ततः प्रणश्यते दुःखं ततः संपद्यते सुखम्
Then suffering is destroyed, and happiness is attained.
मज्जास्थानं ततो गत्वा मर्मस्थानं प्रधावति 1.35.
After reaching the marrow, the poison rushes to the vital points.
निश्चेष्टः पतते भूमौ कर्णाभ्यां बधिरो भवेत्
When motionless, he falls to the ground; by the ears, he becomes deaf.
दंडेन हन्यमानस्य दंडराजी न जायते
When struck with a stick, no mark of the stick appears.
केशेषु लुच्यमानेषु नैव केशान्प्रवेदते शिथिलानि भवंतीह स गतासुरिति श्रुतिः
When the hair is pulled, he does not feel the hair; they become loose here, and the tradition says he is lifeless.
एतानि यस्य रूपाणि विपरीतानि गौतम
O Gautama, whoever has these symptoms in reverse—
वैद्यास्तस्य न पश्यंति ये भवंति कुशिक्षिताः
The physicians who are well-trained do not attend to him.
तस्यागदं प्रवक्ष्यामि स्वयं रुद्रेण भाषितम्
I will now declare his antidote, as spoken by Rudra himself.
कुंकुमं तगरं कुष्ठं कासमर्दत्वचं तथा
Kumkuma, tagara, kushta, and also the bark of kasamarda—
एतानि समभागानि गोमूत्रेण तु पेषयेत् कालाहिनापि दष्टेन क्षिप्रं भवति निर्विषः
These, in equal parts, should be ground with cow's urine; even one bitten by a black snake quickly becomes free from poison.
क्षिप्रमेव प्रदा तव्यं मृतसंजीवनौषधम्
The life-restoring medicine must be administered at once.
इति श्रीभविष्ये महापुराणे शतार्द्धसाहस्र्यां संहितायां ब्राह्मे पर्वणि पंचमीकल्पे धातुगतविषक्रियावर्णनं नाम पंचत्रिंशोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the glorious Bhavishya Mahapurana, in the section of one hundred and fifty thousand verses, in the Brahma Parvan, in the fifth Kalpa, the thirty-fifth chapter named 'Description of the Effects of Poison Entering the Body' is concluded.
कुमारदष्टः कीदृक्स्यात्सूतिकादंशितस्य च
What are the symptoms when a boy is bitten, and also when a woman in childbirth is bitten?
रूपं नपुंसकेनेह व्यंतरेण च कीदृशम्
What is the appearance in the case of a eunuch here, and what is it like in an internal case?
कश्यप उवाच अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि नागानां रूपलक्षणम्
Kashyapa said: Now I will describe the forms and characteristics of snakes.
अथ सर्पेण दष्टस्य ऊर्ध्व दृष्टिः प्रजायते
When bitten by a snake, the gaze turns upward.
कन्यादष्टस्य वामा स्यादृष्टिर्द्विजवरोत्तम
When a maiden is bitten, O best of twice-born, the leftward gaze occurs.
गर्भिण्या वाथ दष्टस्य तथा स्वेदश्च जायते नपुंसकेन दष्टस्य अंगमर्दः प्रजायते
And when a pregnant woman is bitten, then sweating arises; when bitten by a eunuch, body pain appears.
पन्नग्यः प्रभवो रात्रौ दिवा सर्पो विषाधिकः
The female serpent is more potent at night; the male snake is more poisonous by day.
अंधकारे तु दष्टो य उदके गहने वने दष्टरूपाण्यजानन्वै कथं वैद्यचिकित्सितम्
If bitten in darkness, or in water, or in a dense forest, not knowing the type of bite, how can the physician treat?
चतुर्विधा इह प्रोक्ताः पन्नगास्तु महात्मना
Here, four kinds of serpents are described by the great sage.
दर्वीकरा वातविषा मंडला पैत्तिकाः स्मृताः 1.36.
They are known as Darvikara, Vatavisha, Mandala, and Paittika.
रक्तं परीक्षयेदेषां सर्पाणां तु पृथक्पृथक्
The blood of these serpents should be examined separately, one by one.
रक्तं घनं च बहुशः शोणितं मंडली कृतम्
The blood is thick and abundant; the Mandala serpent causes bleeding.
सर्पा ज्ञेयास्तु चत्वारः पंचमो नोपलभ्यते
Four types of serpents are to be known; a fifth is not found.
ब्राह्मणे मधुरं दद्यात्तिक्तं दद्यात्तथोत्तरे
To a Brahmin, one should give something sweet; to the next, something bitter.
ब्राह्मणेन तु दष्टस्य दाहो गात्रेषु जायते
When a Brahmin is bitten, a burning sensation arises in his limbs.
श्यामवर्णं मुखं च स्यान्मज्जास्तंभश्च जायते
His face becomes dark in color, and stiffness of the marrow occurs.
अश्वगंधाप्यपामार्गः सिंदुवारं सुरामयम् एतेनैवोपचारेण सुखी भवति मानवः
Ashwagandha, Apamarga, Sinduvara, and Suramaya—by this very treatment, a person becomes well.
क्षत्रियेण तु दष्टस्य कंपो गात्रेषु जायते
When a Kshatriya is bitten, trembling arises in his limbs.