Sutra 10

Devanagari script

भिषग्भैषज्यागारादास्वादविशुद्धमौषधं गृहीत्वा पाचकपेषकाभ्यामात्मना च प्रतिस्वाद्य राज्ञे प्रयच्छेत् ॥ कZ_०१.२१.१० ॥

Transliteration

bhiṣagbhaiṣajyāgārād āsvādaviśuddham auṣadhaṃ gṛhītvā pācakapeṣakābhyām ātmanā ca pratisvādya rājñe prayacchet ।

Translation

Tabib, setelah mengambil ubat dari dispensari hanya sesudah disahkan melalui ujian rasa, hendaklah meminta tukang masak dan pengisar/penyedia ubat menguji rasa sekali lagi, dan dia sendiri turut menguji rasa, kemudian barulah menyerahkannya kepada raja.

Word by Word

भिषक्physician

भैषज्यागारात्from the dispensary / medicine-store

आस्वाद-विशुद्धम्purified/verified by tasting

औषधम्medicine

गृहीत्वाhaving taken

पाचक-पेषकाभ्याम्by the cook and the grinder/pounder

आत्मनाby himself / personally

चand

प्रतिस्वाद्यhaving tasted (to verify)

राज्ञेto the king

प्रयच्छेत्should give/hand over

Entities Mentioned

physician (bhiṣak)

dispensary (bhaiṣajyāgāra)

cook (pācaka)

grinder/drug-preparer (peṣaka)

king (rājan)

FAQs

What administrative control is being prescribed for royal medicines?

A multi-layer verification and handling protocol (dispensary verification plus independent re-testing by designated staff and the physician) before medicine reaches the king.

What threat model does this sutra assume?

High risk of poisoning or adulteration by insiders; hence redundancy and separation of roles to reduce single-point compromise.