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# The Compendium of Bheḷa 2.5

Bheḷasaṃhitā 2.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.1)

pippalīṃ kākamācīṃ ca likucaṃ dadhisarpiṣā | vātāyuṃ payasā sārdhaṃguḍena saha mūlakam ||

> pippalī, kākamācī, and likuca with curd and ghee; / vātāyu with milk; radish along with jaggery;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.2)

anyadevaṃvidhaṃ yac ca viruddhaṃ tatsamaśnataḥ | chardiṃ pratighnataś cāpi mithyāsaṃsargasevanāt ||

> and any other such incompatible \[food\]—by eating that; / also by suppressing vomiting, and by adopting improper dietary regimens;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.3)

anullikhya vidagdhaṃ ca vidāhi ca samaśnataḥ | pathi cārādviriktasya śrāntasyodakasevanāt ||

> by consuming burnt and burning food without having vomited \[the previous meal\]; / and on a journey, by consuming water when freshly purged and fatigued;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.4)

matsyān payaś canimbūṃś ca tathaikadhyaṃ samaśnataḥ | jantossañjāyate kuṣṭhaṃ tadvidhānāṃ ca sevanāt ||

> by eating fish, milk, and limes together in one meal; / and by resorting to similar things, kuṣṭha arises in a person.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.5)

yassadā śleṣmalo jantuḥ śleṣmalaṃ bhajate ' śanam | sevate ca divāsvapnaṃ tasya śleṣmā pravardhate ||

> A person who is always of phlegmatic constitution, who resorts to phlegm-producing food / and indulges in day-sleep—his phlegm increases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.6)

sa vṛddho dūṣayatyasya māṃsaṃ tvagrudhiraṃ tathā | utsādyate tvagdoṣeṇa svidyate tena cāpy atha ||

> Increased, it corrupts his muscle, skin, and blood; / the skin is elevated by the morbid humor, and he then sweats because of it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.7)

tatra kuṣṭhāni jāyante dadru sidhmānivai punaḥ | maṇḍalāni ca citrāṇi teṣāṃ vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇam ||

> Thereupon the kuṣṭhas arise: dadru, sidhma, / and variegated round patches; I shall declare their characteristics.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.8)

maṇḍalāni ghanānīha piṭakābhāni sarvaśaḥ | sakaṇḍūni visarpīṇi dadrukuṣṭhāni nirdiśet ||

> Dense circular patches here, resembling boils everywhere, / accompanied by itching and spreading—one should designate them as dadrukuṣṭha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.9)

prasravanti yadā tānidoṣotsannāni dehinaḥ | tadāsya kīlaṃ koṣaṃ ca picchilaṃ saṃsravanti ca ||

> When they discharge, elevated by the morbid humors in a person, / they then exude sliminess \[from\] his core and base.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.10)

saṃhatāni vipāṇḍūnipaṅkiloṣṭhacitāni ca | tvagutthāni tu rūksāṇi maṇḍalāni tanūny api ||

> Aggregated, pale, covered with muddy scabs, / arising in the skin, dry, and also thin circular patches—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.11)

sidhmakuṣṭhāni jānīyāt tathā tāni bhavanti vai | picchilaṃ madhuvarṇaṃ cayadā doṣāḥ sravanti ca ||

> one should know them as sidhmakuṣṭha; indeed, they become so; / and when the morbid humors discharge, \[the fluid is\] slimy and honey-colored.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.12)

maṇḍalāni ca śuklāni ghanotsannāni sarvaśaḥ | vidyānmaṇḍalakuṣṭhāni cirabhedīni dehinām ||

> Circular patches that are white and dense-elevated everywhere— / one should know them as maṇḍalakuṣṭha, which ulcerate slowly in humans.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.13)

yadā tu tāni bhidyante tadāśvetaṃ sravanti hi | iti śleṣmasamutthāni trīṇi kuṣṭhāni nirdiśet ||

> When they do ulcerate, they discharge white \[matter\]; / thus one should designate the three kuṣṭhas arising from phlegm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.14)

yassadā vātalo janturvātalaṃ bhajate ' śanam | vātātapau sevate ca tasyavātaḥ pravardhate ||

> A person who is always of windy constitution, who resorts to wind-producing food / and exposes himself to wind and sunshine—his wind increases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.15)

sa vṛddho dūṣayatyasya tvaṅmāṃsarudhiraṃ tathā | utsādyate tvagdoṣeṇa svidyate tena cāpy atha ||

