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# The Compendium of Bheḷa 1.28

Bheḷasaṃhitā 1.28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.1)

yad bhakṣayati bhuṅkte vā vidhivac cāpi mānavaḥ | anyac ca kiñcit pibati tat sarvaṃ ṣaḍrasānvitam ||

> Whatever a human eats or consumes properly according to rule, / and whatever else one drinks, all of that is endowed with the six tastes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.2)

pathyāpathyam abodhāryaṃ, tasmād bhojyaṃ śarīriṇām | rasato vīryataś caiva pravakṣyāmy ata uttaram ||

> Wholesome and unwholesome are to be understood; therefore the food of embodied beings / I shall describe hereafter by taste and by potency.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.3)

śālayo madhurāḥ sarve vipāke kaṭukāḥ smṛtāḥ | raktaśālirvaras teṣāmaraukṣyāl lekhano na ca ||

> All śāli rices are considered sweet, and pungent in post-digestive effect; / red śāli is the best among them, because of its non-dryness, and it is not scraping.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.4)

dīrghaśūko mahāśāliḥ sugandhiḥ śālikāmukhaḥ | kṛṣṇavrīhiḥ kāñcanakaḥ lopārkṣaḥ śītabhīrukaḥ ||

> Dīrghaśūka, mahāśāli, sugandhi, śālikāmukha, / kṛṣṇavrīhi, kāñcanaka, lopārkṣa, śītabhīruka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.5)

hāyano lodhraśāliś ca raktaśāliguṇānvitaḥ | pūrvapūrvo laghutaraḥpathyaḥ kiṃca bhavatyataḥ ||

> hāyana, and lodhraśāli are endowed with the qualities of red śāli; / each preceding one is lighter, and furthermore wholesome from this \[quality\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.6)

sugandhakā gandhavanto gandhena madayantyatha | raukṣyāc cakalamaṃ vidyādadhikaṃ vai viśeṣataḥ ||

> The fragrant varieties possess scent and exhilarate with their fragrance; / and from its dryness, one should know kalama rice to be particularly superior.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.7)

kaṣāyas tv adhikaḥ kiṃcit ṣaṣṭikāḥ śālibhiḥ samāḥ | mahādoṣāḥ suguravaḥ pāṭalāvrīhayas tathā ||

> Astringent \[qualities\] are somewhat greater; ṣaṣṭika rices are equal to śāli rices; / very harmful and very heavy are pāṭalā vrīhi rices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.8)

yavakā nityam ahitāḥ kṛṣṇavrīhipramodakāḥ | vīryoṣṇā madhurāste vai sakaṣāyāś ca kīrtitāḥ ||

> Yavakas are always harmful, as are kṛṣṇavrīhi and pramodaka; / they are hot in potency, sweet, and declared to be slightly astringent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.9)

bahūrūkṣāḥ kaṣāyāś ca koradūṣāḥ savāruṇāḥ | prasādhikāḥ kaṃgavaś ca śyāmākāś ca samā rasaiḥ ||

> Very dry and astringent are koradūṣa with vāruṇā; / prasādhikā, kaṅgu, and śyāmāka are equal in tastes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.10)

uddālakās tu saṃkhyātāḥ kaṣāyā madhurā rase | grīṣmetu sevitāste vai kopayanty āśu mārutān ||

> Uddālakas are reckoned astringent and sweet in taste; / but consumed in summer, they quickly provoke the bodily winds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.11)

yavās tv atiyavāś caiva godhūmāś ca samā rase | madhurāḥ sakaṣāyāś caśleṣmalā lohitā nṛṇām ||

> Barleys, large barleys, and wheats are equal in taste; / sweet and slightly astringent, they increase phlegm, red \[grains\] in humans.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.12)

atha veṇuyavānātikaṣāyā madhurā rase | kaphaṃ pittaṃ ca medaś ca kopayantyatisevitāḥ ||

