Sushruta Samhita · Chapter 1.1

athāto vedotpattimadhyāyaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ //

yathovāca bhagavān dhanvantariḥ //

atha khalu bhagavantamamaravaramṛṣigaṇaparivṛtamāśramasthaṃ kāśirājaṃ divodāsaṃ dhanvantarimaupadhenavavaitaraṇaurabhrapauṣkalāvata-karavīryagopurarakṣitasuśrutaprabhṛtaya ūcuḥ //

bhagavan śārīramānasāgantuvyādhibhirvividhavedanābhighātopadrutān sanāthānapyanāthavadviceṣṭamānān vikrośataśca mānavānabhisamīkṣya manasi naḥ pīḍā bhavati teṣāṃ sukhaiṣiṇāṃ rogopaśamārthamātmanaśca prāṇayātrārthaṃ pragāhitahetorāyurvedaṃ śrotumicchāma ihopadiśyamānaṃ atrāyattamaihikamāmuṣmikaṃ ca śreyaḥ tadbhagavantamupapannāḥ smaḥ śiṣyatveneti //

tānuvāca bhagavān svāgataṃ vaḥ sarva evāmīmāṃsyā adhyāpyāśca bhavanto vatsāḥ //

iha khalvāyurvedo nāmopāṅgamatharvavedasyānutpādyaivaprajāḥ ślokaśatasahasramadhyāyasahasraṃ ca kṛtavān svayambhūḥ tato'lpāyuṣṭvamalpamedhastvaṃ cālokya narāṇāṃ bhūyo'ṣṭadhā praṇītavān //

tadyathā śalyaṃ śālākyaṃ kāyacikitsā bhūtavidyā kaumārabhṛtyaṃ agadatantraṃ rasāyanatantraṃ vājīkaraṇatantramiti //

evamayamāyurvedo'ṣṭāṅga upadiśyate atra kasmai kimucyatāmiti //

ta ūcuḥ asmākaṃ sarveṣāmeva śalyajñānaṃ mūlaṃ kṛtvopadiśatu bhagavāniti //

sa uvācaivamastviti //

ta ūcurbhūyo'pi bhagavantam asmākamekamatīnāṃ matamabhisamīkṣya suśruto bhagavantaṃ prakṣyati asmai copadiśyamānaṃ vayamapyupadhārayiṣyāmaḥ //

sa hovācaivamastviti //

vatsa suśruta iha khalvāyurvedaprayojanaṃ vyādhyupasṛṣṭānāṃ vyādhiparimokaṣaḥ svasthasya rakṣaṇaṃ ca //

āyurasmin vidyate'nena vāyurvindatītyāyurvedaḥ //

tasyāṅgavaramādyaṃ pratyakṣāgamānumānopamānairaviruddhamucyamānamupadharaya //

etaddhyaṅgaṃ prathamaṃ prāgabhighātavraṇasaṃrohāt yajñaśiraḥsandhānācca / śrūyate hi yathā rudreṇa yajñasya śiraśchinnamiti tato devā aśvināvabhigamyocuḥ bhagavantau naḥ śreṣṭhatamau yuvāṃ bhaviṣyathaḥ bhavadbhyāṃ yajñasyaśeraḥ sandhātavyamiti / tāvūcaturevamastviti / atha tayorarthe devā indraṃ yajñabhagena prāsādayan / tābhyāṃ yajñasya śiraḥ saṃhitam iti //

aṣṭāsvapi cāyurvedatantreṣvetadevādhikamabhimataṃ āmāśukriyākaraṇādyantraśastrakṣārāgnipraṇidhānāt sarvatantrasāmānyācca //

tadidaṃ śāśvataṃ puṇyaṃ svargyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ vṛttikaraṃ ceti //

brahmā provāca tataḥ prajāpatiradhijage tasmādaśvinau aśvibhyāmindraḥ indrādaḥaṃ mayā tviha pradeyamarthibhyaḥ prajāhitahetoḥ //

bhavati cātra

ahaṃ hi dhanvantarirādidevo jarārujāmṛtyuharo'marāṇām /

śalyāṅgamaṅgairaparairupetaṃ prāpto'smi gāṃ bhūya ihopadeṣṭum //

asmin śāstre pañcamahābhūtaśarīrisamavāyaḥ puruṣa ityucyate / tasmin kriyā so'dhiṣṭhānaṃ kasmāt lokasya dvaividhyāt loko hi dvividhaḥ sthāvaro jaṅgamaśca dvividhātmaka evāgneyaḥ saumyaśca tadbhūyastvāt pañcātmako vā tatra caturvidho bhūtagrāmaḥ saṃsvedajarāyujāṇḍajodbhijjasaṃjñaḥ tatra puruṣaḥ pradhānaṃ tasyopakaraṇamanyat tasmāt puruṣo'dhiṣṭhānam //

