[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) › 4.4.31 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 4.4.31 Bheḷasaṃhitā 4.4.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.4.31) atrāha---kiṃnu\[tu\]garbho\[garvo\] māturudarastho ' śnāti\[māturastho\] na veti | atrocyate nāśnāti | yadi hy aśnīyāt syādasya\[asyā puruṣa\] purīṣamatītakālaṃ, na cedamasti\[cedasi\] | kathaṃ tarhi? nābhyāṃ nāḍī pratiṣṭhitā tasyāmaparā māturhṛdayamāśritā tayā māturannaraso ' bhivahan garbhaṃ prīṇayatyabhivardhayati | tad yathā kulyāḥ kedāramabhisaṃśrayantyo bhāvayanti tadvat || > On this he asked: Does the fetus residing in the mother's womb eat or not? On this it is said: It does not eat. For if it ate, it would have feces whose time has passed, and this is not the case. How then? A vessel is attached to the navel, and another to it is connected to the mother's heart; through it, carrying the mother's food-juice, it nourishes and enlarges the fetus. Just as watercourses flowing toward a field saturate it, even so. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.4.30) - [Next: 4.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.4.32) - [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.4.4.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.4.31) · Pramāṇa