The Compendium of Bheḷa 5.1: prathamo'dhyāyaḥ
Bheḷasaṃhitā 5.1
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prathamo'dhyāyaḥ
5.1.0
|----------------dve vā jāta eva vinaśyati |
[…] or two, dies as soon as it is born.
5.1.1
hrasvaikapakṣo vitato yas tu garbhas tu susvaraḥ | māsamekaṃ tu jīvitvā vināśāyopapadyate ||
The newborn who has one short flank, is broad, but has a good voice, / having lived for one month, meets with death.
5.1.2
piṇḍīśirā dīrghahanuranalpe saṃhate bhruvau | dvitīye māsi saṃprāpte mriyate garbha īdṛśaḥ ||
One with a rounded head, a long jaw, and large, joined eyebrows— / when the second month arrives, such a child dies.
5.1.3
jātamātrasya garbhasya vyañjanaṃ yatra dṛśyate | tṛtīye māsi saṃprāpte mriyate garbha īdṛśaḥ ||
A newborn on whom secondary sexual characteristics are seen as soon as he is born— / when the third month arrives, such a child dies.
5.1.4
trikekaro ghaṭaśirā yas tu garbhas tu susvaraḥ | caturthe māsi saṃprāpte vināśam upagacchati ||
One who has three squints, a pot-shaped head, but a good voice— / when the fourth month arrives, meets with destruction.
5.1.5
yasya ṣoḍaśavarśasya vyañjanaṃ tūpajāyate | śīghraṃ ca pañcadhātutvād alpāyuriha dṛśyate ||
He whose secondary sexual characteristics appear at sixteen years, / is seen here to be short-lived because the five elements [mature] quickly.
5.1.6
yasya viṃśativarṣasya vyañjanaṃ tūpajāyate | sa dīrghamāyurāpnoti puruṣo nātra saṃśayaḥ ||
He whose secondary sexual characteristics appear at twenty years / attains a long lifespan, of this there is no doubt.
5.1.7
śarīrāpacayo ' buddhirapathyāni balaṃ tathā | bālasya yasya dṛśyante taṃ gatāyuṣamādiśet ||
Wasting of the body, lack of intelligence, [fondness for] unwholesome things, and likewise [diminished] strength— / the child in whom these are seen should be designated as one whose lifespan has run out.
5.1.8
yasya jātasya jāyete gulmakāstunakau tathā | aṣṭāviṃśe gate varṣe sarvaṃ taṃ hanti mānavam ||
The child born on whom both gulma and astunaka arise— / when the twenty-eighth year has passed, it kills that whole man.
5.1.9
pṛṣṭhe corasicāvartassavyatho yas tu dṛśyate | catvāriṃśe gate varṣe maraṇāyopakalpate ||
A hair-whorl on the back and on the chest that is seen accompanied by pain— / when the fortieth year has passed, brings about death.
5.1.10
āvarto yaś ca pṛṣṭhe tusannatastriṣu dṛśyate | phalamasya tu vijñeyaṃ sthāpanaṃ na prasūyate ||
A hair-whorl on the back that is bent and seen in three places— / its result is to be known: he does not produce stable progeny.
5.1.11
sthūlāsthūlāṅgulī pāṇī nakhāyasyāpi lohitāḥ | kalyāṇadeśapratyaṅgaḥ pañcāśadvarṣa eva ca ||
One whose hands have thick and not-thick fingers and whose nails are red, / having auspicious body regions and minor body parts, [lives] just fifty years.
5.1.12
vyūṭhorasko dīrghabhujaḥ sthūlajānuś ca yo bhavet | dīrghāṅgulirdīrghanakhaḥ ṣaṣṭi varṣāṇi jīvati ||
He who has a broad chest, long arms, and thick knees, / long fingers, and long nails, lives sixty years.
5.1.13
utpīḍitasvaraṃ vāpi tuṅganāsakaconmukham | ūrukaṃ bhadrasampannaṃvidyāt saptatikaṃ naraḥ ||
One should know that a man with an elevated voice, an upturned face with a prominent nose, / and auspicious thighs, will live to seventy.
5.1.14
bhadraṃpuraś ca paś cāc ca ṛjukaṃ priyavādinam | aśītikaṃ naraṃ vidyāt kṛṣṇātreyavaco yathā ||
One should know a man who is well-formed in front and behind, upright, and speaks kindly / to be an octogenarian, according to the words of Kṛṣṇātreya.
5.1.15
lalāṭaṃ nāsikā karṇau yasyaitāni pṛthak pṛthak | ṣaḍaṅgulapramāṇāni sa jīvati śataṃ samāḥ ||
He whose forehead, nose, and ears each individually / measure six aṅgulas, lives for a hundred years.
5.1.16
yasyākuñcitam eva syājjānubhyāṃ samitaṃ śiraḥ | ūrdhvajānugatau karