[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) › 4.8.4 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 4.8.4 Bheḷasaṃhitā 4.8.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.8.4) sācedevam\[iti hā\]āśāsīta\[āsita\] śyāmaṃ lohitākṣaṃ putraṃjanayeyam\[jana yetre yāvat dvitīye māsapuṣpaṃ paśyet yamiti\] itieṣāmeva\[eṣāma\] yavānāṃmanthaṃ\[mandaṃ\] kārayet lohitakukkuṭaraktena saptarātraṃ raktaśālīnāmodanamanupahataṃ bhuñjīta | dauhṛde sā tāmreṇa ca vāsasā paridadhyāt | tāmre cāsyāḥ śayanāsane dadyādraktavṛṣamaśvaṃ\[-vṛṣamadaṃ\] vāsyā darśayet | evaṃ śyāmaṃ lohitākṣaṃ putraṃ janayati || > If she should desire, "May I give birth to a dark son with reddish eyes," one should prepare a drink of that very same barley; for seven nights she should consume uncorrupted cooked red śāli rice with the blood of a red rooster. / During her pregnancy cravings, she should dress in copper-colored garments; / one should give her a copper-colored bed and seat; / and one should show her a red bull or horse. / In this way, she gives birth to a dark son with reddish eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.8.3) - [Next: 4.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.8.5) - [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.4.8.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.8.4) · Pramāṇa