[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) › 4.6.1 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 4.6.1 Bheḷasaṃhitā 4.6.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.6.1) iha khalu bho mātṛjaś cāyaṃ garbhaḥ pitṛjaś cātmajaś ca sātmyajaś ca rasajaś ca | asti ca sattvamaupapādakam\[aupavādakam\] ity ātreyavacanam | neti bharadvājaḥ | amātṛjaś cāyaṃ garbhaḥ apitṛjaś cānātmajaśca-asātmyajaś\[anātmajaś\] cārasajaś ca | nāsti ca sattvamaupapādakam\[aupavādhikam\] iti | yadi hi mātā putraṃ janyet bhūyiṣṭhaṃ hi strī putrakāmā maithunavargamabhis andhāya putraṃ janayet strīkāmā ca striyam || > "Here indeed, sir, this embryo is born from the mother, born from the father, born from the self, born from what is wholesome, and born from chyle; and there is an spontaneously reborn mind-entity": this is the statement of Ātreya. "Not so," said Bharadvāja. "This embryo is not born from a mother, not born from a father, not born from the self, not born from what is wholesome, and not born from chyle; nor is there an spontaneously reborn mind-entity. For if a mother were to produce a son, then mostly a woman desiring a son, intending \[it during\] sexual union, would produce a son, and one desiring a female would produce a female. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.5.25) - [Next: 4.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.6.2) - [Up: 4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.4.6.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.3.4_8) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.6.1) · Pramāṇa