[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) › 2.6 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 2.6 Bheḷasaṃhitā 2.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.2.6.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.6) · Pramāṇa