The Nepalese Version of the Suśrutasaṃhitā, Sūtrasthāna, Chapter 6 (Ṛtucaryā): machine-assisted provisional text

[Sūtrasthāna]

[Adhyāya 6] cf. 1938 ed. 1.6.1 athāto ṛtucaryāṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ || cf. 1938 ed. 1.6.3 kālo hi bhagavān svayambhur anādimadhyanidhano 'tra rasavyāpatsampattayo jīvitamaraṇe ca manuṣyāṇām āyatte sa sūkṣmām api kalān na līyata iti kālaḥ | saṅkalayati kalayati vā bhūtānīti kālaḥ | saṅkalayati] Nep witness K, with A1938; N H saṅkālayati. The nirukti “saṅkalayati kalayati vā bhūtānīti kālaḥ” derives kāla from √kal (class 10, kalayati, short a); the paired gloss kalayati in the same clause fixes the vowel. N and H have lengthened the first member to saṅkālayati; K preserves the correct short a. (machine-assisted note, resp #AI) cf. 1938 ed. 1.6.4 tasya saṃvatsarātmano bhagavān ādityo gativiśeṣeṇa nimeṣakāṣṭhākalāmuhūrttāhorātrapakṣamāsartvayanasaṃvatsarayugapravibhāgaṃ karoti | cf. 1938 ed. 1.6.5 tatra laghvakṣinipātamātro nimeṣaḥ | pañcadaśanimeṣā kāṣṭhā triṅśatkāṣṭhā kalā | viṅśatikalā muhūrttaḥ kalāyāḥ daśabhāgaś ca | triṃśatmuhūrttam ahorātraṃ | pañcadaśāhorātraḥ pakṣaḥ | sa dvividhaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śuklaś ca tau māsaḥ | cf. 1938 ed. 1.6.6 tatra māghādayo dvādaśa māsāḥ saṃvatsaraḥ | dvimāsikam ṛtuṅ kṛtvā ṣaḍṛtavo bhavanti || te ca śiśiravasantagrīṣmavarṣāśaraddhemantāḥ | teṣāṃ tapastapasyau śiśiraḥ | madhumādhavau vasantaḥ | śuciśukrau grīṣmaḥ nabhonabhasyau varṣā | iṣorjau śarat | sahassahasyau hemanta iti | cf. 1938 ed. 1.6.7 ta ete śītoṣṇavarṣavātalakṣaṇāḥ | candrādityayoḥ kālavibhāgakaratvād ayane dve bhavataḥ | dakṣiṇam uttarañ ca | tayor dakṣiṇam varṣāśaraddhemantāḥ teṣu bhagavān āpyāyate somaḥ | amlalavaṇamadhurāś ca rasā balavanto bhavanti | uttarottarañ ca sarvaprāṇināṃ balam abhivarddhate | uttaraṃ śiśiravasantagrīṣmāḥ | teṣu bhagavān āpyāyate rkaḥ | kaṭutiktakaṣāyāś ca rasā balavattarā bhavanti | uttarottaraś ca prāṇinām balam parihīyate || balavattarā] H, Kpc; N and A1938 level to the positive balavanto (as in the antithetical dakṣiṇāyana clause above). The comparative “stronger still” is the lectio difficilior and suits the intensifying logic whereby, in the northern solar course, the pungent, bitter, and astringent (drying) rasas grow stronger while the strength of beings is progressively diminished (parihīyate). Retained. (machine-assisted note, resp #AI) cf. 1938 ed. 1.6.8 bhavati cātra || somaḥ kledayate bhūmiṃ sūryaḥ śoṣayate punaḥ | tāv ubhāv api saṃśritya vāyuḥ pālayati prajāḥ || cf. 1938 ed. 1.6.9 atha khalv ayane yugapat saṃvatsaro bhavati | te dve ayane varṣasaṃvatsaraḥ parivatsaraḥ iḍāvatsaraḥ vatsara ity evaṃ pañca pañca varṣāṇi || te