[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) › 1.5.3 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 1.5.3 Bheḷasaṃhitā 1.5.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.5.3) dvividhaṃ tu bhiṣagvidyādāhārasyaiva lāghavam | dvividhaṃ gauravaṃbhukte procyamānaṃ nibodhata || > A physician should know that the lightness of food is of two kinds; / learn that heaviness in what is eaten is twofold, as it is being explained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.5.2) - [Next: 1.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.5.4) - [Up: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.1.5.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.5.3) · Pramāṇa