[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) › 3.1 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 3.1 Bheḷasaṃhitā 3.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.1) śarīraṃ dhārayantīha ṣaḍrasāḥsamamāhṛtāḥ | ato ' nyathā vikārāṃs tu janayanti śarīriṇām || > Taken in equal measure, the six tastes sustain the body here; / taken otherwise, however, they produce disorders in embodied beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.2) rūkṣo laghuḥsthiraśśītaḥ kaṣāyastikta eva ca | tīkṣṇoṣṇāvamlalavaṇaukaṭurvāpivikāśyatha || > Dry, light, stable, and cold are the astringent and the bitter \[tastes\]; / sharp and hot are the sour and the salty; the pungent is also penetrating. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.3) śītaḥ snigdho gururbalyaḥ picchilo madhuro rasaḥ | kaṣāyatiktakaṭukaḥ śīto rūkṣo ' nilaḥ smṛtaḥ || > Cold, unctuous, heavy, strengthening, and slimy is the sweet taste; / wind is recorded as astringent, bitter, pungent, cold, and dry. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.4) rūkṣoṣṇamamlaṃ pittantu kaṭukaṃ ca pracakṣate | śleṣmā tu madhuraḥ snigdhaḥ śīto mandaḥ sthiro guruḥ || > They declare bile to be dry, hot, sour, and pungent; / phlegm, however, is sweet, unctuous, cold, dull, stable, and heavy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.5) ity etān rasadoṣāṇāṃ sahotpannān guṇānviduḥ | tatra vāyuguṇaistulyān kaṣāyakaṭutiktakān || > These they know as qualities co-born with tastes and doṣas; / among them, \[they know\] the astringent, pungent, and bitter as equal to the qualities of wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.6) kaṭvamlalavaṇaistulyāṃs tathā pittaguṇānviduḥ | madhuraṃ lavaṇāmlau ca vidyāt kaphasamān rasān || > Likewise, they know \[tastes\] equal to the qualities of bile through the pungent, sour, and salty; / one should know the sweet, salty, and sour as tastes equal to phlegm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.7) tasmād abhyasyamānais taiḥ śleṣmā dehe pravardhate | atraikatra kṛtorāśirdvirmahatvamiharcchati || > Therefore, by repeatedly using these, phlegm increases in the body; / a heap placed together here attains twofold greatness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.8) guṇasāmyādvivardhante yathāsvaṃ dhātavo nṛṇām | rasais tadviparītaiś ca yāntyete kṣayamāhṛtaiḥ || > Through similarity of qualities, the bodily constituents of men increase respectively; / and through tastes opposite to them when ingested, these undergo diminution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.9) yathodakaṃ samāsādya śāntiṃ gacchati pāvakaḥ | kaṣāyatiktakaṭukai rūkṣo rūkṣairvivardhate || > Just as fire reaches appeasement upon encountering water, / \[so wind,\] dry through astringent, bitter, and pungent \[tastes\], increases with dry things; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.10) mārutaḥ snigdhabhāvaiś ca tato ' nyair upaśāmyati | kaṭvamlalavaṇaiḥ pittamuṣṇamuṣṇairvivardhate || > wind is appeased by unctuous substances, and by others different from that; / hot bile increases with pungent, sour, and salty \[tastes\], \[which are\] hot; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.11) śītaiśśāmyati śeṣais tu guṇānāṃhi viśeṣataḥ | snigdhaḥ snigdhaiḥ kaphaś cāpi vardhate madhurādibhiḥ || > it is appeased by cold things, and especially by the remainder of the qualities; / and unctuous phlegm also increases with unctuous things, through the sweet and others; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.12) rasaiḥ śāmyati rūkṣaiś ca kaṣāyakaṭutiktakaiḥ | ekaikamekasāmānyādvardhayanti trayastrayaḥ || > it is appeased by dry tastes: by the astringent, pungent, and bitter; / three by three increase each single one through single commonality, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.13) ghnanti cānyaguṇatvena rasā doṣaṃ śarīriṇām | na vāyussaha tailena snehauṣṇyādvyapalīyate || > and through difference of qualities, tastes destroy a doṣa in embodied beings. / Wind does not persist together with oil, because of \[its\] unctuousness and heat; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.14) śītatvānmadhuratvāc ca na pittaṃ saha sarpiṣā | raukṣyāt kaṣāyabhāvāc casnigdho madhura eva ca || > nor bile together with clarified butter, because of \[its\] coldness and sweetness; / nor unctuous and sweet phlegm together with honey, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.15) na