[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) › 3.6 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 3.6 Bheḷasaṃhitā 3.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.1) ādity agativaiśeṣyādṛtūnāṃ parivartanāt | kṣayaṃ vṛddhiṃ ca gacchanti yathāsvaṃ dhātavo nṛṇām || > Because of the distinction in the sun's movement and the revolution of the seasons, / the dhātus of men undergo decrease and increase respectively. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.2) bhūmibāṣpātpurovātādghanacchāyāprasaṅgataḥ | mahīkaluṣasanduṣṭātpīyamānānnavodakāt || > From the vapor of the earth, east wind, continuous thick cloud-shade, / and from drinking fresh water vitiated by the soil's turbidity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.3) graiṣmikātkṛśabhāvāc ca prāṇedurbalatāṃ gate | varṣāsu dehināmagnirmṛdutvam upagacchati || > and from the emaciation of summer, when vital breath has become weakened, / the digestive fire of embodied beings becomes mild during the rains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.4) tato viṣṭambhajovāyuryasmāddhītaḥ prakupyati | tanna seveta varṣāsu kaṭvamlalavaṇān rasān || > Because the wind arising from constipation, cooled \[thereby\], is provoked, / therefore one should not resort during the rains to pungent, sour, and saline tastes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.5) mudgayūṣeṇa vāśnīyāt purāṇān śāliṣaṣṭikān | athavā yavagodhūmaṃ sṛṣṭavāte hitaṃ smṛtam || > One should eat aged śāli rice and ṣaṣṭika rice with mudga soup, / or barley and wheat, which are considered wholesome when the wind is expelled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.6) paṭolāni ca takraṃ ca jāṅgalāṃś ca rasān laghūn | kaupaṃ divyaṃ jalaṃsiddhaṃbhajedāsthāpanāni ca || > And paṭolas, buttermilk, light meat broths from dry-land animals, / well water, rainwater, prepared \[water\], and non-unctuous enemas one should employ. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.7) asaṃsthitatvād varṣāsu jalamamlaṃ vipacyate | tasmād vivardhate pittaṃ yathāmlaiś ca tathāśanaiḥ || > Due to instability in the rainy season, water undergoes sour digestion; / therefore bile increases, as it also does through sour foods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.8) sūryopatāpātsahasā gatvācaivauṣadhīkṛtam | varṣāsunicayaṃ pittaṃ kopaṃ śaradi gacchati || > Having suddenly reached \[intense heat\] from the scorch of the sun after being acted upon by herbs, / the bile accumulated in the rainy season goes into provocation in autumn. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.9) snānānulepanaṃ tasmācchītaṃ śaradi kārayet | vījayet tālavṛntaiś ca vigāheta sarassu ca || > Therefore in autumn one should employ cool baths and ointments, / fan with palm leaves, and plunge into lakes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.10) lājasaktuṃ pibec cāpi śarkarāmadhuvāribhiḥ | mudgayūṣeṇa cāśnīyāt purāṇān śāliṣāṣṭikān || > And one should drink parched-grain flour with sugar and honey-water, / and eat aged śāli rice and ṣaṣṭika rice with mudga soup, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.11) rasān madhurakāṃś cāpi jāṅgalān sarpiṣā kṛtān | vidārīkṣurasaṃ drākṣāṃ sevetānyac ca tadvidham || > and sweet broths of dry-land animals prepared with ghee; / one should consume vidārī, sugarcane juice, grapes, and other things of that kind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.12) gatapittapravegaś ca śaratkāle ghṛtaṃ pibet | tathāsyāpyāyyate dehaḥ śeṣā doṣāś ca yāntyadhaḥ || > When the surge of bile has subsided, one should drink ghee in autumn; / thus his body is nourished, and the remaining doshas pass downwards. