तेभ्यो ऽति-विप्रकीर्णेभ्यः प्रायः सार-तरोच्चयः ॥ ४ ॥ क्रियते ऽष्टाङ्ग-हृदयं नाति-संक्षेप-विस्तरम् ।

tebhyo 'ti-viprakīrṇebhyaḥ prāyaḥ sāra-taroccayaḥ ॥ 4 ॥ kriyate 'ṣṭāṅga-hṛdayaṃ nāti-saṃkṣepa-vistaram ।

तेभ्यो tébhjó =.....; ऽति-विप्रकीर्णेभ्यः Ati-viprakírṇébhjaḣ = very extensive; प्रायः prájaḣ = abundantly, richly; सार-तरो sára-taró = more rare; उच्चयः uččajaḣ = to add to;

क्रियते krijaté = to become; ऽष्टाङ्ग-हृदयं Aṣṭáńga-hṛdajaṁ = The Eight Core Parts; ना ná = no, not; अति ati = extremely, very; संक्षेप saṁkšépa = brief, short; विस्तरम् vistaram = detailed.

From these Ayurvedic writings, which are quite vast and therefore very difficult to study, the essence has been collected and presented in the Ashtanga Hridayam, which is neither too short nor too long.