અથાતો વિદ્રધીનાં ચિકિત્સિતં વ્યાખ્યાસ્યામઃ ||૧|| યથોવાચ ભગવાન્ ધન્વન્તરિઃ ||૨|| ઉક્તા વિદ્રધયઃ ષડ્યે તેષ્વસાધ્યસ્તુ સર્વજઃ | શેષેષ્વામેષુ કર્તવ્યા ત્વરિતં શોફવત્ ક્રિયા ||૩||
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अथातो विद्रधीनां चिकित्सितं व्याख्यास्यामः ||१|| यथोवाच भगवान् धन्वन्तरिः ||२|| उक्ता विद्रधयः षड्ये तेष्वसाध्यस्तु सर्वजः | शेषेष्वामेषु कर्तव्या त्वरितं शोफवत् क्रिया ||३||
Meaning of the śloka
Now the treatment of vidradhi will be explained, as taught by Bhagavān Dhanvantari. Six kinds of vidradhi have been described. Among them, the type arising from all the doṣas together is incurable. In the remaining kinds, while the swelling is still unripe, treatment like that prescribed for śopha should be undertaken promptly.
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ષડ્ગ્રહણં દ્વન્દ્વજવિદ્રધિનિષેધાર્થમ્| પુનરસાધ્યકીર્તનં ચિકિત્સાપ્રક્રમત્વાત્તદુપક્રમનિષેધાર્થમ્| શેષેષુ પઞ્ચસુ શોફવત્ ક્રિયેતિ સા પુનરપતર્પણાદ્યા વિરેચનાન્તૈકાદશવિધા||૧-૩||
Meaning of the commentary
The commentator explains that the mention of six excludes vidradhi produced by a combination of two doṣas. Its incurability is stated again because treatment is now beginning, in order to prohibit intervention in that incurable type. For the other five types, treatment like that for śopha means the eleven measures beginning with apatarpaṇa and ending with virecana.
Key terms
- vidradhi
- The classical disease entity discussed in this chapter, commonly characterized by a deep inflammatory swelling or suppurative lesion.
- sarvaja
- Arising from all the doṣas together; identified here as incurable.
- āma
- The unripe or not-yet-suppurated stage of the swelling in this context.
- śopha
- Swelling; its treatment sequence is applied here to the unripe stage of vidradhi.
- apatarpaṇa
- The first of the eleven measures referenced by the commentator for treating swelling.