[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) › 4.8.2 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 4.8.2 Bheḷasaṃhitā 4.8.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.8.2) ṛtau ca garbho ' vatiṣṭhate | tad yathā---sukṛṣṭakṣetre bījaṃ prakṣiptaṃ tatra vrīhiḥ vrīhitvāya kalpate, yavo yavatvāyaevam eva\[priya\] indriyamṛtukāle visṛṣṭamaduṣṭāyāṃ\[-māmaṭṭa\] yonau garbhāśayam upagacchati | tad yathā\[tad yathāya\]---āvartagṛhītāḥ pratīpaṃ pratidhāvanti tadvat śuklaśoṇitaṃgarbhāśaye\[garbhāśaya astikaṃ\] āsiktaṃ kṣīramiva | taccānekakanakamiva\[taṃ cānekanakamivo\]-udumbareṇa niṣiktamekatvamāpannamṛddhiṃ labhate || > And the embryo is established during the fertile period. Just as seed cast into a well-plowed field results in vrīhi rice becoming vrīhi rice and barley becoming barley, even so, semen emitted at the fertile period into an unvitiated yoni reaches the womb. / Just as those caught in a whirlpool rush counter to the current, so the semen and blood poured into the womb are like milk; / and just as diverse gold poured together with an udumbara \[crucible\] becomes one, it attains development. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.8.1) - [Next: 4.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.8.3) - [Up: 4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.4.8.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Adbhutasāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.adbhuta.adbhutasagara.1.87) — Ballālasena & Lakṣmaṇasena, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.8.2) · Pramāṇa