śleṣmā madhunā sārdhaṃ dehe paryavatiṣṭhate | ānūpamāṃsajā vāpi vasā majjāna eva ca || > because of \[honey's\] dryness and astringent character, remains stationary in the body; / and muscle fat and bone marrow arising from marshland animals > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.16) tailavanmārutaṃghnanti snehauṣṇyagurubhāvataḥ | śākādaviṣkirāṇāṃ ca rasā majjāna eva ca || > destroy wind like oil, because of their unctuous, hot, and heavy nature; / and the meat juices and marrow of herbivorous and scratching birds > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.17) ghṛtavad ghnanti te pittaṃśītamādhuryabhāvataḥ | kaṣāyatiktakaṭukaṃ yac ca kiñcidihauṣadham || > destroy bile like clarified butter, because of their cold and sweet nature; / and whatever medicine here is astringent, bitter, and pungent > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.18) madhuraṃ tatkaphaṃ hantiguṇānyatvena dehinām | athanātyupayuñjīta pippalīṃ kṣāram eva ca || > that is sweet, destroys phlegm in embodied beings through difference in qualities. / Now, one should not excessively consume long pepper or alkali, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.19) lavaṇaṃ caiva,bahvetad bhuktaṃ doṣāya kalpate | śleṣmāṇaṃ cyāvayitvā tu notsahetāpakarṣitum || > and salt; when eaten in large quantities, these lead to morbid disturbance. / Having displaced phlegm, however, \[long pepper\] does not manage to draw it out; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.20) pippalī pākamadhurā tasmāt tāṃ nātibhakṣayet | atyāhṛtā paceddehaṃ tīkṣṇoṣṇakaṭubhāvataḥ || > long pepper is sweet in post-digestive effect, therefore one should not eat too much of it. / If taken in excess, it cooks the body because of its sharp, hot, and pungent nature. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.21) kṣāraṃ ca lavaṇaṃ caiva bhoktuṃneheta kevalam | mātrāvaduṣṇaṃ snigdhaṃ ca sātmyaṃ svādu ca bhojanam || > And one should not desire to eat alkali and salt alone. / In proper measure, warm, unctuous, wholesome, and sweet food, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.22) avidāhi ca yat pāke jīrṇe tadupayojayet | balavarṇakaraṃ snigdhamuṣṇaṃ śleṣmānilāpaham || > and whatever does not cause burning upon digestion—that one should consume when \[the previous meal\] is digested. / Unctuous \[food\] produces strength and complexion; warm \[food\] removes phlegm and wind; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.23) vidahyate na mātrā ca sātmyatāṃ ca karotyatha | svādu puṣṭikaraṃ jantoravidāhi prasādanam || > and a proper measure does not cause burning and brings about wholesomeness. / Sweet \[food\] produces nourishment in a creature; non-burning \[food\] is soothing; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.24) nṛṇāmāyuṣkaraṃ caiva jīrṇe bhojanamiṣyate | na jalpanna hasaṃś cāpi na drutaṃ na vilambitam || > and food taken when \[the previous meal\] is digested is desirable, conferring long life upon men. / Neither talking nor laughing, neither hastily nor lingeringly, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.25) bhuñjītābhyādṛtaḥ snigdhaṃ dehe nirvartate rasaḥ | yathehavodyato vahniḥ pravarteta sudāruṇi || > one should eat, focused upon it, unctuous \[food\]; \[thus\] the nutrient fluid is produced in the body. / Just as in this world a kindled fire flares up upon dry wood, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.26) pacyamāne tathā bhukte rasādirupacīyate | jīvayanti paraṃ varṣā hemantaḥ pāyayaty api || > so, when what is eaten is digested, the nutrient fluid and other \[tissues\] accumulate. / The rains sustain life exceedingly, and winter provides nourishment; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.27) grīṣmaḥ pacati cāpy enaṃ pariṇāma ivāparaḥ | bhṛśamauṣṇyāt kaṭurgrīṣmaḥ sarvadhātuviśoṣaṇaḥ || > and summer cooks this, as if another transformative power. / Because of intense heat, pungent summer dries up all the bodily tissues; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.28) dhairyasthairyakaraṃ śītaṃ, varṣāmadyaba.... | |....... || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ || |tṛtīyo ' dhyāyaḥ || > cold produces firmness and steadfastness; \[...\] the rains \[...\] / \[...\] Thus said the venerable Ātreya. / The third chapter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.3.1.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1) · Pramāṇa