[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) › 1.6 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 1.6 Bheḷasaṃhitā 1.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.1) na vegāndhārayed dhīraḥ prāptānmūtrapurīṣayoḥ | na vātasya na pittasya na śuklasya kaphasya ca || > A wise man should not suppress the arrived urges of urine and feces, / nor of wind, nor of bile, nor of semen, nor of phlegm, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.2) udgāracchardijṛmbhāṇāṃ tathā ca kṣavathorapi | na bāṣpasya na nidrādeḥ prāptaṃ vegaṃ vidhārayet || > nor should he hold back an arrived urge of eructation, vomiting, yawning, / or sneezing, nor of tears, nor of sleep and the rest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.3) rogasañjanakā hyete hiṃsyurāyurvidhāritāḥ | etāneva prakuryuś ca tathā ' prāptāssamīritāḥ || > For these, when suppressed, generate disease and destroy life; / and thus forced when they have not arrived, they produce the very same \[troubles\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.4) vātamūtrapurīṣāṇāṃ dhāraṇādanilādayaḥ | kupyanti retasaś cāpi śarkarā sāśmarī tathā || > From the suppression of wind, urine, and feces, the wind and other \[morbific entities\] / become aggravated; and from \[the suppression\] of semen, gravel and stone \[arise\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.5) tvagdoṣo vā jvaro vā syāt gātreśophādi vā punaḥ | chardipittakaphānāṃ tu dhāraṇena samīraṇāt || > Or skin disease, or fever, or swelling in the limbs and the like may occur / through the suppression of vomiting, bile, and phlegm, due to wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.6) jṛmbhādidhāraṇādāndhyaṃ timiraṃ bāṣpadhāraṇāt | kṣavathūdgāranidrādeḥ dhāraṇātsyācchirorujā || > Blindness \[occurs\] from the suppression of yawning and the like; cataract from the suppression of tears; / headache from the suppression of sneezing, eructation, sleep, and the rest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.7) tasmānmūtrapurīṣaṃ vai visṛjetkālyamutthitaḥ | uktā hy adhāraṇīyās tudhāraṇīyānnibodhata || > Therefore, having risen early in the morning, one should discharge urine and feces. / The unsuppressible \[urges\] have been stated; now learn the suppressible ones: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.8) lobhamohabhiyāṃ tṛṣṇācintayor madamānayoḥ | śauryasya ca tathā vidvān prāptaṃ vegaṃ vidhārayet || > The wise man should suppress an arrived urge of greed, delusion, fear, / thirst \[for wealth\], anxiety, intoxication, pride, / and likewise of rash heroism. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.9) etaddhārayato hy asya balamāyuś ca vardhate | udaṅmukhaśśucau deśeprāṅmukhaś cā ' vakuṇṭhitaḥ || > For one who suppresses these, strength and lifespan increase. / Facing north in a clean place, or facing east, covered \[in clothes\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.10) āvaśyakamupāsīta kṛte cādbhir upaspṛśet | kṛtaśaucastato janturbhakṣayed dantadhāvanam || > he should attend to what is necessary, and once it is done, touch water \[for purification\]. / Having performed purification, the person should then chew a tooth-stick: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.11) dhavaṃ palāśaw nyagrodhaw naktamālamathāpi vā || śirīṣaṃ karavīraṃ ca jātivṛkṣamathārjunam || > dhava, palāśa, nyagrodha, or naktamāla, / śirīṣa, karavīra, the jātī tree, or arjuna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.12) eteṣāṃ dantadhavanaṃ śreṣṭhamāha punarvasuḥ | āpāṭya vidalīkṛtya dantamāṃsamabādhayan || > Punarvasu declared the tooth-stick of these to be best, / splitting and crushing \[the end\] without injuring the gums. