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# The Compendium of Bheḷa 1.9

Bheḷasaṃhitā 1.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.1)

bheṣajaṃ hi catuṣpādamāturaṃ kurute ' gadam | yunakti yaśasāvaidyamarthamapyasya yacchati ||

> Medicine with its four limbs indeed renders the patient free from disease; / it unites the physician with fame, and also gives him wealth.  
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### [1.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.2)

tasmād auṣadhayogasya vaidyasyāpy āturasya ca | upasthātuś ca vakṣyāmi sampadaṃ siddhikārikām ||

> Therefore, I shall declare the excellence that brings about success / of the combination of medicaments, of the physician, of the patient, and of the attendant.  
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### [1.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.3)

prativātaṃ yathākṣiptaḥ pāṃsumuṣṭirvinaśyati | tathā hi nāśamāgacchedṛte karma bhiṣakkṛtāt ||

> Just as a handful of dust thrown against the wind perishes, / so indeed \[the disease\] goes to destruction without \[difficulty\] from an action performed by a physician.  
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### [1.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.4)

nadyāṃ prasyandamānāyāṃ śvabhrasthāne sthaleṣu ca | praṇaśyati yathā vṛṣṭaṃ tathā duryojitāḥ kriyāḥ ||

> Just as rain is lost in a flowing river, / in a chasm, and on dry land, so are ill-applied treatments \[wasted\].  
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### [1.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.5)

iṣvāsas tu yathā yukto dharmātmā khaḍgapāṇidhṛt | parebhyaḥ kṣobham ādhattepātyātmīyāṃś ca hantyarīn ||

> Just as an archer, skilled and righteous, holding a sword in hand, / produces agitation among enemies, protects his own, and slays his foes,  
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### [1.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.6)

evaṃ cikitsakaḥ pādair bheṣajaiś copabṛṃhitaḥ | rakṣatyakīrterātmānaṃ vyādhiṃ cāpi niyacchati ||

> so the healer, reinforced by the limbs and by medicaments, / protects himself from ill repute and subdues the disease.  
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### [1.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.7)

sidhyati pratikurvāṇa ity ātreyasya śāsanam | api cāpratikurvāṇaity ākhyadbhadraśaunakaḥ ||

> “One succeeds when treating,” such is the teaching of Ātreya; / “even when not treating,” so declared Bhadraśaunaka.  
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### [1.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.8)

guṇayuktāturadravyabhiṣakparicarānvitā | dṛśyate viphalāyasmānnāphalā tu viparyaye ||

> Because \[a treatment\] provided with a qualified patient, substance, physician, and attendant / is seen to fail, yet in the reverse case it is not without result,  
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### [1.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.9)

tasmānnaikāntikī siddhiś catuṣpādecikitsite | na tvetāṃ buddhimātreyaśśaunakasyānumanyate ||

> therefore, success is not invariable in four-limbed therapeutics. / But Ātreya does not concur with this view of Śaunaka.  
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### [1.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.10)

pratikurvati siddhirhi varṇotsāhabalānvitā | na ca syādvyādhibahutā natvevāpratikurvati ||

> For in one who treats, success is endowed with complexion, energy, and strength, / and there is no multiplicity of diseases; but never so in one who does not treat.  
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### [1.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.11)

durvarṇo durbalaś ca syād vyādhibhiś cāpy upadrutaḥ | vikalo vā bhavatyajñair upakrānta ivāturaḥ ||

> He would become discolored, weak, and afflicted with diseases, / or impaired, like a patient treated by ignorant \[practitioners\].  
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### [1.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.12)

na sā siddhirasiddhiḥ syādyāṃ dṛṣṭvā nābhipadyate | tasmāt jñānavatāṃ siddhiṃ vindeta matimān bhiṣak ||

> That which, being seen, does not lead to attainment is not success, it is failure; / therefore, an intelligent physician should seek the success belonging to the knowledgeable.  
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### [1.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.13)

tatra prathamataḥ pādamauṣadhaṃ tu nibodha me | khaṃ vāyuranalastoyaṃ bhūmiś caiveha pañcamī ||

> Therein, first understand from me the limb that is medicament: / space, wind, fire, water, and earth is the fifth here.  
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### [1.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.14)

guṇottarāṇi sarvāṇi yathāsaṃkhyaṃ vibhāvayet | teṣāntu ye bhūtaguṇāḥ pṛthagbhāvanidarśakāḥ ||

