daśamo+adhyāyaḥ /
Ca.1.10.1 athāto mahācatuṣpādamadhyāyaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ //
Ca.1.10.2 iti ha smāha bhagavānātreyaḥ //
Ca.1.10.3 catuṣpādaṃ ṣoḍaśakalaṃ bheṣajamiti bheṣajo bhāṣante, yaduktaṃ pūrvādhyāye ṣoḍaśaguṇamiti, tadbheṣajaṃ yuktiyuktamalamārogyāyeti bhagavān punarvasurātreyaḥ //
Ca.1.10.4 neti maitreyaḥ, kiṃ kāraṇaṃ dṛśyante hyāturāḥ kecidupakaraṇavantaśca paricārakasaṃpannāścātmavantaśca kuśalaiśca bhiṣagbhiranuṣṭhitāḥ& samuttiṣṭhamānāḥ, tathāyuktāścāpare mriyamāṇāḥ; tasmādbheṣajamakiṃcitkaraṃ bhavati, tadyathā --- śvabhre sarasi ca prasiktamalpamudakaṃ, nadyāṃ vā syandamānāyāṃ pāṃsudhāne vā pāṃsumuṣṭiḥ prakīrṇa iti; tathā+apare dṛśyante+anupakaraṇāścāparicārakāścānātmavantaścākuśalaiśca bhiṣagbhiranuṣṭhitāḥ samuttiṣṭhamānāḥ, tathāyuktā mriyamāṇāścāpare /
yataśca pratikurvan sidhyati, pratikurvan mriyate; apratikurvan sidhyati, apratikurvan mriyate; tataścintyate bheṣajamabheṣajenāviśiṣṭamiti& //
Ca.1.10.5 maitreya&! mithyā cintyata ityātreyaḥ; kiṃ kāraṇaṃ, ye hyāturāḥ ṣoḍaśaguṇasamuditenānena bheṣajenopapadyamānā mriyanta ityuktaṃ tadanupapannaṃ, na hi bheṣajasādhyānāṃ vyādhīnāṃ bheṣajamakāraṇaṃ bhavati; ye punarāturāḥ kevalādbheṣajādṛte samuttiṣṭhante, na teṣāṃ saṃpūrṇabheṣajopapādanāya &samutthānaviśeṣo &nāsti; yathā hi patitaṃ puruṣaṃ samarathamutthānāyotthāpayan puruṣo balamasyopādadhyāt, sa kṣiprataramaparikliṣṭa evottiṣṭhet, tadvat saṃpūrṇabheṣajopalambhādāturāḥ; ye cāturāḥ kevalādbheṣajādapi mriyante, na ca sarva eva te bheṣajopapannāḥ samutthiṣṭheran, nahi sarve vyādhayo bhavantyupāyasādhyāḥ, na copāyasādhyānāṃ vyādhīnāmanupāyena siddhirasti, na cāsādhyānāṃ vyādhīnāṃ &bheṣajasamudāyo+ayamasti, na hyalaṃ jñānavān bhiṣaṅmumūrṣumāturamutthāpayituṃ; parīkṣyakāriṇo hi kuśalā bhavanti, yathā hi yogajño+abhyāsanitya iṣvāso dhanurādāyeṣumasyannātiviprakṛṣṭe mahati kāye nāparādhavān bhavati, saṃpādayati ceṣṭakāryaṃ, tathā bhiṣak svaguṇasaṃpanna upakaraṇavān vīkṣya karmārabhamāṇaḥ sādhyarogamanaparādhaḥ saṃpādayatyevāturamārogyeṇa; tasmānna bheṣajamabheṣajenāviśiṣṭaṃ bhavati //
Ca.1.10.6 idaṃ ca& naḥ pratyakṣaṃ---yadanātureṇa bheṣajenāturaṃ cikitsāmaḥ&, kṣāmamakṣāmeṇa, kṛśaṃ ca durbalamāpyāyayāmaḥ, sthūlaṃ medasvinamapatarpayāmaḥ, śītenoṣṇābhibhūtamupacarāmaḥ, śītābhibhūtamuṣṇena, nyūnān dhātūn pūrayāmaḥ, vyatiriktān hrāsayāmaḥ, vyādhīn mūlaviparyayeṇopacarantaḥ samyak prakṛtau sthāpayāmaḥ; teṣāṃ nastathā kurvatāmayaṃ bheṣajasamudāyaḥ kāntatamo bhavati //
Ca.1.10.7 bhavanti cātra
Ca.1.10.23 tatra ślokau