[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) › 1.4 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 1.4: sūtrasthānanam || caturtho ' dhyāyaḥ || Bheḷasaṃhitā 1.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### sūtrasthānanam || caturtho ' dhyāyaḥ || ### [1.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.1) pippalyo dīpyakaś caiva tathā mūṣikakarṇikāḥ | bilvasya pallavāḥśvetā haridrāmadhukaṃ tathā || > Long peppers, bishop's weed, and also mūṣikakarṇikā, / white shoots of bilva, turmeric, and likewise madhuka— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.2) ete kuṣṭhaṃ pratighnanti yuktāḥ pānapralepanaiḥ | gavāṃ pittaṃ śunaḥ pittamalāvūṃkaṭukāṃ tathā || > these destroy skin disease when applied as drinks and plasters. / Ox bile, dog's bile, and bitter gourd, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.3) nimbaṃ nataṃ śarkarāṃ ca dadyāt tadvat pralepanam | yātuṇḍamaṇḍalīdvīpāt mūlānyeḍagajasya ca(?) || > neem, nata, and sugar: one should likewise apply \[these\] as a plaster. / \[…\] and roots of eḍagaja, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.4) surādanīṃ(?) sugandhāṃ ca dadyāt tadvat pralepanam | suvarṇapuṣpīṃkaṭukāṃ śyāmāṃ tejovatīṃ tathā || > surādanī, and sugandhā: one should likewise apply \[these\] as a plaster. / Suvarṇapuṣpī, kaṭukā, śyāmā, and tejovatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.5) trivṛtsañjātakaṃ? caiva kuṣṭhesaṃśodhanaṃ viduḥ | āragvadhaṃ ca bhārgīṃ ca sāśvagandhāṃ gavādanīm || > and trivṛt \[…\] they know as a purification in skin disease. / Āragvadha, bhārgī, aśvagandhā, and gavādanī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.6) śvetāṃ jyotiṣmatīṃ caiva sūkṣmacūrṇāni kārayet | gavāṃ pittena taccūrṇaṃ saptakṛtvaḥ subhāvitam || > śvetā, and jyotiṣmatī: one should have \[these\] made into fine powders. / That powder, thoroughly macerated seven times with ox bile, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.7) yojyaṃ sarṣapatailena saindhavena cayuktitaḥ | etadvai hṛtadoṣasya mitadadhyannabhojinaḥ || > is to be properly combined with mustard oil and rock salt. / Indeed, this is prescribed as a thin plaster for one whose morbific entities have been expelled, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.8) tanulepanamuddiṣṭaṃ kṛmikuṣṭhavināśanam | gavedhukamakuṣṭhau ca khadirakvāthapācitau || > who eats a measured diet of curds and rice, destroying parasitic worms and skin disease. / Both gavedhuka and moth bean, cooked in a decoction of khadira— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.9) tāvapyubhau prayuñjīta kuṣṭhināṃ kuṣṭhaśāntaye | athakaṇḍūghnavṛkṣāṇāṃrasāḥ syuḥ kuṣṭhināṃ hitāḥ || > one should administer both of these to those afflicted with skin disease, for the alleviation of skin disease. / Now, the juices of itch-destroying trees are wholesome for those afflicted with skin disease; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.10) pralepapariṣekeṣu khadiras tu praśasyate | khadirodakapāyī syāt khadirodakabhojanaḥ || > in plasters and affusions, however, khadira is praised. / He should drink khadira water, and take meals with khadira water; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.11) bhūyiṣṭhamudakārthe ca kurvīta khadirodaram | sāravantau mahāvṛkṣau dhavarohitakāvubhau || > and for the purpose of water, he should mostly use the interior of khadira. / The two large trees possessing heartwood, dhavā and rohitaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.12) śiṃśupā cāśvakarṇaś cakhadiro bilvamāśritaḥ | kadalīmuṣkakauhiṃsrā bhadrodumbarikāphalam || > śiṃśupā, aśvakarṇa, khadira growing upon a bilva tree, / plantain, muṣkaka, hiṃsrā, and the fruit of bhadrodumbarikā— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.13) etairapyuṣitaṃ kuṣṭhegomūtraṃ pariṣecanam | sālāśvakarṇaniryāsoniryāsaḥ kuliśasya ca || > cow's urine steeped with these is an affusion in skin disease. / The resin of sāla, aśvakarṇa, and the resin of kuliśa— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.14) etekuṣṭhanimittānāṃ vraṇānāṃ syuḥ prapīḍakāḥ | puṇḍarīkasya vakṣyāmikriyāṃ rogavināśinīm || > these are suppressors of ulcers caused by skin disease. / I shall explain the treatment for puṇḍarīka that destroys the disease: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.15) āvartāṃ śālmalīmūlaṃ malayūkāṃsudhāṃ varīm | bhadrodumbarikāmūlaṃ phalānyāvalgujāni ca || > Āvartā, root of śālmalī, malayūkā, sudhā, varī, / root of bhadrodumbarikā, and the fruits of avalgujā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.16) rātrauyantreṇa niṣpīḍya danticitrakam eva ca | pāṭhāṃ haridre ca tathā gavāṃ mūtreṇa yojayet || > having pressed \[these\] at night with a press, and also dantī, citraka, / pāṭhā, and the two turmerics: one should combine \[them\] with cow's urine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.17) aṣṭabhāgāvaśiṣṭaṃ tatsādhitaṃ supariṣkṛtam | pibetkālyaṃ samutthāya