[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) › 4.4.32 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 4.4.32 Bheḷasaṃhitā 4.4.32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.4.32) tatrāha kathaṃ garbho māturudare tiṣṭhatīti | ūrdhvam iti śaunakaḥ | avākchirā iti bharadvājaḥ | nety āha bhagavānpunarvasurātreyaḥ | yady ūrdhvaṃ tiṣṭhet tarhi mātṛghātī syāt | yady avākchirāḥ svaghātī syāt | kathaṃ tarhi? tiryak sarvairayamaṅgapratyaṅgaiḥ pratibhugnaḥ śete ||tasya tadananataraṃ tatprathamaṃ pratipadyate \[sandarbheṇānena pratipipādayiṣito ' rthaḥ na spaṣṭaḥ\] | tasmāt tasya śiraḥ prathamaṃ punarvasurātreyaḥ pratipadyate | tadasya gurutaraṃ bhavatīti | atha khalu vṛkko medo gururiti saṃpravṛddhau parasparamabhivardhayanti || > On this he asked: How does the fetus stay in the mother's belly? Śaunaka said: Upright. Bharadvāja said: Head downwards. The venerable Punarvasu Ātreya said: No. If it stood upright, it would be a slayer of its mother; if it were head downwards, it would be a slayer of itself. How then? Transversely, bent in on itself with all its major and minor limbs, it lies. \[…\] Therefore, Punarvasu Ātreya maintains that its head \[develops\] first, because it is heavier for it. Now indeed, when the kidney and fat are grown heavy, they mutually enlarge one another in their development. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.4.31) - [Next: 4.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.4.33) - [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.4.4.32) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.4.32) · Pramāṇa