The Compendium of Bheḷa 2.4
Bheḷasaṃhitā 2.4
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2.4.1
vātātpittātkaphāccaiva kṣatādvātha kṣayād api | pañcakāsā bhavantīha teṣāṃ vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇam ||
From vāta, from pitta, from kapha, from injury, or also from consumptive wasting, / five coughs occur in this world; I shall declare their characteristics.
2.4.2
yassadā vātalo janturasātmyaṃ vai niṣevate | rūkṣamaśnāti pibati rūkṣaṃhi bahu khādati ||
When a person who is constantly prone to vāta indulges in unwholesome things, / eats and drinks dry [food], and chews much dry [food],
2.4.3
tasya vātaḥ prakupito gṛhītvā hṛdayaṃ tataḥ | ūrdhvaṃ samprāpyadhamanīratha kāsāya kalpate ||
his aggravated vāta, having seized the heart, / ascends through the vessels and produces cough.
2.4.4
uraḥśūlaṃ pārśvaśūlaṃ pṛṣṭhastambhaśca jāyate | āṭopyate ' syodaraṃ caśiraś cāsyātimanthyate ||
Pain in the chest, pain in the flanks, and stiffness of the back arise; / his abdomen rumbles, and his head aches severely;
2.4.5
uro ' bhighātātpārśve ca gṛhyete iva dehinaḥ | kaphaḥ prakāsamānasya sasaṃrambhaḥ pravartate |
the flanks of the embodied person are seized as if struck in the chest; / as he coughs, kapha comes forth with violent effort;
2.4.6
pratataṃ kāsamānasya mūtraṃvāto ruṇaddhi hi | ity ebhir lakṣaṇairvidyādvātakāsaṃ śarīriṇām ||
as he coughs continuously, wind obstructs his urine; / by these characteristics one should recognise vātakāsa in embodied beings.
2.4.7
yassadā pittalo janturasātmyaṃ vai niṣevate | amlamaśnāti pibati khādatyāsvādayaty api ||
When a person who is constantly prone to pitta indulges in unwholesome things, / eats, drinks, chews, and tastes sour [foods],
2.4.8
tasya pittaṃ prakupitaṃ gṛhītvā hṛdayaṃ tataḥ | ūrdhvaṃ samprāpya dhamanīstataḥ kāsāya kalpate ||
his aggravated pitta, having seized the heart, / ascends through the vessels and produces cough.
2.4.9
uro vidahyate cāsya tathaivāpyabhitapyate | soṣmanāsaś ca bhavatidahyete cākṣiṇī tataḥ ||
His chest burns, and likewise feels intensely heated; / his nose feels hot, and his eyes burn;
2.4.10
niṣṭhīvati sapittaṃ ca raktaṃ vā nā kadācana | mukhaṃ bhavati vā pītaṃ pittakāsena dehinaḥ ||
and the man sometimes spits with pitta, or with blood; / or the face of the embodied person becomes yellow in pittakāsa.
2.4.11
yassadā śleṣmalo jantuḥ śleṣmalaṃ bhajate ' śanam | pibatyaśnāti madhuraṃ madhuraṃvāpi khādati ||
When a person who is constantly prone to phlegm indulges in phlegm-aggravating food, / drinks, eats, or chews sweet things,
2.4.12
avyāyāmarataś cāpi divāsvapnaṃ ca sevate | tasya śleṣmā prakupito gṛhītvā hṛdayaṃ tataḥ ||
abstains from exercise, and indulges in daytime sleeping, / his aggravated phlegm, having seized the heart,
2.4.13
ūrdhvaṃ samprāpya dhamanīstataḥ kāsāya kalpate | grathitaṃ śleṣmaṇā kāsaṃ niṣṭhīvati sapūtikam ||
ascends through the vessels and produces cough. / In cough knotty with phlegm, he spits [mucus] with a foul odor;
2.4.14
duṣṭaśleṣmapratiśyāyaḥ śleṣmakāsena jāyate | sāhasaṃ karma yaḥ kṛtvāvikṣataṃ khedayatyuraḥ ||
a catarrh of vitiated phlegm arises with śleṣmakāsa. / One who, having undertaken reckless physical exertion, injures and wears out the chest,
2.4.15
niṣṭhīvati saraktaṃ ca kāse kṣatasamudbhave | strīṣu saktaś ca yo jantus tasya śuklaparikṣayāt ||
spits with blood in cough arising from chest-injury. / And for a person who is addicted to women, from depletion of semen,
2.4.16
liṅgaṃ vātābhibhūtatvāt sūcībhir iva tudyate | saraktaṃ kurute mūtraṃ tathāśuklaṃ ca lohitam ||
the penis is pierced as if by needles on account of being overcome by wind; / he passes urine with blood, and likewise red semen.
2.4.17
sarva ete samuddiṣṭāḥ kāsā lakṣaṇato mayā | tānavekṣya bhiṣag buddhyā tataḥ kuryāc cikitsitam || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele nidāne caturtho ' dhyāyaḥ || || pañcamo ' dhyāyaḥ || athātaḥ kuṣṭhanidānaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ |
All these coughs have been described by me according to their characteristics; / having examined them with his intellect, the physician should then administer treatment.
Thus said the venerable Ātreya.
Thus ends the fourth chapter in the Nidāna of Bheḷa.
Fifth chapter.
Now, therefore, we shall explain the diagnosis of kuṣṭha; thus said the venerable Ātreya.
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