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.13) paścādvātasyarūkṣatvāc chītalatvād ṛtos tathā | hemantena nigacchanti kharatvaṃ dhātavo nṛṇām || > Because of the dryness of the west wind and the coolness of the season, / the dhātus of men undergo roughness in early winter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.14) tasmāt snehaṃ bahuvidhaṃ snānaṃ coṣṇena vāriṇā | bhajetkharatvapāruṣye tathābhyaṅgātpraśāmyati || > Therefore one should resort to various kinds of unctuous substances and bathing with warm water; / roughness and harshness are calmed by massage in this way. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.15) śakunānaudakānmatsyān snehāmlalavaṇānvitān | ānūpāni ca māṃsāni sevetānyac ca tadvidham || > Birds, aquatic \[creatures\], fish, combined with unctuous, sour, and saline substances, / and marshland meats, and others of that kind, one should consume. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.16) kaṭurhi paścimo vāyuḥ śaity aṃ tīvraṃ cavāriṇaḥ | atyarthaṃ rūkṣayed vāyuḥ śarīraṃ rūkṣabhojāt || > For the west wind is pungent, and the coldness of water is intense; / the wind would excessively dry up the body because of dry food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.17) guruprāvaraṇaś ca syādātapāgnī ca saṃśrayet | rūkṣe hi tejasā jantoḥśarīrāddhriyate balam || > One should wear heavy coverings and resort to sunshine and fire; / for when dry, strength is taken away from the creature's body by heat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.18) āpo hiśītamadhurā hemante tu bhavantyatha | tasmāt kaphas tathā tābhiḥ snigdhairannaiś ca cīyate || > The waters indeed become cold and sweet in early winter; / therefore phlegm accumulates on account of them and unctuous foods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.19) śītalatvād ṛtoś cāpi na tāvatparibhidyate | tasmāt tailaguḍopetāṃ vāruṇīṃ śiśire pibet || > Because of the coldness of the season, it does not liquefy for that long; / therefore in late winter one should drink vāruṇī mixed with oil and jaggery, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.20) vividhāni ca māṃsāni bhakṣayec ca prakārataḥ | evaṃ tu nicitaḥ śleṣmā śītatvād iha dehinām || > and one should eat various meats according to their proper manner. / Thus phlegm accumulated here in embodied beings on account of the cold > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.21) dravatāmeti saṃspṛṣṭo vasante sūryatejasā | ravirhi madhyamāṃ kāṣṭhāṃ vasante pratipadyate || > arrives at liquefaction when touched by the sun's heat in spring; / for the sun reaches the middle quarter in spring. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.22) dahyatāmiva śailānāṃ nṛṇāmaṅgeprakupyati | tataḥ śleṣmā dravībhūto hṛdayaṃ vyapalimpati || > As if mountains were burning, \[the heat\] provokes \[phlegm\] in the bodies of men; / then the phlegm, liquefied, smears over the heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6.23) tasmācchardyavipākau ca dṛśyete śiśirātyaye | tasmād vasante śleṣmaghnaṃmadhumārdvīkamīritam || iti bhele ṣaṣṭho ' dhyāyaḥ || iti bhelasaṃhitāyāṃ vimānasthānaṃ samāptam || || śārīrasthāna || dvitīyo ' dhyāyaḥ || Bhṣ4.2.? || māno ' vatiṣṭhate | jātasya daśame māse nāmagotre namaskṛte || Bhṣ4.2.? | taruṇasya kumārasya vardhamāneṣu dhātuṣu | asthimajjasu pūrṇeṣu śukraṃ na pratipadyate || > Therefore vomiting and indigestion are seen at the end of late winter; / for that reason honey and mārdvīka are declared in spring to destroy phlegm. / Thus the sixth chapter in Bheḷa. / Thus ends the Section on Specific Determination in the Compendium of Bheḷa. / Section on the Body. / Second chapter. / \[…\] remains; in the tenth month after birth, when the name and lineage are venerated, / in a young boy, as the dhātus grow, / even when the bones and marrow are full, semen is not yet produced. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.3.6.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.6) · Pramāṇa