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.13) tadasya śodhayed vaktraṃ pittasya ca kaphasya ca | śamanaṃ vātaraktādeḥ kurute dantadhāvanam || > That cleanses his mouth, and tooth-brushing / brings about the pacification of bile, phlegm, and vātarakta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.14) mustakalkaṃ satriphalaṃ madhu tailaṃ sukhodakam | pratyekaṃ kabalagrāhaṃ dhārayed anupūrvaśaḥ || > Paste of musta with triphalā, honey, oil, and warm water— / one should hold each in sequence as a mouthful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.15) vātapittakaphā duṣṭāḥ śāmyanti kabalagrahāt | mādhūkaṃ copadehaghnaṃ svararaktaprasādanam || > Aggravated wind, bile, and phlegm are pacified by holding a mouthful; / and \[a gargle\] of madhūka destroys coating, clarifying the voice and blood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.16) tailaṃ dantyaṃ surabhikṛttadabhiṣyandanāśanam | kṣataṃsaṃrohayed vaktraṃśīryamāṇaṃ niyacchati || > Oil is beneficial to teeth, makes \[the breath\] fragrant, destroys chronic discharge, / heals a wound in the mouth, and checks decaying \[teeth\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.17) indriyāṇāṃmato ' bhyaṅgo gurudoṣavimokṣaṇaḥ | tvagdoṣaśamano balyo vātaraktaprasādanaḥ || > Inunction of the sense organs is considered to release heavy morbific entities, / pacify skin diseases, impart strength, and soothe vātarakta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.18) grāmyadharmātigatyā ca rathāśvagajapātanāt | daṇḍamuṣṭihatānāṃ ca rujāśramavināśanaḥ || > And for those \[exhausted\] by excessive sexual intercourse, by falling from chariots, horses, or elephants, / or struck by sticks and fists, it destroys pain and fatigue. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.19) tvacaḥ prasādano+abhyaṅgaḥ śāmyatyutsādanātklamaḥ | praharṣaṃ kurute sthairyaṃ malaghnaṃ cāvasecanam || > Inunction clarifies the skin; fatigue is pacified by unctuous rubbing; / affusion brings delight and firmness, and destroys dirt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.20) vilepanaṃ hlādayati kaṇḍūṃ hanti prasādanam | śiśiraṃhyañjanaṃ dṛṣṭeḥ timiraṃ ca praṇaśyati || > Anointment gladdens, destroys itching, and clears \[the complexion\]; / and cold collyrium destroys cataract of the vision. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.21) tanūruhendriyabalaṃ nasyatailādupāgatāt | svararaktaprasādaś ca naśyanti palitāni ca || > Strength of hair and sense organs \[comes\] from errhine oil properly applied; / there is clarification of voice and blood, and grey hairs disappear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.22) svaktaḥ sūtsāditaś caiva praghṛṣṭaś ca yathābalam | yathartuvāriṇā snātas tv anuliptastataḥ param || > Well-anointed, well-rubbed, and rubbed down according to strength, / bathed in water according to the season, and then anointed thereafter, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.23) prasādhitottamāṅgaś ca tato nasyaṃ pradāpayet | tatassaṃśuddhadoṣasya dhūmamasya prakalpayet || > with his head groomed, he should then have an errhine administered; / then, for him whose morbific entities have been cleansed, one should prepare smoke: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.24) kuṭannaṭailāhrīberaṃ dhyāmakāgarucandanam | kālānusāryāṃ naladaṃ pṛthvīkām atha guggulam || > kuṭannaṭa, cardamom, hrībera, dhyāmaka, agaru, sandalwood, / kālānusāryā, spikenard, pṛthvīkā, and guggulu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.25) tālīsaṃ padmakaṃ mustaṃ priyaṃguṃ sahareṇukām | haridrāṃ ca sugandhāṃ ca saralāṃ devadāru ca || > tālīsa, padmaka, musta, priyaṅgu together with hareṇukā, / turmeric, sugandhā, saralā, and devadāru, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.26) śrīveṣṭakaṃ sarjarasaṃ corakaṃ ceti saṃharet | vaktraṃ ca sarpiṣāktaṃ syād dhūmametaṃ tataḥ pibet || > śrīveṣṭaka, pine resin, and coraka—these he should assemble. / And his mouth should be smeared with ghee, and then he should drink this smoke. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.27) aṣṭāṃgulapramāṇā vāpy athavā dvādaśāṃgulā | ṣaḍaṃgulapramāṇā vā dhūmavartiḥ praśasyate || > A smoke-stick measuring eight finger-breadths, or twelve finger-breadths, / or six finger-breadths, is recommended. