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# The Compendium of Bheḷa 1.27

Bheḷasaṃhitā 1.27

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.27.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.1)

athodakaṃ kledayati lavaṇaṃ syandayaty api | athapācayati kṣāraḥ kṣīraṃ vai jīvayaty api ||

> Now, water moistens, and salt causes oozing; / then alkali digests, and milk indeed enlivens;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.2)

snehayatyatha sarpiś ca piśitaṃ bṛṃhayaty api | māṣā bahumalāś cāpi ślīpadaṃ janayed dadhi ||

> And clarified butter unctuates, and meat nourishes; / black gram produces much waste, and curd generates elephantiasis;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.3)

tvacaṃ prasādayet tailaṃ snehanāya ca kalpate | piṇyākaḥ kurute glāniṃ takraṃ ca kṣapayaty api ||

> Oil clarifies the skin and is fit for unction; / oil-cake produces languor, and buttermilk depletes;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.4)

madhu cāpy atha sandhatte jarjarīkurute surā | hareṇubhir masūraiś ca bhṛśaṃ vāyuḥ prakupyati ||

> And honey unites; surā wears \[the body\] down; / and by hareṇu peas and lentils, wind is greatly aggravated;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.5)

kaphakṛnmūlakaṃ vidyāt sarṣapaṃ vātakopanam | laśunaṃ vātaśamanaṃ pittaśleṣmakaraṃ ca tat ||

> One should know radish to be phlegm-producing; mustard aggravates wind; / garlic pacifies wind and generates bile and phlegm;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.6)

nātiśleṣmakaraṃ hiṅgu ṣaṇḍyaṃ kṣāraḥ karoti ca | sarvaṃ tiktamavṛṣyaṃtu vidyādanyatra kūlakāt ||

> Asafoetida does not produce excessive phlegm; and alkali causes impotence; / one should know all bitter things to be non-aphrodisiac, except kūlaka;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.7)

avṛṣyaṃ paiṣṭikaṃ sarvaṃ yavagodhūmavarjitam | dāḍimāmalakādanyatsarvamamlaṃ tu pittalam ||

> All pastry is non-aphrodisiac, with the exception of barley and wheat; / except for pomegranate and āmalaka, all sour things are bile-producing;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.8)

yavakān dāruṇān vidyāt pṛthukānśāliṣaṣṭikān | nirdiśenmṛgatulyāṃs tu tathānūpānmṛgadvijān ||

> One should know wild barley to be harsh, \[and likewise\] flaked grains, śāli rice, and ṣaṣṭika rice; / but one should specify wetland beasts and birds as equal to game animals;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.9)

tathaikāntahitāṃś cāpi jāṃgalānmṛgapakṣiṇaḥ | ity etatsaṃgraheṇoktaṃ bhojyaṃ vistarataḥ śṛṇu ||

> And likewise beasts and birds of arid lands as wholesome unconditionally. / Thus has food been spoken of in brief; hear it in detail:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.10)

pippalī śṛṅgiberaṃ ca palāṇḍulaśunāni ca | mūlakaṃ kṛśṇagandhā ca parṇāsaṃ kālamānakam ||

> Long pepper, ginger, onions, and garlic, / radish, kṛṣṇagandhā, parṇāsa, and kālamānaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.11)

surasaṃ sumukhaṃ caiva caṭakaṃ ca phaṇijjakam | rasena kaṭukaṃ vidyāt vipāke madhuraṃ tathā ||

> Surasā, sumukha, caṭaka, and phaṇijjaka: / one should know \[these\] to be pungent in taste, and likewise sweet in post-digestive effect.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.12)

kirātatikto nimbaś ca ketukāśakaṭhillakāḥ | kūlakaṃ ca savetrāgraṃtiktaṃ madhuvipāki ca ||

> Kirātatikta, neem, ketukā, and śakaṭhillaka, / and kūlaka together with cane-shoots: bitter, and having a sweet post-digestive effect.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.13)

plakṣakāśmaryamadhukaṃ svādupāke parūṣakam | kharjūraṃ nālikeraṃ ca priyālaṃtadvidhāni ca ||

