścaturdaśaivāyāmena pādaścaturdaśaiva pariṇāhena /
tathā gulphau jaṅghāmadhyaṃ ca /
caturaṅgulotsedhaḥ pādaḥ /
aṣṭādaśāyāmā jaṅghā ūruśca /
caturaṅgulaṃ jānu /
triṃśadaṅgulapariṇāha ūruḥ /
ṣaḍāyāmena //

muṣkkameḍhrāvaṣṭapañcapariṇāhau /
ṣoḍaśavistārā kaṭī pañcāśatpariṇāhā /
daśāṅgulaṃ bastiśiraḥ /
dvādaśāṅgulamudaram /
daśavistāre dvādaśāyāme pārśve /
dvādaśotsedhaṃ trikam /
aṣṭādaśotsedhaṃ pṛṣṭham /
dvādaśakaṃ stanāntaram /
dvyaṅgulaṃ stanaparyantam /
caturviṃśatyaṅgulaviśālaṃ dvādaśotsedhamuraḥ /
dvyaṅgulaṃ hṛdayam /
aṣṭakau skandhe kakṣe ca /
ṣaṭkāvaṃsau /
ṣoḍaśakau prabāhū /
pañcadaśakau prapāṇī /
dvādaśāṅgulau pāṇī /
tatrāpi pañcāṅgulā madhyamāṅguliḥ /
tato 'rdhāṅgulahīne pradeśinyanāmike /
sārdhatryaṅgulau kaniṣṭhikāṅguṣṭhau /
caturaṅgulotsedhā dvāviṃśatipariṇāhā śirodharā /
dvādaśotsedhaṃ caturviṃśatipariṇāhamānanam //

pañcāṅgulamāsyam /
caturaṅgulaṃ pṛthak cibukauṣṭhanāsādṛṣṭyantarakarṇalalāṭam /
tribhāgāṅgulavistārā nāsāpuṭamaryādā /
dvyaṅgulāyatamaṅguṣṭhodaravistṛtaṃ netram /
tatra śuklāttṛtīyāṃśaṃ kṛṣṇam /
kṛṣṇānnavamāṃśā masūradalamātrā dṛṣṭiḥ /
ṣaḍaṅgulotsedhaṃ dvātriṃśatpariṇāhaṃ śira iti /
sarvaṃ punaḥ śarīramaṅgulāni caturaśītiḥ /
tadāyāmavistārasamaṃ samamucyate /
tatra yathoktaparimāṇamiṣṭamaniṣṭaṃ hīnamadhikaṃ vā /
tathā hrasvadīrghagaurakṛṣṇaromāromasthūlakṛśaṃ ceti //

iṣṭaṃ punarmahāśarīradarśanavadanahanustanāgrapṛṣṭhasvaramupacitorusthikkaṭīvakṣogrīvātālukamubhayaguṇapāṇipādacibukakarṇalalāṭam /
sūkṣmāsthidantanakhāṅguliparvakeśam /
dīrghāṅgulisakthibāhūcchvāsekṣitanetrajihvam /
vistīrṇāsyādharauṣṭhajihvālalāṭakarṇapaṭhivakṣo 'lpameḍhragrīvākeśam /
snigdhatvakkacakarajanayanasvanam /
sthirendriyatvaṅnakhakeśapārśvam /
gambhīranābhisandhisvaram /
gūḍhajatrupṛṣṭhavaṃśadantamūlam /
raktatālvoṣṭhanakhanetrāntamātāmrajihvāhastapādatalam /
kṛṣṇakeśabhrūnetrapakṣmatārakam /
śuklaśuklamaṇḍaladaśanacaritamunnatacittarakandhalalāṭodaramukhanakhapādam /
nīcairbaddhakarṇastananāsāgracaṅkramaṇam /
ghanaskandhakandharādantāṅgulitvaksauhārdam /
tanunakhamadhyajihvam /
vṛttasphiggrīvānakham /
samapṛṣṭhadantalalāṭekṣitam /
tathānupūrvavṛttāvūrū /
dakṣiṇāvartanābhiḥ /
prakṛṣṭāntaraustanau bhruvau ca /
kūrmākṛtayo nakhāḥ pādau ca /
rjvāsyaṃ nāsāvaṃśaśca /
anulbaṇe hanū veṣaśca /
ślakṣṇaṃ tālu jihvā ca /
nātisthūlakṛśāvoṣṭhau dehabandhaśca /
saspandaṃ hṛdayaṃ śaṅkhau manye ca /
soṣmatālupādodaraṃ niśvāsaśca /
pṛṣṭhato 'vanatau romaśau ca karṇau /
īṣatpralambinyau bhruvau valinaṃ suśliṣṭasandhyardhacandrākṛtilalāṭamātapatropamaṃ śiraḥ /
naikamūlā mṛdavaḥ keśāḥ dṛḍhaṃ gūḍhaṃ sirāsthisandhi /
prakṛtiyuktāni vātamūtrapurīṣaguhyāni /
hasitaruditāni ca ceṣṭitāni /
tathā snātānuliptamadhaḥprasṛtānupūrvyā śuṣyadiṣṭaṃ śarīramiti bhavati cātra //

uttarottarasukṣetraṃ garbhīdbhavati nīrujam /
āyāmajñānavijñānervardhamānaṃ śanaiśśubham //

iti sarvaguṇopete śarīre śaradāṃ śatam /
āyuraiśvaryamiṣṭāśca sarve bhāvāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ //

anutsekamadainyaṃ ca sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ ca sevate /
satvavāṃstabhyamānastu rājaso naiva tāmasaḥ //

dānaśīladayāsatyabrahmacaryakṛtajñatāḥ /
rasāyanāni maitrī ca puṇyāyurvṛddhikṛdgaṇaḥ //