[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Early and ascribed compendia](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) › [The Compendium of Bheḷa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela) › 1.20 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 1.20 Bheḷasaṃhitā 1.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.20.1) artha ity āha hṛdayaṃ tasmin dhamanayo daśa | ūrdhvaṃ catasro dve tiryak catasraś cāpy adhaḥ kramāt || > The vessel is said to be the heart; in it are ten vessels: / four upward, two transverse, and four downward in sequence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.20.2) tābhyo mūlasirāstiryagbhidyante naikadhā sirāḥ | tasmāt tadarthavijñānaṃ smṛtiyogaṃ ca mānasam || > From them, the root vessels divide transversely into various vessels; / therefore, the knowledge of objects, memory, and mental concentration \[reside there\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.20.3) hṛdo rasoniḥsarati tasmād eti ca sarvaśaḥ | sirābhir hṛdayaṃvaiti tasmāt tatprabhavāḥ sirāḥ || > From the heart the chyle emerges; thence it proceeds everywhere; / through the vessels it returns to the heart; therefore, the vessels originate from it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.20.4) hṛdi prāṇāś ca cakrasthāḥ vimāne karṇikā yathā | marmābhighātaṃ tenātra sahate hṛdaye na tu || > And the vital breaths in the heart are situated in a circle, like the pericarp in a lotus; / therefore, one does not endure injury to the vital spot in the heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.20.5) puṇḍarīkasya saṃsthānaṃ kumbhikāyāḥ phalasya ca | etayor eva varṇaṃ ca vibharti hṛdayaṃ nṛṇām || > The shape of a lotus and of the fruit of kumbhikā, / and the color of these very two, does the heart of men bear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.20.6) yathā hi saṃvṛtaṃ padmaṃ rātrāvahani puṣyati | hṛttathā saṃvṛtaṃ svapne vivṛtaṃ jāgrataḥ smṛtam || > For just as the closed lotus blooms during the day and \[closes\] at night, / so the heart is considered closed in sleep and open when awake. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.20.7) āpo mahārasā vidyādannaṃ caiva mahauṣadham | mahāpralepanaṃ tatra tejaś caivamahatparam || > One should know water as the great essence, and food as the great medicine; / there \[water is\] the great anointment, and fire is supreme and great. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.20.8) rasānāmudakaṃ yonirannaṃ vṛttiḥ parā smṛtā | viklinnam upasandhatte punaḥ kāyaṃ śarīriṇām || > Water is the source of tastes, and food is considered the supreme sustenance; / it unites again the dissolved body of embodied beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.20.9) sūryāṃśaṃ dhūmam ity āhuryato ' bhraprabhavaḥ smṛtaḥ | abhrādvarṣaṃ tato ' nnāni, tasmāt tejo mahatparam || > They say vapor is a portion of the sun, whence the origin of clouds is taught; / from the cloud comes rain, thence foods; therefore, fire is supreme and great. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.20.10) svedaś cāsraṃ ca mūtraṃ ca phenaṃ cāmyantaraṃ malam | avaśyāyahimāmbūni bāhmāni paricakṣate || hṛdayo |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. | |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. iti bhele viṃśo ' dhyāyaḥ || | |ekaviṃśo ' dhyāyaḥ || |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. virecyāṃś caiva mānavān | āsthāpyānanuvāsyāṃś ca vātavyādhīṃś ca sarvaśaḥ || > Sweat, blood, urine, and froth are internal waste products; / dew, snow, and waters are declared to be external. \[…\] / \[…\] Thus ends the twentieth chapter in Bheḷa. Chapter twenty-one. \[…\] / \[…\] and persons to be purged, / to be given non-unctuous enemas, to be given unctuous enemas, and vāta diseases entirely. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.1.20.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.20) · Pramāṇa