pañca yugam iti saṃjñāṃ labhante sa eṣa nimeṣādir yugaparyantaḥ kālaś cakravat parivarttamānaḥ kālacakra ity ucyate | cf. 1938 ed. 1.6.9.add evaṃ dakṣiṇāyane rātrir vyākhyātā || cf. 1938 ed. 1.6.10 iha tu varṣāśaraddhemantavasantagrīṣmaprāvṛṣaḥ ṣaḍṛtavo bhavanti | doṣopacayaprakopapraśamanimittaṃ | te tu bhādrapadādyair dvimāsike naivaṃ vyākhyātāḥ | tadyathā | bhadrapadāśvayujau varṣāḥ kārttikamārgaśīrṣau śarat | pauṣamāghau hemantaḥ | phālgunacaitrau vasantaḥ | vaiśākhajyeṣṭhau grīṣmaḥ | āṣāḍhaśrāvaṇau prāvṛḍ iti || cf. 1938 ed. 1.6.11 tatra varṣāsv auṣadhyas taruṇyo 'lpavīryā āhāratvam upagatā vidahyante | āpaś cāpraśāntāḥ kṣitimalaprāyās tās tūpayujyamānā nabhasi meghāvatate jalapraklinnāyāṃ bhūmau klinnadehānāṃ dehināṃ śīta vāta varṣa viṣṭambhitāgnīnāṃ vidahyante | sa vidāhāt pittasañcayam āpādayanti | sa sañcayaḥ śaradi praviralameghe viyaty upaśuṣyati paṅke 'rka kiraṇa pravilāyitaḥ paittikāṃ vyādhīṃ janayati | tā evauṣadhayaḥ kālapariṇāmāt pariṇatavīryā balavatyo hemante bhavanti | āpaś ca praśāntāḥ snigdhā atyarthaṃ gurvyas tā upayujyamānāḥ mandakiraṇatvād bhānos satuṣāraupa ṣṭambhita dehānāṃ dehinām avidagdhāḥ snehād gauravād upalepitvāc ca śleṣmaṇas sañcayam āpādayanti | sa saṃcayo vasante 'rka kiraṇa pravilāyitaḥ śleṣmikāṃ vyādhīṃ janayati | tā evauṣadhyau grīṣmaniḥsārā rūkṣā atimātralaghvyo bhavaty āpaś ca tā upayujyamānāḥ | tatra śaraddhemantayor madhyasamam ahorātraṃ yugapac cādhimāsakau bhavataḥ | viṃśatikāṣṭhāś caikanimeṣārdhaś ca dinaparivṛddhir uttarāyaṇe | sūryapratāpopaśoṣitadehānāṃ dehināṃ raukṣyāl laghavāc ca vāyoḥ sañcayam āpādayanti | sa sañcayaḥ prāvṛṣi cātyarthaṃñ jalopaklinnāyāṃ bhūmau cātiklinnadehānāṃ dehināṃ śītavātavarṣerito vātikān vyādhīn janayati | evam eṣāṃ doṣāṇāṃ sañcayaprakopahetur uktaḥ | A later hand has inserted coarse parentheses around the sentence tatra ... uttarāyaṇe. evauṣadhyau] flagged, not emended. K reads evauṣadhyau (an apparent dual) with the singular verb bhavaty; N reads evauṣadhyo (= auṣadhyaḥ, plural) with the plural bhavanty, which is internally consistent and matches the parallel construction earlier in 6.11 (tā evauṣadhayaḥ … bhavanti). The plural (auṣadhyo … bhavanty) is tentatively preferable, but the number confusion runs through all witnesses; this locus should be checked against the manuscripts before deciding. (machine-assisted note, resp #AI) cf. 1938 ed. 1.6.12 tatra varṣāhemantagrīṣmeṣu sañcitānān doṣāṇāṃ śaradvasantaprāvṛṭsu ca prakupitānāṃ nirharaṇaṃ | In the 1931 ed. of the vulgate, the text numbering skips from 1.61.11 to 1.6.13, omitting the number 1.6.12. In the 1938 ed. the vulgate tatra varṣāhemanta ... nirharaṇaṃ kartavyam is numbered 1.6.12 (not 1.6.13) and the numbers are one more