[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) › 4.8.3 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 4.8.3 Bheḷasaṃhitā 4.8.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.8.3) sā cedevamākāṅkṣetaudvāhike\[evayā kāṃkṣā-\] śivāvadātaputraṃjanayeyam\[janayanti\] iti, yavānāṃ manthaṃ\[mandaṃ\] sarpissamyuktaṃ saptarātramanupahataṃ bhuñjīta | tatodauhṛdinī\[dauhṛtdvi\] śvetāyā goḥ sarūpavatsāyāḥ payasi pāyasaṃ pācayitvātadevāśnīyāt \[-atmīyāt\] | śukle ca vāsasīparidadhyāt \[parirabhyāt\] | sarvaśvetaṃ cāsyāḥ saṃskṛtaṃ vimānaṃ kārayet | vṛṣabhamaśvaṃ\[vṛṣabhagaga\] vāsyā darśayet | evamavadātaṃ putraṃ janayet | netyāha śaunakaḥ | paiṅgalyaṃ vā tato ' pyatreti | ātreya uvāca kiṃ syādāvādhakam, piṅgalāvayavayā āyuṣmanto nīrogāś ca bhavantīti || > If at the time of marriage she should desire, "May I give birth to an auspicious, fair-complexioned son," she should consume an uncorrupted drink of roasted barley flour mixed with ghee for seven nights. / Then, experiencing pregnancy cravings, she should cook milk-rice in the milk of a white cow with a calf of identical color, and eat only that. / She should wear white garments; / one should have an adorned pavilion made for her entirely in white; / and one should show her a white bull or horse. / Thus she will give birth to a fair-complexioned son. / "No," said Śaunaka, "for yellowish-brownness may result from that." / Ātreya said: "What obstacle could there be? Those with yellowish-brown limbs are long-lived and free from disease." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.8.2) - [Next: 4.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.8.4) - [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.4.8.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.8.3) · Pramāṇa