[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) › 4.7.7 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 4.7.7 Bheḷasaṃhitā 4.7.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7.7) athātra praśno bhavati--- katamayaṃjīvo\[devo\] dehāddehāntaram upakramata iti? atrovāca bhagavān ātreyaḥ | jalūkāyā ivāsya kecidgatiṃ bruvate | tanna yuktam | iha vyaktyantāmūrtaṃ yugapatsyādevāpare ' pyevamicchanti | sarvathāpi mumukṣorasyāyamantarātmā param upakramata iti sarvathāpyasmin parity akte paricaye tāvadasaṃprāptaṃ tarā syāt | avasthānatvāccettadiṣṭaṃ karmaṇopyevaṃ bhavati vaiyyarthyam api tu khalu pratiśrutyāpahitaḥ paratra gamanaṃ tasya vidyāt | athavā yathādity asya hṛdaye bhūmau raśmayaḥ pratitiṣṭhante | vilambitāvevamatasya tatra gamanamanupaścediti | | > Now, here a question arises: "By which way does this soul pass from one body to another?" / On this, the venerable Ātreya said: "Some say its movement is like that of a leech. That is not correct. / Others wish to hold that here a formless \[entity\] appears simultaneously up to the full manifestation \[of the body\]. / In any case, this inner self of one who desires liberation moves on to the beyond. Thus, when this familiar \[body\] is completely abandoned, it would not immediately attain another. / If it is accepted because of remaining in a state, then action also becomes futile in this way. Rather, one should understand its departure to another world as being attentive to the reflection, / or just as the rays of the sun stand in the heart on the earth. Suspended thus, one should observe its departure there." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7.6) - [Next: 4.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7.8) - [Up: 4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.4.7.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7.7) · Pramāṇa