[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) › 4.4.2 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 4.4.2 Bheḷasaṃhitā 4.4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.4.2) athātra praśno bhavati | ko ' tra khalvasyāhāraṃ pacati vātaḥ pittaṃ śleṣmānupānaṃ veti | netyāha bhagavān punarvasurātreyaḥ | yadyete pākahetavaḥ syustarhi na kaścidiha durbalāgniḥ syādvātādīnāṃ sannihitatvāt , sānupānatvāc ca | athāsyoṣmā tejaś ca śarīrasthamāhāraṃ pacataḥ | te kāyāgnir iti\[-agne\] vidyāt || > "Now, on this point a question arises: what indeed digests his food here—wind, bile, phlegm, or an after-drink?" "No," said the venerable Punarvasu Ātreya. "If these were the causes of digestion, then no one here would have weak fire, because wind and the others are present, and because of \[the presence of\] an after-drink. Rather, his bodily warmth and fiery energy digest the food dwelling in the body. One should know them as the body-fire." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.4.1) - [Next: 4.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.4.3) - [Up: 4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.4.4.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.4.2) · Pramāṇa