tadduḥkhasaṃyogā vyādhaya ucyante //

te caturvidhāḥ āgantavaḥ śārīrāḥ mānasāḥ svābhāvikāśceti //

ta ete manaḥśarīrādhiṣṭhānāḥ //

teṣāṃ saṃśodhanasaṃśamanāhārācārāḥ samyakprayuktā nigrahahetavaḥ //

prāṇināṃ punarmūlamāhāro balavarṇaujasāṃ ca sa ṣaṭsu raseṣvāyattaḥ rasāḥ punardravyāśrayāḥ dravyāṇi punaroṣadhayaḥ / tāstu dvividhāḥ sthāvarā jaṅgamāśca //

tāsāṃ sthāvarāścaturvidhāḥ vanaspatayo vṛkṣā vīrudha oṣadhaya iti / tāsu apuṣpāḥ phalavanto vanaspatayaḥ puṣpaphalavanto vṛkṣāḥ pratānavatyaḥ stambinyaśca vīrudhaḥ phalapākaniṣṭhā oṣadhaya iti //

jaṅgamāḥ khalvapi catuvidhāḥ jarāyujāṇḍajasvedajodbhijjāḥ / tatra paśumanuṣyavyālādayo jarāyujāḥ khagasarpasarīsṛpaprabhṛtayo'ṇḍajāḥ kṛmikīṭapipīlikāprabhṛtayaḥ svedajāḥ indragopamaṇḍūkaprabhṛtaya udbhijjāḥ //

tatra sthāvarebhyastvakpatrapuṣpaphalamūlakandaniryāsasvarasādayaḥ prayojanavantaḥ jaṅgamebhyaścarmanakharomarudhirādayaḥ //

pārthivāḥ suvarṇarajatamaṇimuktāmanaḥśilāmṛtkapālādayaḥ //

kālakṛtāḥ pravātanivātātapacchāyājyotsnātamaḥśītoṣṇavarṣāhorātrapakṣamāsartvayanādayaḥ saṃvatsaraviśeṣāḥ //

ta ete svabhāvata eva doṣāṇāṃ sañcayaprakopapraśamapratīkārahetavaḥ prayojanavantaśca //

bhavanti cātra ślokāḥ

śārīrāṇāṃ vikārāṇāmeṣa vargaścatuvidhaḥ /

prakope praśame caiva heturuktaścikitsakaiḥ //

āgantavastu ye rogāste dvidhā nipatanti hi /

manasyanye śarīre'nye teṣāṃ tu dvividhā kriyā //

śarīrapatitānāṃ tu śārīravadupakramaḥ /

mānasānāṃ tu śabdādiriṣṭo vargaḥ sukhāvahaḥ //

evametat puruṣo vyādhirauṣadhaṃ kriyākāla iti catuṣṭayaṃ samāsena vyākhyātam / tatra puruṣagrahaṇāttatsaṃbhavadravyasamūho bhūtādiruktastadaṅgapratyaṅgavikalpāśca tvaṅnāṃsāsthisirāsnāyuprabhṛtayaḥ vyādhigrahaṇādvātapittakaphaśoṇitasannipātavaiṣamyanimittāḥ sarva eva vyādhayo vyākhyātāḥ oṣadhagrahaṇāddravyarasaguṇavīryavipākānāmādeśaḥ kriyāgrahaṇācchedyādīni snehādīni ca karmāṇi vyākhyātāni kālagrahaṇāt savakriyākālānāmādeśaḥ //

bhavati cātra /

bījaṃ cikitsitasyaitatsamāsena prakīrtitam /

saviṃśamadhyāyaśatamasya vyākhyā bhaviṣyati //

tacca saviṃśamadhyāyaśataṃ pañcasu sthāneṣu sūtranidānaśārīracikitsitakalpeṣvarthavaśāt saṃvibhajya uttare tantre śeṣānarthān vyākhyāsyāmaḥ //

bhavati cātra /

svayambhuvā proktamidaṃ sanātanaṃ paṭheddhi yaḥ kāśipatiprakāśitam /

sa puṇyakarmā bhuvi pūjito nṛpairasukṣaye śakrasalokatāṃ vrajet //