The Compendium of Bheḷa 2.2
Bheḷasaṃhitā 2.2
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2.2.1
urovighātāttasyāthajvaraḥ kāsaś ca jāyate | svaraḥ sīdati cāpy asya niṣṭhīvati saśoṇitam ||
Then, from chest trauma, fever and cough arise in him; / his voice fails, and he spits blood.
2.2.2
athavāpyavaśo jantuḥ śaśvatsa parihīyate | ity etairlakṣaṇairvidyāt sāhasaprabhavaṃ kṣayam ||
Or rather, helpless, the person continually wastes away; / by these characteristics one should recognise consumption originating from overexertion.
2.2.3
yāvatsa balavānevabṛṃhayet tāvadeva tam | yasmād balasamāveśaṃ puruṣasyeha jīvitam ||
As long as he is strong, one should nourish him just so long, / because the life of a person in this world depends on strength.
2.2.4
sa yadā gurumadhye vāpy athavā rājasaṃsadi | goṣṭhe strīdyūtamadhye vā hastipṛṣṭhe ' thavā rathe ||
When a man, among his elders or in an assembly of a king, / in a cowshed, in the presence of women or gamblers, on the back of an elephant, or on a chariot,
2.2.5
bhayāt prasaṅgāc cahriyā ghṛṇitvād vāpi mānavaḥ | prāptapātaṃ purīṣaṃ vā mūtraṃ vāpi ruṇaddhi yaḥ ||
out of fear, situational decorum, shame, or disgust, / suppresses feces or urine that has arrived and is ready to fall,
2.2.6
tasya sandhāraṇādvāyurūrdhvabhāge samīritaḥ | uraḥśūlaṃ pārśvaśūlaṃ gulmaṃ ca janayatyatha ||
due to that suppression, wind stirred up in the upper region / then produces chest pain, flank pain, and an abdominal lump.
2.2.7
gulmajanmanimittaś ca jvaraḥ kāsaś ca jāyate | svaraḥ prabhidyate cāsya niṣṭhīvati sapūtikam ||
Caused by the arising of the abdominal lump, fever and cough occur; / his voice breaks, and he spits foul-smelling sputum.
2.2.8
athavāpyavaśo jantuḥ śaśvatsa parihīyate | ity ebhir lakṣaṇair vidyāt sandhāraṇakṛtaṃ kṣayam ||
Or rather, helpless, the person continually wastes away; / by these characteristics one should recognise consumption caused by suppression.
2.2.9
ātmārthaṃ lajjate janturgurorvā strījanasya ca | tasmād ātmārthameveha prāptaṃ vegaṃ na dhārayet ||
A person feels shame for his own sake before an elder or women; / therefore, for the sake of oneself, one should not hold back an urge that has arrived.
2.2.10
sa yadā durbalo jantuḥsvalpāhāraḥ kṛśo ' pi vā | rūkṣabhojī viśeṣeṇa striyo yaś cātisevate ||
When a weak person, eating very little or emaciated, / especially one who eats dry food, indulges excessively in women,
2.2.11
saraktaṃ kurute mūtraṃ jantuḥ śuklaparikṣayāt | retaḥsthānaṃ ca suṣiraṃ vāyurasya pradhāvati ||
the person passes blood-stained urine due to the exhaustion of semen, / and the wind rushes into his hollowed receptacle of semen.
2.2.12
tasya vātābhibhūtasya jvaraḥ kāsaś ca jāyate | svaraḥ sīdati cāpy asya niṣṭhīvati saśoṇitam ||
Overcome by wind, fever and cough arise in him; / his voice fails, and he spits blood.
2.2.13
athavāpyavaśo jantuḥ śaśvatsa parihīyate | ity ebhir lakṣaśairvidyādatimaithunajaṃ kṣayam ||
Or rather, helpless, the person continually wastes away; / by these characteristics one should recognise consumption born of excessive sexual intercourse.
2.2.14
ratimūlaṃ śarīraṃ hi śarīrasya ratiḥ phalam | tasmāt phalārthī mūlārthaṃ striyaḥ seveta yuktitaḥ ||
For the body has sexual pleasure as its root, and sexual pleasure is the fruit of the body; / therefore, desiring the fruit for the sake of the root, one should resort to women with moderation.
2.2.15
sa yadā durbalo jantuḥ sevate viṣamāśanam | bhuñjānasyāsya viṣamaṃ vaiṣamyaṃ yānti dhātavaḥ ||
When a weak person engages in irregular eating, / as he eats irregularly, his tissues fall into disharmony.
2.2.16
tataḥ purīṣameveha vardhayatyasya bhojanam | nāvāpnoti rasaṃ dehevikṛtasyeva dehinaḥ ||
Then food only increases feces in him; / the embodied being does not obtain chyle in the body, like one who is impaired.
2.2.17
rase nivṛtte tasyātha jvaraḥ kāsaś ca jāyate | svaraḥ sīdati cāpy asya niṣṭhīvatisaśoṇitam ||
When chyle ceases, fever and cough then arise in him; / his voice fails, and he spits blood.
2.2.18
athavāpyavaśo jantuḥ śaśvatsa parihīyate | ity ebhir lakṣaṇairvidyādviṣamāśanajaṃ kṣayam ||
Or rather, helpless, the person continually wastes away; / by these characteristics one should recognise consumption born of irregular eating.
2.2.19
yasmādarthī śarīrārthaṃ rasabhojanamicchati | śarīrāpekṣayā tasmād āhāraṃ susamācaret ||
Since one desiring [health] wishes for wholesome food with chyle for the sake of the body, / therefore, out of regard for the body, one should manage one's diet very well.
2.2.20
iti catvāri śoṣāṇāmuktānyāyatanāni me | yāni buddhvā pariharedārogyārthī pumāniha | buddhaucārogyamāyattamidamuktaṃ maharṣiṇā || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele nidāne dvitīyo ' dhyāyaḥ || || tṛtīyo ' dhyāyaḥ || athāto gulmanidānaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ |
"Thus the four sources of consumptive wasting have been spoken by me, / which a man in this world, desiring health, should avoid once he understands them; / and health is dependent on understanding: this has been stated by the great sage."
Thus spoke the venerable Ātreya.
Thus ends the second chapter in the Nidāna section of Bheḷa.
Third Chapter.
Now we shall explain the diagnosis of gulma; thus spoke the venerable Ātreya.
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