[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) › 3.4 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 3.4 Bheḷasaṃhitā 3.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.1) pramṛśya dṛṣṭvāpṛṣṭvā ca parīkṣetāturaṃ bhiṣak | pūrvaṃ tu rogavijñānaṃ tataḥ paś cāccikitsitam || > Having reflected, having inspected, and having questioned, the physician should examine the patient; / first comes the diagnosis of the disease, and after that the treatment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.2) rūpaṃ chāyām upacayaṃ prāgvyādhervyādhitasya ca | dṛṣṭvā bhiṣak parīkṣeta prākṛtaṃ vaikṛtaṃ tathā || > Having looked at the form, complexion, and build before disease and when diseased, / the physician should examine both what is natural and what is morbid. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.3) jvarasya sāmyaṃ vaiṣamyaṃ gātraṃ vā ślakṣṇakarkaśam | dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭvāvagaccheddhi śaity amauṣṇyaṃ ca pāṇinā || > The regularity or irregularity of fever, or whether the body is smooth or rough— / having seen and touched, he should indeed ascertain coldness and heat with his hand; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.4) mātāpitṛsamācāraṃ sātmyaṃgarbheṇa dauhṛdam | vyādhikālaparīṇāmaṃ śakṛnmūtravivarṇatām || > the customary conduct of the parents, what is wholesome, the pregnancy cravings of the mother, / the time and transformation of the disease, discoloration of feces and urine, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.5) pūrvarūpasamutthānaṃ śarīrāgnivayobalam | prakṛtiṃ janmadeśaṃ ca bhojanaṃ ca yathocitam || > the onset of premonitory symptoms, the body, digestive fire, age, and strength, / the constitution, the place of birth, and customary diet, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.6) vyāyāmaniṣṭhāsātmyaṃ ca mātrāmātre ca bhojane | praśnoktānivijānīyādyadanyadapi tadvidham || > practice of physical exercise, wholesomeness, and proper and improper quantity in eating— / these and whatever else is of that kind he should learn through questions spoken. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.7) kecidicchanti munayo doṣamekamihādhikam | vikārasyāviśiṣṭatvād aniṣṭaṃ kāraṇaṃ ca tat || > Some sages here wish for one predominant doṣa; / because the disorder is not distinct, and that cause is undesirable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.8) rūkṣāsaho naro yas tu sa vātaprakṛtiḥ smṛtaḥ | pettiko ' mbusahaś cāpi madhurāmlāsahaḥ kaphāt || > The man who cannot tolerate dryness is remembered as wind-constitution; / one of bile \[constitution\] tolerates water; and from phlegm one cannot tolerate sweet and sour. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.9) svabhāvaprabhavo hyeṣa sahotpanno guṇāgamaḥ | prakṛtiṃ vai vijānīyāt tasya vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇam || > For this acquisition of qualities arises from nature and is produced simultaneously \[at birth\]; / one should know it indeed as constitution; I shall describe its characteristics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.10) avyaktaṃ ca mahāṃś caiva mahābhūtāni pañca ca | parāḥ prakṛtayassapta svabhāvaḥ kāla eva ca || > The unmanifest, the great \[intellect\], and the five great elements: / the supreme original principles are seven, along with inherent nature and time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.11) tebhyo bhavanti bhūtāni tānyeva pratiyānti ca | indriyāṇīndriyārthāś ca buddhayaḥ pañca tās tathā || > From them beings arise, and to them alone they return; / the sense faculties, the objects of the senses, and the five intellects likewise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.12) ṛtukāle yadā nārī rūkṣāṇyannāni sevate | udāvarte tathāpīha karma cātiniṣevate || > When at the fertile period a woman resorts to dry foods, / and likewise here, when upward movement of wind \[occurs\], she engages excessively in activity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.13) tadaivaṃ vātasanduṣṭaṃ raktaṃ garbhāśayasthitam | tadvidhenaiva śuklena yadā yogam upaiti vai || > then the blood situated in the womb, thus vitiated by wind, / when it enters into union with semen of the same kind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.14) tadā vātapraduṣṭena śuklena rudhireṇa ca | vātaprakṛtitāmetigarbhaḥ prāgātmanaḥ sa vai || > then, by the semen and blood vitiated by wind, / the embryo arrives at a wind-constitution from its prior embodied state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.15) evam evartukāle vai bhajantyāḥ kaphapaittikam | ślaiṣmikī paittikī cāpi prakṛtirjāyate tataḥ || > In the very same way, for a woman resorting at the fertile period to \[foods\] of phlegm or bile, / a phlegmatic or biliary constitution is born therefrom. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.16) hrasvaḥ śīghraḥ kṛśaś cāṇuḥpralāpī paruṣapriyaḥ | stabdhāṅgo viṣamaśliṣṭo gaṇarūpe gaṇe dhṛtiḥ || > Short, swift, lean, small, talkative, fond of harsh things, / stiff-limbed, disjointed, having constancy \[only\] in a group among group members, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.17) sahaḥ kleśasya visrambhī rūkṣatvaganavasthitaḥ | kharamūrdhajaromāṅgaḥ kṣipragrāhī tathā smṛtaḥ || > enduring of hardship, trusting, dry-skinned, unsteady, / having rough head-hair and body-hair, grasping quickly—thus is he remembered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.18) svapneṣu coṣṭreṇāyāti viyaty api tu gacchati | yasyopaśete susnigdhaṃ sa vātaprakṛtirnaraḥ || > And in dreams he comes on a camel or travels in the sky; / he for whom very unctuous \[substances\] are wholesome—that man is of wind-constitution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.19) śithilāṅgo ' garugandhaścaṇḍaḥ śīghro mahāśanaḥ | valīpalitakhālity aśīghrapākī tathākṣamaḥ || > Loose-limbed, smelling of agallochum, fierce, swift, a big eater, / with wrinkles, premature graying, and baldness, quick in digestion, impatient, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.20) vṛttākṣaḥ krodhanoyaś ca durbalo durbalendriyaḥ | nāmlāśaḥśītaśītāśīduṣprajāḥ śītalapriyaḥ || > round-eyed, irascible, weak, with weak sense organs, / not eating sours, eating cold things when cold, having few offspring, fond of cool things, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.21) ativarṇo ' timedhāvī svapne pāvakadṛk tathā | śīghramāvāti yaḥ snātaḥ paittikaprakṛtirnaraḥ || > with excessive complexion, highly intelligent, seeing fire in dreams, / drying quickly when bathed—\[such\] a man is of biliary constitution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.22) susnigdhaḥ ślakṣṇabaddhāṅgaḥ subhagaḥ priyadarśanaḥ | dṛḍhasmṛtiściragrāhī dṛḍhabhaktiparāyaṇaḥ || > Very unctuous, smooth- and compact-limbed, fortunate, pleasant to look upon, / of firm memory, slow to comprehend, devoted to steadfast loyalty, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.23) priyamāṃsoṣṇakaṭukaḥ priyayoṣidbahupradaḥ | kṣamāvān balavān dhanyaḥ śītāluraśanapriyaḥ || > fond of meat, warm, and pungent things, fond of women, generous, / forgiving, strong, fortunate, sensitive to cold, fond of eating, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.24) cirād dṛḍhavyādhiratho mitavāgalpabhuk smṛtaḥ | dīrghadarśī mahotsāho dhīraḥ kleśasahas tathā || > slow to develop severe disease, of measured speech, eating little, / far-sighted, very energetic, resolute, and enduring hardship, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.25) romadantanakhaiḥ keśairbahulairyassubandhanaiḥ | cirādāvāti ca snātaḥ svapne paśyati codakam || > with abundant and firmly rooted body-hair, teeth, nails, and head-hair, / drying slowly when bathed, and seeing water in dreams, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.26) yas tu rūkṣaṃ tu sahate sa śleṣmaprakṛtirnaraḥ | saṃsṛṣṭaprakṛtiṃ vidyāt saṃsṛṣṭaiś cāpi lakṣaṇaiḥ || > and who tolerates dryness—that man is of phlegm-constitution. / One should recognize a combined constitution also by the combined signs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4.27) nivṛttā prakṛtirdhanyā dvandvā bhavati madhyamā | sannipātātmikā yā tu jaghanyā sā prakīrtitā || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele caturtho ' dhyāyaḥ || || pañcamo ' dhyāyaḥ || athāto vyādhitarūpīyaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | > A single \[dosha-balanced\] constitution is fortunate; a dual one is middling; / but that which consists of all three doshas is said to be the lowest. Thus said the venerable Ātreya. / Thus the fourth chapter in Bheḷa. / Fifth chapter. Now we shall explain the chapter on the appearance of the diseased, 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.3.4.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.4) · Pramāṇa