> Now bamboo grains: exceedingly astringent and sweet in taste; / excessively consumed, they provoke kapha, pitta, and fat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.13)

kṛṣṇā mudgā mahāmudgāḥ haritāścirajīvinaḥ | makuṣṭhakāś ca te ' pyuktāḥ kaṣāyā madhurā rase ||

> Black mudga beans, large mudga beans, green \[mudga beans\], cirajīvin, / and makuṣṭhaka are also declared astringent and sweet in taste.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.14)

hareṇavo masūrāś ca satīnāś ca tathāḍhakī | kulutthāś ca viseṣeṇa kaṣāyamadhurā rase ||

> Hareṇu peas, lentils, satīna peas, and likewise pigeon peas, / and kuluttha beans especially are astringent-sweet in taste.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.15)

sarve tu lavaṇakṣārā dīpanīyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ | avṛṣyāś ca viśeṣeṇa durbalānāṃ hitāna ca ||

> All salts and alkalis are declared digestive-stimulants; / they are particularly anaphrodisiac, and not beneficial for weak persons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.16)

śvadaṃṣṭrā yāvanālaś ca dvau kṣārau śītalau(?) smṛtau | śuklaṃvinihatastau tu dṛṣṭiṃ cāpi śarīriṇām ||

> Śvadaṃṣṭrā and yāvanāla are recorded as two cool alkalis; / they destroy the semen and also the eyesight of embodied beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.17)

navanītaṃ tathāmlaṃ tu ghṛtaṃ vai madhuraṃ smṛtam | sarvaṃ dugdhamabhiṣyandi gavyaṃ tebhyo viśiṣyate ||

> Fresh butter is sour, but ghee is recorded as sweet; / all milk causes chronic discharge; of these, cow's milk is superior.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.18)

vājī bhavati dugdhena balaṃ cātyupajāyate | sañjīvanaṃ sambhavati sarvaṃ kṣīramudāhṛtam ||

> One becomes sexually potent through milk, and great strength arises; / all milk is declared to be revitalizing and invigorating.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.19)

rase pāke ca madhuraṃ tailaṃ sarvaṃ prakīrtītam | yasminyasminviśeṣas tu yo yastasminnibodha tam ||

> All oil is declared to be sweet in taste and in post-digestive effect; / whichever specific quality exists in whatever \[oil\], understand that in it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.20)

tailameraṇḍabilvānāmuṣṇaṃ vātaharaṃ smṛtam | ity uktānyuṣṇavīryāṇi yadanyacchītam eva tat ||

> The oil of castor and bilva is hot and remembered as pacifying wind; / thus are described those of hot potency; whatever is other than this is simply cold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.21)

vibhītakānāṃ tailaṃ tu kaṣāyamadhuraṃ rase | kaphapittaharaṃ proktaṃ keśyaṃ caiva śarīriṇām ||

> The oil of vibhītaka fruits is astringent-sweet in taste; / it is declared to eliminate kapha and pitta, and is beneficial for the hair of embodied beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.22)

ataḥ karañjabījānāṃ vijñeyāni tathaiva ca | tailāni rasato vidyāt tiktāni madhurāṇi ca ||

> Hence, \[the oils\] of karañja seeds are likewise to be known; / one should know the oils by taste to be bitter and sweet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.23)

pittaśleṣmakaraṃtiktamiṅgudītailamucyate | sakaṣāyaṃ madhūkānāṃ kaphapittānilāpaham ||

> The oil of iṅgudī is stated to produce pitta and śleṣman, and to be bitter; / that of madhūka is slightly astringent, and removes kapha, pitta, and vāta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.24)

kaulakaṃ madhurasparśaṃ rasato ' tha vipākataḥ | yasminyasminviśeṣas tu yo yastaṃ me nibodhata ||

> The oil of kulaka is sweet to the touch, in taste, and in post-digestive effect. / Now listen to me regarding the particular property in each and every one:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.25)

palālajātaṃ chvākamatīva guru sammatam | mahādoṣamabhiṣyandi sukhaṃ bāhyopaghātakam(?) ||