> Increased, it corrupts his skin, muscle, and blood; / the skin is elevated by the morbid humor, and he then sweats because of it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.16)

kapālakuṣṭhaṃ tenāsya praduṣṭe māṃsaśoṇite | jantorvivṛddhavātasya tasya vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇam ||

> Because of that, when muscle and blood are corrupted, kapālakuṣṭha \[develops\] in him, / in a person whose wind is increased; I shall declare its characteristics.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.17)

paruṣāṇyaruṇābhāni maṇḍalāni samāni ca | vidyāt kapālakuṣṭhāni cirabhedīni dehinām ||

> Rough, reddish-brown, and even circular patches— / one should know them as kapālakuṣṭha, which ulcerate slowly in humans.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.18)

yassadā pittalo jantuḥ pittalaṃ bhajate ' śanam | vātātapau sevate ca tasya pittaṃ prakupyati ||

> A person who is always of bilious constitution, who resorts to bile-producing food / and exposes himself to wind and sunshine—his bile becomes aggravated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.19)

tad vṛddhaṃ dūṣayatyasya tvaṅmāṃsarudhiraṃ tadā | utsādyate tvagdoṣeṇa svidyate tena cāpy atha ||

> Increased, it then corrupts his skin, muscle, and blood; / the skin is elevated by the morbid humor, and he then sweats because of it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.20)

tataḥ kuṣṭhāni jāyante praduṣṭe māṃsaśoṇite | pittasya parikope vā teṣāṃ vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇam ||

> Then kuṣṭhas arise when muscle and blood are corrupted, / or upon the aggravation of bile; I shall declare their characteristics.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.21)

pakvodumbaravarṇāni maṇḍalānīha yāni tu | vidyādaudumbarāṇyatra tānyasādhyāni dehinām ||

> Those circular patches here that are the color of a ripe udumbara fig— / one should know them as audumbara; here they are incurable in humans.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.22)

prāpnuvanti yadā bhedaṃ kuṣṭhāny audumbarāṇi ca | maṇḍalīkāni kuṣṭhāni tadā tāni bhavanti vai ||

> When the audumbara kuṣṭhas reach ulceration, / they then indeed become circular patches.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.23)

maṇḍalāni ca yānīha puṇḍarīkanibhāni vai | puṇḍarīkāṇi sādhyāni tāni vidyādvicakṣaṇaḥ ||

> And those circular patches here that resemble a puṇḍarīka lotus— / the wise one should know them as puṇḍarīka, which are curable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.24)

prāpnuvanti yadā bhedaṃ puṇḍarīkāṇi yāni vai | ṛśyajihvāni kuṣṭhāni tadā tāni vinirdiśet ||

> When those puṇḍarīka \[kuṣṭhas\] reach ulceration, / one should then designate them as ṛśyajihva kuṣṭha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.25)

nīlotpalasavarṇāni maṇḍalānīha rūpataḥ | ṛśyajihvāni kuṣṭhāni tānyasādhyāni nirdiśet ||

> Circular patches that have the color of a blue water-lily in appearance— / one should designate those as ṛśyajihva kuṣṭhas; they are incurable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.26)

prāpnuvanti yadā bhedamṛśyajihvānyaśeṣataḥ | kākaṇānīti matimāṃstadā tāni vinirdiśet ||

> When the ṛśyajihva \[kuṣṭhas\] ulcerate completely, / the intelligent person should then designate them as kākaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.27)

kākaṇantikavarṇāni maṇḍalānīha yāni tu | kākaṇānīti tānyāhuḥ pratyākhyeyāni dehinām ||

> Those circular patches here that have the color of a guñjā berry— / they call them kākaṇa; they are to be rejected as incurable in humans.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.5.28)

iti kuṣṭhanidānaṃ vai vyākhyātam anupūrvaśaḥ | tanniśamyeha matimān hitajīrṇāśano bhavet || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele nidāne pañcamo ' dhyāyaḥ || || ṣaṣṭho ' dhyāyaḥ || athātaḥ pramehanidānaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ |

> Thus the diagnosis of kuṣṭha has indeed been explained in proper order; / having heard it here, the intelligent person should eat wholesome and easily digested food.  
> Thus said the venerable Ātreya.  
> Thus ends the fifth chapter in the Nidāna of Bheḷa.  
> Sixth chapter.  
> Now, therefore, we shall explain the diagnosis of prameha; thus said the venerable Ātreya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.2.5.1) — English, machine translation

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