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.28) sauvarṇaṃ rājataṃ tāmraṃ gajadantasya vā punaḥ | vṛkṣasāramayaṃ vāpi dhūmanetraṃ praśasyate || > A smoking pipe made of gold, silver, copper, or elephant tusk, / or made of tree heartwood, is recommended. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.29) caturvā pañcakṛtvo vā dhūmaṃ srotasyavācaret | vātānulomanaṃ kuryāc chleṣmāṇaṃ cāpakarṣati | balaṃ dadāti dṛṣṭeś ca samyagdhūmo niṣevitaḥ || > One should apply the smoke four or five times into the channel; / properly indulged in, smoke causes normal downward movement of wind, pulls out phlegm, / and gives strength to vision. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.30) aṣṭau dhūmasya kālāḥ syur yeṣām ante praśasyate | utthitasyaiva śayanād dantaprakṣālane kṛte || > There are eight occasions for smoke, at the end of which it is praised: / just upon rising from sleep, after washing the teeth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.31) jalakrīḍānivṛttasya tathā bhuktavato ' śanam | kṣutoccāravyavāyānte bhuktavāntavatas tathā || > when one has ceased water sports, likewise when one has eaten a meal, / after sneezing, defecation, and intercourse, and likewise after vomiting a meal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.32) guṇāṃś caikaikaśas teṣāṃ dhūmapānakṛtān śṛṇu | tatra śayyotthitasyaiva vakṣyāmyatha yathākramam || > And hear one by one their benefits produced by smoking; / there, I shall explain them in order, beginning indeed with one who has risen from bed: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.33) hantyutsannaṃ kaphaṃ jantoṣṣaḍindriyavibodhanaḥ | pratibuddhasya ceddhūmo mārutasyānulomanaḥ || > It destroys excessive phlegm of a person, awakens the six senses, / and, if smoke is \[taken by\] one who is awake, causes normal downward movement of wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.34) dantaprakṣālanādūrdhvaṃ rogānsamyagvyapohati | cyutaśleṣmāpanayanaḥ sugandhiviśadāsyakṛt || > After washing the teeth, it thoroughly dispels diseases, / removes discharged phlegm, and makes the mouth fragrant and clear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.35) dantamāṃsakṣayakṛtavyādhayo vadaneṣu ye | doṣāḥ kāsaprabhṛtayastāṃś ca dhūmo vyapohati || > Those diseases in the mouths caused by loss of the flesh of the teeth / and the morbific entities such as cough—smoke dispels those as well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.36) śirogatā yāś ca rujāḥ salilakrīḍanodbhavāḥ | karṇaśūlaṃ pratiśyāyaṃ cāśu dhūmo vyapohati || > And the pains located in the head arising from water sports, / earache, and catarrh—smoke swiftly dispels these. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.37) vātapittakaphān dhūmaḥ śamayed bhojanodgatān | śiroviśuddhiṃ kurute bhuktaṃ ca sthāpayaty api || > Smoke pacifies wind, bile, and phlegm excited by eating; / it purifies the head and also settles what has been eaten. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.38) dhamanipratipannas tu vāyuḥ kṣavathuneritaḥ | vyāpnoti sarvasrotāṃsi sa dhūmenānulomyate || > Wind, entered into the vessels and impelled by sneezing, / pervades all the channels; it is moved downward normally by smoke. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.39) varcaḥkarmoddhato vāyurgalamūrdhaśirogataḥ | prāṇānādhmāpayati vā sa dhūmenānulomyate || > Wind raised up by the act of defecation, gone to the throat, top of the head, or cranium, / or blowing up the vital breaths, is moved downward normally by smoke. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.40) śuklasrotogato vāyurūrdhvam eva prapadyate | sa ghorānhi sṛjedrogāṃstaṃ dhūmenānulomayet || > Wind gone to the seminal channels goes only upward; / it produces dreadful diseases; one should move it downward normally with smoke. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.41) rogādhipataye chardyā sthānebhyo ' bhis amīritāḥ | anārogyāya kalpante teṣāṃ dhūmaḥ praśasyate || > To the chief of diseases, those \[morbific entities\] impelled from their seats by vomiting / conduce to illness; for them, smoke is praised. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.42) hṛteṣu doṣeṣv anilaḥ śūnyasthānāni saṃcaran | sammūrcchati śiro gatvā taṃ dhūmenānulomayet || > When the morbific entities are removed, wind, roaming through the empty spaces / and reaching the head, swoons; one should move it downward normally with smoke. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.43) pūrvaṃ pītodako bhuktvā labhate kṛśatāṃ naraḥ | madhye bhaktasya pibato bhojanaṃ nāpakṛṣyate || > Having eaten after drinking water beforehand, a man incurs emaciation; / for one who drinks in the middle of a meal, the food is not pulled down. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.44) bhuktavānatha pānīyaṃ paścād anupibec ca yaḥ | tadāpyānugataṃ bhuktaṃ samatvāyopapadyate || > And who, having eaten, subsequently drinks water afterward— / that food, accompanied by water, leads to equilibrium. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.45) agnau pratāpayet pāṇī syātāṃ yāvat tu nirjalau | tataḥ padaśataṃ gacchedbhaktaṃ hyevaṃ prayātyadhaḥ || > One should warm both hands over fire until they are free of water; / then one should walk a hundred steps, for thus the food goes downward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.46) na rātrau dadhi bhuñjīta nāghṛtaṃ nāpy amākṣikam | kuṣṭhau patepi vāṃchaṃ kiṃ kaṇṭharogāc ca buddhimān(?) || > One should not eat curds at night, nor without ghee, nor without honey; / \[…\] or what does an intelligent man desire from throat disease? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.47) toyakṣiptaṃ spṛśennānnaṃ na ca paryuṣitāśanaḥ | na cājīrṇāśano janturjighāṃsurvyādhisaṃbhavam || > A person wishing to destroy the occurrence of disease / should not touch food thrown into water, nor eat stale food, nor eat during indigestion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.48) sopānatkas tathā daṇḍī chatreṇa vyajanena ca | ābādhān varjayetsarvānvicaredāpariśramāt || > Wearing shoes, likewise carrying a staff, with an umbrella and a fan, / avoiding all afflictions, one should wander about short of fatigue. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.49) tapasvinaḥ pitṝndevānbrāhmaṇāṃś ca samāhitaḥ | arcayanvidhivannityaṃ jīvedvarṣaśataṃ naraḥ || > Collected in mind, constantly honoring ascetics, ancestors, gods, / and Brahmins according to rule, a man lives for a hundred years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.50) vāto hi śūlaṃ vihataḥ karoti mūtrapradoṣaṃ janayec ca mūtram | kāsaḥ pratiśyāyamatho kṣayaṃ ca śvāsaṃ ca kuryād vihate tu vege || > For suppressed wind causes colic, and \[suppressed\] urine generates urinary morbidities; / when an urge is suppressed, it causes cough, catarrh, consumption, and dyspnea. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.6.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6.51) purīṣamānāhamatīva kuryād reto ' varodhaḥ kurute ' tha ṣāṇḍyam | tasmād dhi vegaṃ na vidhārayeta naro ya icchediha dīrghamāyuḥ || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele ṣaṣṭho ' dhyāyaḥ || || saptamo ' dhyāyaḥ || athāta indriyopakramaṇīyaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | > Feces causes severe abdominal distension, and retention of semen causes impotence; / therefore, a man who desires long life here should not suppress an urge." / Thus said the venerable Ātreya. / Thus the sixth chapter in Bheḷa. / Seventh chapter. / Now we shall explain the chapter on the management of the sense faculties; 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.1.6.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.1.5.51) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.6) · Pramāṇa