> A mushroom grown on straw is regarded as exceedingly heavy, / causing great morbidity, channel-blocking, and \[…\] external injury(?).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.26)

chatrākaṃgomayodbhūtaṃ kaṣāyamadhuraṃ rase | kaṣāyaṃ veṇucchatrākaṃ mārutaṃ kopayennṛṇām ||

> A mushroom sprung from cow dung is astringent and sweet in taste; / a bamboo mushroom is astringent, and provokes wind in men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.27)

sarvaṃ tu śākaṃ madhuraṃ rasato ' tha vipākataḥ | yasminyasminviśeṣas tu yo yastasminnibodhatam ||

> All vegetables are sweet in taste and in post-digestive effect; / learn the particular quality that exists in each one of them:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.28)

mārutaṃ kopayennṝṇāṃ viṣṭambhitvād alāvukam | śleṣmāṇaṃ vardhayec cāpi vipākena balīyasā ||

> The bottle gourd provokes wind in men due to causing constipation, / and it also increases śleṣman through its potent post-digestive effect.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.29)

kūṣmāṇḍaṃ śleṣmalaṃ vidyānnavaṃ śaradi bhakṣitam | tadalpadoṣaṃ bhavati parisaṃvatsaroṣitam ||

> One should know ash gourd to be phlegmatic when eaten fresh in autumn; / it is of slight morbidity when kept for a full year.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.30)

kaṣāyamadhuraṃ vidyāt khādiraṃ cātisāri ca | tiktaṃ dīpanasaṃsṛṣṭaṃ nirdoṣaṃ taccharīriṇām ||

> One should know \[the vegetable of\] khadira to be astringent-sweet and bowel-loosening; / when bitter and combined with a digestive-stimulant, it is harmless to embodied beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.31)

kośātakīkarīrāṇāṃ śatāvaryāś ca tiktakam | kaṣāyaṃ nālikāyāś ca tiktaḥ puṣkaravartakaḥ ||

> \[The vegetables\] of kośātakī, karīra, and śatāvarī are bitter; / that of nālikā is astringent, and puṣkaravartaka is bitter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.32)

vetrāgraṃ tiktakaṃ nimbaṃ tilaśākaṃ ca śītikā | kurūṭikā kunaṭikātathā gandharvahastakaḥ ||

> The cane tip is bitter, as are nimba, tila-vegetable, śītikā, / kurūṭikā, kunaṭikā, and likewise gandharvahastaka;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.33)

tathānāḍīkalāyaś ca pañcāṅgulyas tathaiva ca | etāni vidyācchākāni tiktāni rasapākataḥ ||

> likewise nāḍīkalāya and pañcāṅgula— / one should know these vegetables to be bitter in taste and post-digestive effect.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.34)

satīnaśākaṃ madhuramīṣatiktopasaṃhitam | kovidārasya śākaṃ tu pūrveṇaivasamaṃ matam ||

> The vegetable of satīna is sweet, combined with a little bitterness; / the vegetable of kovidāra is regarded as equal to the preceding.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.35)

vārtākīnāṃ phalaṃ tiktaṃ kaṭukenopasaṃhitam | grahaṇīṃ dīpayatyetacchaleṣmāṇaṃ vinihanti ca ||

> The fruit of vārtākī is bitter combined with pungent; / it enkindles the grahaṇī and destroys śleṣman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.36)

kaṭhillabakulau caivamadhurau śukraśodhanau | hatastandrāṃ ca vātaṃ canityam eva viṣūcikām ||

> Likewise, kaṭhilla and bakula are sweet and purify semen; / they constantly destroy drowsiness, wind, and viṣūcikā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.37)

alambusaḥ sakaṭukastiktako vātakopanaḥ | bhinatti kaphasaṅghātaṃviṣṭabhyātha vipacyate ||

> Alambusa is slightly pungent, bitter, and provokes wind; / it breaks up accumulation of kapha, and digests after causing constipation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.38)

lāṅgaśākaṃ tu madhuraṃ lavaṇenopasaṃhitam | kaṭukaṃ bahudoṣaṃ ca tathā pakṣanikācanam(?) ||

