atra kēcidāhurācāryāḥ- prāvr̥ḍvarṣāśaraddhēmantavasantagrīṣmēṣu yathāsaṅkhyaṁ mūlapatratvakkṣīrasāraphalānyādadītēti; tattu na samyak, saumyāgnēyatvājjagataḥ | saumyānyauṣadhāni saumyēṣvr̥tuṣvādadīta, āgnēyānyāgnēyēṣu; ēvamavyāpannaguṇāni bhavanti | saumyānyauṣadhmani saumyēṣvr̥tuṣu gr̥hītāni sōmaguṇabhūyiṣṭhāyāṁ bhūmau jātānyatimadhurasnigdhaśītāni jāyantē | ētēna śēṣaṁ vyākhyātam ||5||
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अत्र केचिदाहुराचार्याः- प्रावृड्वर्षाशरद्धेमन्तवसन्तग्रीष्मेषु यथासङ्ख्यं मूलपत्रत्वक्क्षीरसारफलान्याददीतेति; तत्तु न सम्यक्, सौम्याग्नेयत्वाज्जगतः | सौम्यान्यौषधानि सौम्येष्वृतुष्वाददीत, आग्नेयान्याग्नेयेषु; एवमव्यापन्नगुणानि भवन्ति | सौम्यान्यौषध्मनि सौम्येष्वृतुषु गृहीतानि सोमगुणभूयिष्ठायां भूमौ जातान्यतिमधुरस्निग्धशीतानि जायन्ते | एतेन शेषं व्याख्यातम् ||५||
Meaning of the śloka
Some teachers say that roots, leaves, bark, latex, heartwood and fruits should be collected respectively in the rainy approach, rainy season, autumn, early winter, spring and summer. The text rejects this as incomplete because the world has cooling lunar and heating solar qualities. Cooling medicines should be collected in cooling seasons and heating medicines in heating seasons so that their qualities remain unimpaired. Cooling medicines collected in cooling seasons from land rich in lunar qualities are said to become exceptionally sweet, unctuous and cold. The remaining combinations are to be understood by analogy.
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saumyēṣu varṣāhēmantaśiśirēṣvityarthaḥ| āgnēyēṣu śaradvasantagrīṣmēṣu| ātyayikē kāryē punaḥ pūrvāhṇādiṣu vasantādiṣu yathāyathamauṣadhānyādadīta| ayamabhiprāyaḥ- āgnēyānyauṣadhānyāgnēyēṣu r̥tuṣu gr̥hītānyāgnēyaguṇabhūyiṣṭhāyāṁ bhūmāvatikaṭurūkṣōṣṇāni jāyanta iti||5||
Meaning of the commentary
The cooling seasons are the rains, early winter and late winter. The heating seasons are autumn, spring and summer. For urgent need, medicines may instead be gathered appropriately during parts of the day corresponding analogically to spring and the other seasons. The implied counterpart is that heating medicines collected in heating seasons from land dominated by heating qualities become exceptionally pungent, dry and hot.
Key terms
- saumya
- Cooling or lunar in quality.
- Agneya (agneya)
- Heating or fiery in quality.