> One should contemplate all \[these\] as increasingly possessing qualities, according to their order; / and those qualities of the elements among them that indicate distinct states,  
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### [1.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.15)

parasparasamāyogāddravyeṣveva bhavanti te | lakṣaṇaṃkhasya sauṣiryaṃraukṣyaṃ cāpy anilātmakam ||

> exist in substances only through mutual combination. / The characteristic of space is porosity, and dryness is wind-natured;  
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### [1.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.16)

auṣṇyamagnerapāṃ śaity aṃ kharatvaṃ pārthivo guṇaḥ | yasminyasmin bhavelliṅgametaddravye viśeṣataḥ ||

> heat is of fire, coolness of water, and roughness is an earthy quality. / In whichever substance this characteristic is prominent,  
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### [1.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.17)

yasya bhūtasya taddravyaṃ tattadātmakamiṣyate | sauṣiryaṃ lāghavaṃ yatra bhaiṣajyaṃ cāpi khātmakam ||

> that substance is considered to be of the nature of that element. / Where there is porosity and lightness, that medicament is of the nature of space;  
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### [1.9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.18)

kharatvaṃ ca vivekaś ca raukṣyaṃ cāpy anilātmakam | snehaḥ kledaś ca śaity aṃ ca mṛdutvaṃ cāpi vārijam ||

> roughness, distinctness, and dryness are of the nature of wind; / unctuousness, moistness, coolness, and softness are water-born;  
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### [1.9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.19)

paicchilyaṃ gauravaṃ mūrtisthairyaṃ gandhaś ca pārthivam | etairbhūtaguṇairyuktaṃ yaddravyaṃ tattadātmakam ||

> sliminess, heaviness, solid form, stability, and smell are earthy. / A substance endowed with these elemental qualities is of the nature of that \[element\].  
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### [1.9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.20)

pañcabhūtātmakaissarvairguṇais tatra samanvitam | (prativāsaṃ raso gandhastadā praduvanāni ca ||

> Therein, endowed with all qualities of the nature of the five elements, / \[… taste, smell, and …\]  
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### [1.9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.21)

śitamuṣṇodakaṃ caiva raidya cedipriyaṃ rathāḥ | sajjopakaraṇatvaṃ ca mūlatvakphalasañcayaḥ) ||

> \[… cold and hot water … / readiness of equipment, and collection of roots, bark, and fruits;\]  
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### [1.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.22)

mūlādīnāṃ sugandhitvaṃ kalyāṇasparśavattathā | anyūnānatiriktatvarūpavac ca praśasyate ||

> fragrance of roots and other parts, possession of pleasant touch, / neither deficient nor excessive, and possessing \[proper\] form, is praised.  
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### [1.9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.23)

sthalātmatākanimneṣu saikateṣūpaleṣu ca | suṣiraṃ nātiviṣṭaṃ ca tiryagyātaṃ ca garhitam ||

> In dry land, declivities, sandy places, and stony grounds, / that which is hollow, not deeply rooted, and grows obliquely is censured.  
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### [1.9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.24)

yenauṣadhārthassadyassyāttena cāpratibadhnatā | bheṣajaṃ prathamaḥ pādaḥ iti jñeyaṃ cikitsite ||

> That by which the purpose of medicine is instantly achieved, and not obstructed— / that medicament is to be known as the first limb in therapeutics.  
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### [1.9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.25)

pratiśrāvī dvitīyaḥ syāttasya pratyekaśo guṇāḥ | balavān dakṣiṇo dakṣaḥ priyavāgajugupsakaḥ ||

> The attendant should be the second; his qualities one by one are: / strong, dexterous, skilled, pleasing in speech, not disgusted,  
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### [1.9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.26)

vīraś cāpratikūlaś ca raktaścitrakathas tathā | prajñāvāṃś cāpy upasthāyī tathā śāstrānusārataḥ ||

> courageous, accommodating, affectionate, possessing varied conversation, / intelligent, attentive, and conforming to the treatise,  
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### [1.9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.27)

na cātipratibadhnīyātsarveṣv auṣadhakarmasu | praśasyate kleśasahaḥ pratiśrāvī yathāguṇaḥ ||