> Plakṣa, kāśmarya, madhūka, parūṣaka having sweet post-digestive effect, / dates, coconut, priyāla, and similar ones,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.14)

madhukaṃ cabisaṃ caivajīvanīyāni yāni ca | rase pāke ca madhuraṃ tadvidyād vividhaṃ ca yat ||

> Madhuka, lotus root, and whatever are vitalizing drugs: / one should know whatever of diverse kinds is sweet in taste and in post-digestive effect.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.15)

basāni kaṭukā bimbī sarvaṃ caivekṣuvaikṛtam | rase pāke ca madhuraṃ tad vidyāt trividhaṃ ca yat ||

> Lotus tubers, kaṭukā, bimbī, and all products of sugarcane: / one should know whatever of these three kinds is sweet in taste and in post-digestive effect.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.16)

nyaṅkuṃ carasamudrāṃś casṛmarānkhaḍgasūkarān | anyāṃś cānūpajān vidyānmadhurān rasapākataḥ ||

> The nyaṅku deer, rasamudras, sṛmaras, rhinoceroses, and boars, / and other animals born in marshy land: one should know them to be sweet by taste and post-digestive effect.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.17)

kādambānsaindhavānhaṃsānsārasāñścetavāraṇam | kācākṣānmallikākṣāṃś ca tathā puṣkarasāyakān ||

> Kādambas, saindhavas, swans, sārasa cranes, white elephants, / kācākṣas, mallikākṣas, and likewise puṣkarasāyakas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.18)

dipavepni(?)śarārīṃś ca vikramān sumanāmukhān | nandimaudgalyakāṃś cāpi kālakān kṛṣṇapucchakān ||

> \[…\], śarārīs, vikramas, sumanāmukhas, / nandimaudgalyakas, kālakas, and kṛṣṇapucchakas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.19)

ājñātān ḍuṇḍubhāṃś caiva maṇḍūkān chuṭumallikān | harṣyāt tu saptavārādi tathā garbhabhatāsakān(?) ||

> ājñātas, ḍuṇḍubha snakes, frogs, chuṭumallikas, / and by pleasure the saptavāra, etc., and likewise garbhabhatāsakas(?),  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.20)

sarvāṃś ca vārijānvidyānmadhurān rasapākataḥ | priyaṅguś ca plāṅgaś ca balākāś ca khagās tathā ||

> and one should know all water-dwelling animals to be sweet by taste and post-digestive effect. / The priyaṅgu, plāṅga, egrets, and birds likewise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.21)

ye cānye ' pyaudakā bhaumyāḥ khecarāś ca khagāḥ smṛtāḥ | nakrāṃś ca śiśumārāṃś ca vallakīmatsyakacchapān ||

> and whatever other aquatic, terrestrial, and sky-faring birds are remembered; / crocodiles, porpoises, the vallakī fish, and tortoises,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.22)

anyāṃś ca vārijānvidyānmadhurānrasapākataḥ | priyaṅguś ca vinaktāś ca nīlikāśāliṣaṣṭikāḥ ||

> and other water-dwelling creatures: one should know them to be sweet by taste and post-digestive effect. / Priyaṅgu, vinaktā, nīlikā, śāli rice, ṣaṣṭika rice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.23)

parūṣakāś ca nīvārāḥ kodravā brahmabhūtikāḥ | ity etaddhānyajātaṃ vai yaccānyadapi tadvidham ||

> parūṣaka, wild nīvāra rice, kodrava, and brahmabhūtikā: / this kind of grain, and whatever else is of like kind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.24)

rasena madhuraṃ tadvai vipāke kaṭukaṃ viduḥ | mudgān masūrāṃś caṇakān kulutthāṃś ca kalāyakān ||

> is sweet by taste, but they know it to be pungent in post-digestive effect. / Mudga beans, lentils, chickpeas, kuluttha beans, and kalāya peas:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.25)

rasena madhurāṃstānvai vipāke kaṭukānviduḥ | rohīṃ śvadaṃṣṭrānuṣṭrāṃś ca śarabhānmṛgamātṛkān ||

> they know them to be sweet by taste, but pungent in post-digestive effect. / The rohī deer, śvadaṃṣṭrā deer, camels, śarabhas, mṛgamātṛkās,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.26)

athānyānmadhurāsvādānvipāke kaṭukānviduḥ | kharāś cāścatarāmeṣā ye cānye tādṛśā mṛgāḥ ||