> Lāṅga vegetable is sweet, combined with saltiness, / pungent, causes great morbidity, and likewise \[…\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.39)

kaṭuko dīpanīyaś ca viṣahā svastiko rase | kaṣāyamadhurā cillī cuñcurmadhuraśītalaḥ ||

> Svastika is pungent in taste, a digestive-stimulant, and an antidote to poison; / cillī is astringent-sweet; cuñcu is sweet and cooling.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.40)

bhārṅgī māṣaś ca madhurau rasataḥ parikīrtitau | mudgaśākaṃ satiktaṃ tu sakṣāraś caiva vāstukaḥ ||

> Bhārṅgī and māṣa are proclaimed sweet in taste; / the vegetable of mudga is slightly bitter, and vāstuka is slightly alkaline.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.41)

niṣpāvaśākaṃ madhuraṃ māṣaśākaṃtathā smṛtam | candrākaśākamamlaṃ tu kaṣāyas tu gavedhukaḥ ||

> The vegetable of niṣpāva is sweet, and the vegetable of māṣa is remembered as such; / the vegetable of candrāka is sour, while gavedhuka is astringent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.42)

tunnakaṃ prapunāṭaś ca jīvantī suniṣaṇṇakam | madhurāṇyalpadoṣāṇi tathaiva tu kuṭiñjakaḥ ||

> Tunnaka, prapunāṭa, jīvantī, and suniṣaṇṇaka / are sweet and of slight morbidity, as is kuṭiñjaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.43)

piṇḍāluśākaṃ ca navaṃtuṇḍikeraphalāni ca | madhurāṇyalpadoṣāṇi saṃsṛṣṭakaṭukāni ca ||

> Fresh vegetable of piṇḍālu and fruits of tuṇḍikera / are sweet, of slight morbidity, and mixed with pungent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.44)

upodakā tu madhurā lavaṇenopasaṃhitā | ity etannirdiśecchākaṃ yadanyadapi tadvidham ||

> Upodakā is sweet, combined with saltiness. / Thus one should indicate vegetables, and whatever else is of such kind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.45)

ājaṃgavyamathaurabhraṃ vārāhaṃ caiva yatsmṛtam | hastimāṃsaṃ ca madhuramuṣṭraṃ guru ca nirdiśet ||

> Meat that is remembered as goat, beef, mutton, and pork, / elephant meat—one should declare them sweet, and camel meat heavy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.46)

vidyādevaṃguṇaṃ caiva sakaṣāyaṃ ca māhiṣam | khaḍgamāṃsamabhiṣyandi sasvādulavaṇaṃ rase ||

> One should know buffalo meat to be of such properties and slightly astringent; / rhinoceros meat is channel-blocking, slightly sweet, and salty in taste.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.47)

kutamāyurmayūraśca gokarṇo gavayo guruḥ | sṛmaraścamaro nyaṅkurmadhurā guravaś ca te ||

> The kutamāyu, peacock, gokarṇa, and gavaya are heavy; / the sṛmara, camara, and nyaṅku are sweet and heavy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.28.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.28.48)

ṛśyaś ca mṛgamātā ca tuṅgaś ca hariṇī mṛgaḥ | pārāvata || iti bhele aṣṭāviṃśo ' dhyāyaḥ || iti bhelasaṃhitāyāṃ sūtrasthānaṃ samāptam || nidānasthānam || dvitīyo ' dhyāyaḥ ||

> The ṛśya, mṛgamātā, tuṅga, hariṇī, deer, / and pigeon \[…\]. / Thus ends the twenty-eighth chapter in Bheḷa. / Thus the Sūtrasthāna in the Bheḷasaṃhitā is concluded. / The Nidānasthāna. Chapter Two.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.1.28.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bheḍasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhedasamhita.23.p4) — Bheḍa, Sanskrit

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