[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) › 4.3.17 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 4.3.17 Bheḷasaṃhitā 4.3.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.3.17) ṛtau yadā strīpuruṣau prasannamanasau rahaḥ | upeyātām atha tadā garbho bhavati sāttvikaḥ || > When a man and woman in the fertile period, with serene minds, / unite in private, then the embryo becomes sāttvika. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.3.16) - [Next: 4.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.3.18) - [Up: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.4.3.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.3.17) · Pramāṇa