than the 1931 ed. from there to the end of the adhyāya. cf. 1938 ed. 1.6.13 tatra paittikānāṃ vyādhīnāṃ hemante vyupaśamaḥ | śleṣmikāṇāṃ nidāghe vātikānāṃ śaradi | svabhāvatas tv ete sañcayaprakopaśamāsañcayaprakopopaśamā vyākhyātāḥ || sañcayaprakopopaśamā] corr., with H and N (A1938 agrees); the base witness K reads sañcayaprakopaśamā, having lost -upa- by haplology at the -pa|upa- juncture. The noun upaśama “subsiding” is the term used elsewhere in this chapter (cf. 6.13 vyupaśamaḥ). Machine-assisted correction of the collation base; verify against the manuscripts. (resp #AI) cf. 1938 ed. 1.6.14 tatra divasapūrvāhṇe vasantaliṅgaṃ | madhyāhne grīṣmasya | aparāhṇe prāvṛḍliṅgaṃ | pradoṣe vārṣikaṃ | śāradam ardharātre | pratyuṣasi haimanam upalakṣayet | evam ahorātram api varṣam iva śītoṣṇavarṣadoṣopacayaprakopopaśamair jānīyāt haimanam] Nep witness K; H hemantam, N hemanam. The times of day are characterised by vṛddhi-derived seasonal adjectives (… śāradam, [haimanam]); K continues that derivational series, whereas H reverts to the base noun. Retained. (machine-assisted note, resp #AI) cf. 1938 ed. 1.6.15 tatrāvyāpanneṣv ṛtuṣv avyāpannā oṣadhayo bhavanty āpaś ca | tās tūpayayujyamānāḥtūpayujyamānāḥ prāṇāyurbalavīryaujaskaryo bhavanti | tūpayujyamānāḥ] corr., with H (N upayujyamānāḥ; A1938 upayujyamānā). Read tāḥ + upayujyamānāḥ. The base witness K has a dittographic -ya- (upa-ya-yujyamānāḥ); the identical phrase earlier in this chapter (6.11) already reads tās tūpayujyamānā in the provisional text, so the correction removes an internal inconsistency. Machine-assisted correction; verify against the manuscripts. (resp #AI) cf. 1938 ed. 1.6.16 tāsām punar vyāpado 'dṛṣṭakāritāni śītoṣṇavātavarṣāṇi | khalu viparītāny auṣadhīr vyāpādayanty āpaś ca | tāsām] Nep witnesses K, Hpc; N and A1938 read the masculine teṣāṃ. The antecedents auṣadhayaḥ and āpaḥ are feminine, so the feminine tāsām is required for concord. Retained. (machine-assisted note, resp #AI) cf. 1938 ed. 1.6.17 tāsām upayogād vividharogaprādurbhāvo marako vā bhavati | cf. 1938 ed. 1.6.19 kadācid avyāpanneṣv api kṛtyābhiśāparakṣaḥkrodhād adharmair uṣasyante janapadāḥ | viṣauṣadhipuṣpagandhena vā vāyunopanītena | kāsaśvāsapratiśyāyaśirorogajvarair upatapyante prajāḥ grahanakṣatracaritair vā | śayanāsanayānavāhanamaṇiratnopakaraṇagarhitalakṣaṇaprādurbhāvair vā cf. 1938 ed. 1.6.20 jāto 'tra | parityāga śānti prāyaścitta bali maṅgala japa homopahārejyāñjali namaskāra tapo niyama dayā dāna dīkṣābhyupagama devatā brāhmaṇa guru parair bhavitavyam evaṃ sādhu bhavati || cf. 1938 ed. 1.6.37 bhavati cātra svaguṇair api yukteṣu viparīteṣu vā punaḥ | viṣameṣv api vā doṣāḥ kupyanty ṛtuṣu dehinām iti || || || 6 ||