> and other animals of sweet taste: they know them to be pungent in post-digestive effect. / Donkeys, mules, rams, and whatever other such animals \[there are\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.27)

rasena madhurāṃstānvai vipāke kaṭukānviduḥ | harītān stokakāṃś caiva kapotān śukaśārikāḥ ||

> they know them to be sweet by taste, but pungent in post-digestive effect. / Green pigeons, cuckoos, pigeons, parrots, and mynas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.28)

caṭakān bhṛṅgarājāṃś ca tathā pippalakānapi | godhāputrāṃstailapākānye cānye pratudāḥ khagāḥ ||

> sparrows, bhṛṅgarājas, and likewise pippalakas, / godhāputras, tailapākas, and whatever other pecking birds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.29)

ye cānye madhurāstānvai vipāke kaṭukānviduḥ | anupānāni vakṣyāmiyeṣu yāni hitāni vai ||

> and whatever others are sweet: they know them to be pungent in post-digestive effect. / I shall describe after-drinks, which among them are beneficial.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.30)

āje kaṣāyaśītas tu hāyanecodakaṃ tathā | anupānaṃ vidhātavyaṃ vārāhe khadirodaram ||

> With goat meat, astringent cold water \[should be given\], and with hāyana rice, water; / an after-drink should be prescribed, with boar meat, a decoction of the core of khadira.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.31)

dadhi cukraṃ ca dhānyānām anupānaṃ pradāpayet | śīrodakaṃbisagranthisevanānāṃ tathāsavān ||

> Curd and fermented vinegar one should administer as an after-drink for grains; / cool water, a fermented infusion for those who consume lotus stalks and nodes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.32)

tadvārijānāṃ satvānām anupānaṃ pradāpayet | triphalāṃ śīdhumārdvīkaṃ kadambapanasodakam ||

> so one should prescribe an after-drink for aquatic creatures: / triphalā, śīdhu, mārdvīka, and water of kadamba and breadfruit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.33)

suradrujambūplakṣāṇāṃ phalaskandhāsavānpṛthak | mudgādisūpadhānyānām anupānaṃ pradāpayet ||

> fermented infusions from the fruits and trunks of deodar, jambu, and plakṣa individually; / one should administer an after-drink for soup-grains such as mudga:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.34)

bilvapiṇḍakakalkānāṃ kapitthasyāthavāsavān | guhāśayānāṃ satvānām anupānaṃ pradāpayet ||

> bilva pulp pastes or fermented infusions of kapittha; / one should administer an after-drink for cave-dwelling animals:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.35)

nyagrodhādigaṇasyātha skandhaśākhāphalāsavān | viṣkirāṇāṃ vihaṅgānām anupānaṃ pradāpayet ||

> fermented infusions from the trunk, branches, and fruit of the nyagrodha group; / one should administer an after-drink for scratching birds:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.36)

kakubhasyānupānaṃ tu snigdhānāṃ cāpi vāruṇīm | caturvidhasya snehasya toyamuṣṇaṃ pradāpayet ||

> the after-drink of kakubha, and vāruṇī for unctuous substances; / for the four types of unctuous substances, one should administer hot water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.37)

drākṣākāśmaryakharjūrayavavāṭyāṃstathāsavān | aśvagandhakaṣāyaṃ tu vāruṇīmaṇḍam eva ca ||

> Grape, kāśmarya, date, barley groats, and likewise fermented infusions; / a decoction of aśvagandhā, and indeed the scum of vāruṇī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.27.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.27.38)

sukhena pācayaty annaṃ rocayaty apakarṣati | anupānaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃsātmyatāṃ ca prayacchati || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele saptaviṃśo ' dhyāyaḥ || || aṣṭāviṃśo ' dhyāyaḥ || athāto bhojanavidhīyaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ |

> It digests food with ease, stimulates appetite, extracts \[waste\], / and provides suitability to human beings. / Thus said the venerable Ātreya. / Thus ends the twenty-seventh chapter in Bheḷa. / Twenty-eighth chapter. / Now, therefore, we shall explain the rules of food—thus spoke the venerable Ātreya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.1.27.1) — English, machine translation

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