śvitrī śītodakaṃ pibet || > Cooked down until one-eighth remains, well refined, / one afflicted with leucoderma, having risen at dawn, should drink \[it\]; he should drink cold water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.18) sarvataḥ parirakṣet tusthāpayeccainamātape | bhaiṣajyapīḍitā doṣās tv acamasyānusaṃśritāḥ || > One should protect him from every side, yet place him in the sun. / The morbific entities, tormented by the medicament, having settled in his skin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.19) maṇḍaleṣu tapasphoṭaṃ janayantyarkaraśmibhiḥ | sphoṭeṣv atha tu jāteṣu chāyāyām upaveśayet || > produce a blister upon the patches through the rays of the sun. / When the blisters have arisen, however, one should seat him in the shade; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.20) śītābhir adbhiḥ prakṣālya bhojayed rasabhojanam | saṃkṣubhyante ' tha vai toyaparipūrṇā ivāmbudāḥ || > having washed \[him\] with cold waters, one should feed him a meal with meat broth. / Then they become agitated, like clouds filled with water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.21) sūcyagreṇātha tīkṣṇena vyathayetkaṇṭakena vā | candanasya ca yatsāraṃ badarāt khadirasya ca || > One should then pierce \[them\] with the sharp point of a needle or with a thorn. / And whatever is the heartwood of sandalwood, of badara, and of khadira, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.22) etaiḥ pānīyapiṣṭais tu sarpiḥkṣaudrasamanvitaiḥ | patreṣu puṣkariṇyās tu saṃviṣṭasyāthadehinaḥ || > with these ground with water and combined with ghee and honey, / while the person is lying upon lotus leaves, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.23) tatas tv ālepayetsphoṭān śītodakapariplutān | kṣīriṇāṃ cāpi vṛkṣāṇāṃtvacassaṃkṣodayed bhiṣak || > the physician should then plaster the blisters flooded with cold water. / And the physician should crush the barks of lactiferous trees; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.24) taiḥ kaṣāyeiś ca kalkaiś ca siñcayel lepayec ca tam | kharjūrasya ca bījāni śaṅkhanābhiḥ ca dāpayet || > with their decoctions and pastes he should sprinkle and plaster him. / And one should apply seeds of kharjūra and conch columella, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.25) añjanaṃ tagaraṃ patraṃ gairikaṃ nīlamutpalam | eṣāṃ sūkṣmeṇa cūrṇena sravantamavacūrṇayet || > collyrium, tagara, patra, red ochre, and blue water lily: / with a fine powder of these he should dust the discharging \[sore\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.26) śakṛddrākṣākṣaudrayukto dātavyaḥ paripoṭane | āhārotsādanābhyaṅgaṃ pūrveṇa vidhinā bhiṣak || > Dung mixed with grape and honey should be given for peeling. / The physician should have diet, unction, and inunction carried out according to the previous rule > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.27) kārayetkuṣṭhināmevaṃ tataḥ sampadyate sukhī | na ca vyādhimupekṣeta śarīraṃ patitaṃ budhaḥ | tvareta śamane tasya pradīptasyeva veśmanaḥ || > for those afflicted with skin disease; thus he becomes happy. / A wise man should not neglect a disease that has fallen upon the body; / he should hasten to pacify it, as \[he would\] a burning house. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.28) yathā hyekāntato vṛkṣo vardhate sukhataśśanaiḥ | tathā śarīramāsādya rogovardhata eva tu || > For just as a tree steadily grows slowly and at ease, / so indeed does a disease grow once it has reached the body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.29) tasmād rakṣanmahāvegādakṣīṇasyaiva dehinaḥ | prāgevopacayādrogānhanyādvaidyo vicakṣaṇaḥ || > Therefore, guarding the person who is not yet emaciated against its great force, / a discerning physician should destroy diseases before their proliferation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.30) tryahāttryahāccāvapīḍaḥ pakṣānmāsādvamettathā | recayed ayane pūrṇe sirāmokṣo vidhīyate || > Every three days an avapīḍa errhine \[is given\]; one should vomit at a fortnight or a month; / one should purge at the turning of the sun, and bloodletting is prescribed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4.31) śyāmākāś ca makuṣṭhāni caṇakāḥ kuṣṭhināṃ hitāḥ | evaṃ hi vartamānānāṃ kuṣṭhaṃ praśamameti vai || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele caturtho ' dhyāyaḥ || || pañcamo ' dhyāyaḥ || athātyāśitīyaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | > Wild rice, moth beans, and chickpeas are wholesome for those afflicted with skin disease. / For those who conduct themselves thus, skin disease indeed reaches pacification. / Thus said the venerable Ātreya. / Thus the fourth chapter in Bheḷa. / / Fifth Chapter / / Now we shall expound the chapter on eating to excess; thus said the venerable Ātreya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.1.4.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.4) · Pramāṇa