[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) › 1.7 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 1.7 Bheḷasaṃhitā 1.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.7.1) indriyāṇi hi sarvāṇi parijīryanti jīryataḥ | tasmāt sarvatra vayasi yathākālaṃ striyaṃ vrajet || > For all the sense faculties decay as one ages; / therefore, at every age one should approach a woman at the proper time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.7.2) na tvanāpyāyitabalaḥ samāgacchet tu yoṣitaḥ | nāyoniṣu prayuñjīta tiryagyonīś ca varjayet || > However, one should not approach women when one's strength has not been replenished; / one should not practice in non-vaginal parts, and should avoid animal wombs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.7.3) na prāptaṃ dhārayed vegaṃgatvā śītodakaṃ spṛśet | na tu śrānto navā bhukto na kliṣṭo ' pyāvilo na ca || > One should not hold back an urge when it has arrived; having engaged \[in intercourse\], one should touch cold water; / but one should not engage when tired, nor newly eaten, nor distressed, nor agitated, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.7.4) kṛśo nātyaśito vāpi dīno vā maithunaṃ vrajet | mitavāk satataṃ yaḥ syāt snigdhānnāśī yuvā++ācaret || > nor emaciated, nor having eaten excessively, or depressed should one engage in intercourse. / One who is constantly measured in speech, eating unctuous food, young, \[…\] should practice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.7.5) subahusnigdharetāś ca yathartuśayanāśanaḥ | jīrṇāmāsannasatvāṃ ca vyādhitāṃ malināṃ kṛśām || > Possessing abundant and unctuous semen, sleeping and eating according to the season; / one should avoid an aged woman, one near delivery, a diseased, dirty, emaciated, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.7.6) vyaṅginīṃparakāmāṃ ca pūtikoṣṭhāṃ ca varjayet | balamārogyamāyuś ca vapustejaś ca dehinām || > deformed woman, one desiring another, and one with a putrid alimentary tract. / The strength, health, lifespan, body, and luster of embodied beings > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.7.7) hīyate hīdṛśīṃ gatvā prāpyākālajarāmiva | ṛtāvṛtau yathākālaṃ maithunaṃ nā samācaret || > is lost, indeed, having approached such a woman, as if reaching premature old age. / A man should practice intercourse season by season at the proper time: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.7.8) varṣāsu navarātrāt tu daśarātrāccharady api | pañcāhāddhemasamaye saptāhācchiśire tathā || > in the rains after nine nights, and in autumn after ten nights; / in the winter season after five days, and likewise in the cold season after seven days; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.7.9) pakṣādvasante grīṣme tu māsi māsi samācaret | nidāghe paścime māse maithunaṃ caiva varjayet || > in spring after a fortnight, but in summer one should practice month by month; / in the last month of the hot season, one should entirely avoid intercourse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.7.10) athavā yauvanotsāhabalasnehasamanvitaḥ | śiśirāmbukṛtasnāno hṛdyasraganulepanaḥ || > Or, endowed with youth, enthusiasm, strength, and unctuousness, / bathed in cool water, with agreeable garlands and ointment, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.7.11) nātivyāyāmanirataḥ kṣīramāṃsaghṛtāśanaḥ | hṛdyamālyāmbaradharā hṛdyābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ || > not devoted to excessive exercise, eating milk, meat, and ghee; / \[with women\] wearing agreeable garlands and garments, adorned with agreeable ornaments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.7.12) hṛdyayauvanasaṃpannāḥ priyāḥ priyakathānugāḥ | hṛṣṭāḥ sarvatra kāle a śaktyardhena vrajetstriyaḥ || > endowed with pleasing youth, beloved, compliant with pleasing speech, / exhilarated, at all times one should approach women with half one's strength. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.7.13) caturdaśīṃ pañcadaśīmaṣṭamīṃ ca vivarjayet | pibetkṣīraṃ ghṛtaṃ nityam āyuṣyakaraṇaṃ hitam || > One should avoid the fourteenth, the fifteenth, and the eighth \[lunar days\]; / one should drink milk and ghee daily, which promotes lifespan and is wholesome. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.7.14) balavarṇakaraṃ hyetadārogyakaraṇaṃ tathā | saṃhārayed romanakhaṃ trirmāsasya ca mānavaḥ || > For this confers strength and complexion, and likewise promotes health; / a man should have body hair and nails cut three times a month. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.7.15) oṣadhīś ca maṇīṃś caiva maṅgalyān dhārayetsadā | mantrānāvartayec cāpi brahmaproktaṃ sanātanam || > One should constantly wear herbs and auspicious gems, / and should also repeat the eternal mantras spoken by Brahmā: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.7.16) sa me mādyāpagāddehādvāyuḥ prāṇāś ca ye sadā | indro me balamādadyād śivaṃ cāpo diśantu naḥ || > "May that wind and those vital breaths that are constant never depart from my body; / may Indra give me strength, and may the waters bestow auspiciousness on us." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.7.17) ity evaṃ mantramārṣaṃ vai bhuktvā gatvāt havā striyaḥ | saṃjapanvai spṛśan vāri tathā ' syāyurna hīyate || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele saptamo ' dhyāyaḥ || || aṣṭamo ' dhyāyaḥ || athāto mātrāśitīyaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | > Having eaten or having approached women, / reciting this mantra of the sages and touching water, his lifespan is not diminished. / Thus said the venerable Ātreya. / Thus the seventh chapter in Bheḷa. / Eighth chapter. / Now we shall explain the chapter on eating according to measure; 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.1.7.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.7) · Pramāṇa