[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) › 3.3.12 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 3.3.12 Bheḷasaṃhitā 3.3.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.3.12) madhuro ' mlaḥ kaṭuś caivapaktimārgāstrayaḥ smṛtāḥ | kaṭur bhavati pakvasya pacyamānasya cetarau || > Sweet, sour, and pungent: these are remembered as the three stages of digestion. / Pungent is of the digested \[state\], and the other two are of that which is undergoing digestion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.3.11) - [Next: 3.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.3.13) - [Up: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.3.3.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.3.12) · Pramāṇa