The Compendium of Bheḷa 2.6
Bheḷasaṃhitā 2.6
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- Sanskrit
2.6.1
prakṛtiprabhavaś caiva narasya svakṛtas tathā | jñeyaḥ prameho dvividhas tasya vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇam ||
Prameha is to be known as twofold in a man: / arising from constitutional predisposition, and caused by oneself; I shall declare its characteristics.
2.6.2
ślakṣṇāṅgā mṛdavaḥ snigdhā bhṛśaṃ śleṣmalamedurāḥ | jātapramehā nardanti matsyamāṃsocitā narāḥ ||
Smooth-limbed, soft, unctuous, very phlegmatic, and corpulent— / men accustomed to fish and meat lament with congenital prameha.
2.6.3
mātāpitṛbhyāmīdṛgbhyāṃ janito yas tu mānavaḥ | medaḥśithilanāttasya prakṛtyā sa tu mehati ||
A person who is born of parents of such a kind / passes [morbid] urine from constitutional predisposition due to the looseness of fat.
2.6.4
anūpajānāṃ susnigdhairvividhaiś cāpi vārijaiḥ | gavyājaurabhramāṃsaiś ca sadyo dadhnā ghṛtena vā ||
By very unctuous [meats] of marshy and varied aquatic animals, / and by the meat of cattle, goats, and sheep, or by fresh curd and ghee;
2.6.5
guḍaprakāraiḥ payasāpalalenaudakaiḥ khagaiḥ | avyāyāmāddivāsvapnātsukhaśayyāsanāttathā ||
by varieties of jaggery, milk, pounded sesame paste, and aquatic birds; / by lack of exercise, day-sleep, and comfortable beds and seats—
2.6.6
ity ebhir īdṛśaiś cānyairmedaḥ snigdhaiḥ pravardhate | medaḥ pravṛddhaṃdehaṃ ca vastiṃ ca kledayaty api ||
by these, such, and other unctuous things fat increases; / the increased fat moistens the body and also the bladder.
2.6.7
yassadā medasā klinnaḥ śleṣmalaṃ bhajate ' śanam | tasya prakupitaḥ śleṣmā pramehān kurute daśa ||
A person who, constantly drenched with fat, resorts to phlegm-producing food— / his aggravated phlegm produces ten pramehas.
2.6.8
tad yathodakamehaṃ ca piṣṭamehaṃ tathaiva ca | evamādīṃstathānyāṃś ca teṣāṃ vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇam ||
Namely, udakameha, and likewise piṣṭameha, / and the others beginning with these; I shall declare their characteristics.
2.6.9
sphaṭikāmbunibhaṃ mūtramudamehī pramehati | śuklapiṣṭanibhaṃ cāpi piṣṭamehī pramehati ||
One with udameha passes urine resembling crystal water; / and one with piṣṭameha passes [urine] resembling white flour.
2.6.10
kāṇḍekṣurasamehī ca mehatīkṣurasopamam | mūtraṃ śuklopamaṃ cāpi śuklamehī tu mehati ||
One with kāṇḍekṣurasameha passes [urine] like sugarcane juice; / and one with śuklameha passes urine resembling semen.
2.6.11
ity etāṃścaturo mehāñ jānīyāt kevalātkaphāt | śleṣmaṇyanubale pitte ye mehanti tu tāñchṛṇu ||
Thus one should know these four mehas from pure phlegm; / but hear of those which they pass when bile is a secondary force to phlegm.
2.6.12
lavaṇāmbunibhaṃ mūtraṃ vidyāllavaṇamehinaḥ | pramehati tathā jantussurāmehī surākṛti || mūtraṃ sāndraṃ prasannaṃ tu dṛśyate sāndramehinaḥ | iti bhele nidāne ṣaṣṭho ' dhyāyaḥ || || saptamo ' dhyāyaḥ || .. .. gītāni bhajate nityaṃ pittonmādanipīḍitaḥ ||
One should know that the urine of a person with lavaṇameha resembles salt water; / likewise, a person with surāmeha passes [urine] with the appearance of surā; / the urine of one with sāndrameha is seen to be dense and clear.
Thus ends the sixth chapter in the Nidāna of Bheḷa.
Seventh chapter.
[…] afflicted by insanity from bile, he constantly takes to singing.
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