> and he should not overly impede during all medicinal operations. / An attendant who endures hardship is praised in accordance with \[these\] qualities.  
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### [1.9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.28)

tṛtīyaś cāturaḥ pādaḥ satyāśaṃsī praśasyate | lakṣaṇaś cātmavāṃś caiva kṛtajñassumanāś ca yaḥ ||

> And the third limb is the patient; he is praised if truthful in speech, / possessing good bodily signs, self-controlled, grateful, and cheerful,  
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### [1.9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.29)

auṣadhasya pratigrāhī na ca rogānnigūhayet | dṛḍhabhakto ' nasūyaś ca yaś cāpi na viṣīdati ||

> receptive to medicine, and he does not conceal diseases, / firmly devoted, not envious, and one who does not despair,  
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### [1.9.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.30)

sarvatrāpratikūlaś ca na kriyāmativartate | ebhir guṇaissamāyuktaṃ jānīyātsādhyamāturam ||

> and compliant in every respect, not transgressing the treatment. / Endowed with these qualities, one should know the patient to be curable.  
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### [1.9.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.31)

bhiṣak caturthaḥ pādas tu sasūtrārthaviśāradaḥ | arogo dṛṣṭakarmā ca kṛtakṛtyeṣu kovidaḥ ||

> The physician, however, is the fourth limb, well-versed in the meaning of the aphorisms, / free from disease, experienced in treatment, and skilled in accomplishing what must be done,  
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### [1.9.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.32)

prayoktā ca pragalbhaś ca kṣamāvānpratibhānavān | buddhimāṃstarkakuśalovīryaudāryabalānvitaḥ ||

> practical, bold, forbearing, resourceful, / wise, skilled in reasoning, endowed with energy, nobility, and strength,  
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### [1.9.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.33)

astabdhaś cāpramattaś ca satataṃsaṃyatendriyaḥ | ojasvī cauṣadhajñaś ca deśakālaprayogavit ||

> unpretentious, vigilant, constantly self-restrained in the senses, / spirited, knowledgeable in medicaments, and aware of application according to place and time.  
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### [1.9.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.34)

bhiṣak caturthapādaḥ syādevaṃguṇasamanvitaḥ | bheṣajaṃ ca pratiśrāvī bhiṣagātura eva ca ||

> The physician should be the fourth limb, endowed with such qualities. / Medicament, attendant, physician, and indeed the patient—  
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### [1.9.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.35)

anyonyaguṇasaṃyogād ete syus siddhikārakāḥ | eta eva ca vauguṇyāttasya vyādhivivardhanāḥ ||

> through the union of their mutual qualities, these become bringers of success; / and these very \[limbs\], due to deficiency of qualities, become promoters of that person's disease.  
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### [1.9.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.36)

tasmāc caturṣu pādeṣu cikitsāsiddhiriṣyate | paktaye kāraṇaṃ pakturyathā pātrendhanānalāḥ ||

> Therefore, success in therapeutics is sought in the four limbs, / just as vessel, fuel, and fire are the causes of cooking for a cook,  
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### [1.9.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.37)

vijeturvijaye bhūmiś camūḥ praharaṇāni ca | āturādyās tathā pādāḥsiddhau kāraṇasaṃjñitāḥ ||

> or the ground, army, and weapons are \[causes\] for victory to a victor; / likewise, the limbs beginning with the patient are designated as causes of success.  
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### [1.9.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.1.9.38)

mṛddaṇḍacakrasūtrādyāḥ kumbhakārādṛte yathā | nāvahanti guṇān vaidyādṛte pādatrayaṃ tathā | vidyāt tasmāc cikitsāyāṃ pradhānaṃ kāraṇaṃ bhiṣak || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ iti bhele navamo ' dhyāyaḥ || || daśamo ' dhyāyaḥ || athāta āmapradoṣīyaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ |

> Just as clay, rod, wheel, cord, and the like, without a potter, / do not produce beneficial effects, so the three limbs \[produce none\] without the physician; / therefore, one should know that the physician is the principal cause in therapeutics. Thus said the venerable Ātreya. Thus the ninth chapter in Bheḷa. / Chapter ten. Now we shall explain the chapter on disorders of āma; thus spoke the venerable Ātreya.  
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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.1.9.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.1.9.11) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit

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