[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) › 2.3 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 2.3 Bheḷasaṃhitā 2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.1) vātātpittātkaphāccaiva nicayādatha lohitāt | pañca gulmābhavantīha teṣāṃ vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇam || > From vāta, from pitta, from kapha, from combination \[of the three\], and also from blood, / five gulmas occur in this world; I shall declare their characteristics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.2) sa yadāvātalojanturvātalaṃ bhajate ' śanam | dhāvati plavate vāpi rātrau jāgarti vā punaḥ || > When a person prone to vāta indulges in vāta-aggravating food, / runs, or jumps, or keeps awake at night, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.3) atibrūte ' tihasati striyo vātiniṣevate | udāvartayate vāpi karmacātiniṣevate || > speaks excessively, laughs excessively, indulges excessively in women, / causes upward movement of wind, or engages excessively in physical exertion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.4) vṛkṣaprapatanādvāpi chardayatyathavā balāt | tasyaivaṃ kupito vāyur āmāśayamupāgataḥ || > or falls from a tree, or vomits with force, / then his vāyu, aggravated in this way, enters the stomach > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.5) pārśvayor hṛdikukṣau vā gulmaṃ saṃjanayatyatha | sa sakṛdbhavati sthūlaḥ punar bhavati vāpy aṇuḥ || > and produces a gulma in the flanks, the heart, or the abdomen. / It is at one moment large and then becomes small again; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.6) todasphuraṇasaṃyukto vidhyate ca vidhāvati | vedanāṃ janayatyeṣa jvaraṃ sañjanayaty api || > accompanied by pricking and throbbing, it pierces and shoots about; / it causes pain, and it also produces fever; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.7) vastiśīrṣaṃ ca saṃgṛhya dārayanniva tiṣṭhati | viṣaṃ bhavati cāhāro mūrdhānaṃ pratipadyate || > seizing the head of the bladder, it stays as if tearing it apart; / and food becomes poison and ascends to the head; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.8) punaś ca dṛśyate vyaktaṃ punarnaśyati cāpy atha | karoti gāḍhaṃ duḥkhena purīṣaṃ vāsaśoṇitam || > and at one moment it is distinctly visible, and then it disappears again; / he passes hard stool with difficulty, or accompanied by blood; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.9) kṛṣṇābhāsaś ca puruṣovātagulmī sa dṛśyate | yassadā pittalojantuḥ pittalaṃ bhajate ' śanam || > and the person with vātagulma appears dark-hued. / When a person who is constantly prone to pitta indulges in pitta-aggravating food, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.10) apramāṇena durmedhāḥ sevatepānamīdṛśam | tasyaivaṃ kupitaṃ pittamāmāśayamupāgatam || > and foolishly consumes drinks of such nature without measure, / then his pitta, aggravated in this way, enters the stomach > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.11) pārśvayor hṛdi kukṣau vā gulmaṃ sañjanayatyatha | uṣyate dūyate cāpi dahyatedhūpyate tathā || > and produces a gulma in the flanks, the heart, or the abdomen. / It burns, aches, stings, and fumes; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.12) nityaṃ taptaś ca raktaṃ ca svedaṃ muñcatyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ | ayogolo yathā taptas tathā sthānagatedahet || > constantly feverish and red, he frequently exudes sweat; / like a heated iron ball, it burns where it is located; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.13) tṛṣṇāṃ mūrcchāṃ ca janayetsthānād api visarpati | vedanā paramā caiva tasmin sthāne prajāyate || > it produces thirst and fainting, and also creeps from its place; / and extreme pain arises in that region; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.14) purā jātāni lomāni tasmād gulmaparigrahāt | cyavante na ca jāyante yāvadvyādhirna śāmyati || > hairs previously grown fall out from that affliction of gulma, / and they do not grow back as long as the disease is not pacified; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.15) pittagulmena puruṣaḥ pītābhāsaś ca lakṣyate | yassadā śleṣmalo jantuḥ śleṣmalaṃ bhajate ' śanam || > and the person is seen with a yellowish appearance from pittagulma. / When a person who is constantly prone to phlegm indulges in phlegm-aggravating food, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.16) apramāṇena durmedhā divāsvapnaratas tathā | tasyaivaṃ kupitaḥ śleṣmā hyāmāśayamupāgataḥ || > foolishly \[eating\] without measure, and is addicted to daytime sleeping, / then his phlegm, aggravated in this way, enters the stomach > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.17) pārśvayor hṛdi kukṣau vā gulmaṃ sañjanayatyatha | na cāsya svadate bhojyaṃbhuktaṃ na ca vipacyate || > and produces a gulma in the flanks, the heart, or the abdomen. / Food is not relishable to him, and what is eaten is not digested; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.18) śleṣmaṇā saha bhuktaṃ ca muhurūrdhvaṃ prapadyate | śuklamūtrapurīṣaś ca śuklābhāsas tathaiva ca || > and along with phlegm, what has been eaten repeatedly comes upward; / he has white urine and feces, and has a whitish appearance, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.19) śuklanetraś ca bhavati gulme śleṣmasamudbhave | yassadā karśito janturvyādhinā bheṣajena vā || > and his eyes become white in gulma arising from phlegm. / When a person who is continuously emaciated by disease or medication, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.20) asañjātabalāgniś ca doṣalānyupasevate | tasya sannicitā doṣā gulmaṃ kurvanti dāruṇam || > and whose strength and digestive fire have not returned, indulges in doṣa-aggravating things, / his accumulated doṣas produce a dreadful gulma; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.21) tatra sarvāṇi rūpāṇi dṛśyante sānnipātike | atha lohitagulmas tu strīṇām eva prajāyate || > in that sānnipātika \[type\], all symptoms are observed. / But blood-gulma arises only in women; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.22) nāsau bhavati nṝṇāṃ tu tasya vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇam | acirapracyute garbhe sūtikāyās tathā ' cirāt || > it does not occur in men; I shall declare its characteristics: / when a woman has recently had a miscarriage, or recently given birth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.23) atiprajananādvāpi tathā ' prajananena vā | sandhāraṇādvābhārasya raktamādhmāpayet tataḥ || > or through excessive childbearing, or likewise through lack of childbearing, / or through supporting a heavy load, blood then becomes distended; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.24) sā śoṇite sthite nārī garbhiṇī strīti manyate | samayādatha śūlāni tasyāḥ kukṣau bhavatyatha || > when that blood is retained, the woman considers herself pregnant; / then in due course, colic arises in her abdomen, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.25) koṣṭhe gulmodaraṃ tac ca garbho ' yam iti manyate | garbho ' yam iti ca vyādhirvarṣamekaṃ bahūny api || > and that abdominal enlargement from gulma is in the belly, and she considers: 'This is a fetus'; / and thinking 'this is a fetus', she bears the disease for one year or even many \[years\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.26) dhārayatyatha nirbhedaṃ kathañcitsanniyacchati | athāsyāḥ kālaparyāyāt sakṣīrau bhavataḥ stanau || > and she somehow restrains the splitting pain; / then with the passage of time her breasts become filled with milk, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.27) kṛśā bhavatisā pāṇḍurdohadaṃ cābhinandati | chardirniṣṭhīvikā caiva tandrā caivaṃ prabādhate || > she becomes emaciated and pale, and welcomes pregnancy cravings; / vomiting, spitting, and drowsiness afflict her in this way, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3.28) pādayoḥ śvayathuś ca syādraktagulme praduṣyati | eṣāṃ tu khalu pañcānāṃ gulmānāṃ samudāhṛtam | vidyādasādhyaṃ nicayaṃyatnasādhyāṃstathetarān || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele nidāne tṛtīyo ' dhyāyaḥ || || caturtho ' dhyāyaḥ || athātaḥ kāsanidānaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | > and there is swelling of the feet when vitiation occurs in blood-gulma. / Of these five gulmas, it has indeed been declared: / one should know the combined \[type\] to be incurable, and the others curable with exertion." > Thus spoke the venerable Ātreya. > Thus ends the third chapter in the Nidāna section of Bheḷa. > Fourth Chapter. > Now we shall explain the diagnosis of cough; 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.2.3.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.3) · Pramāṇa