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# The Compendium of Bheḷa 2.2

Bheḷasaṃhitā 2.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.2.2.1) — English, machine translation

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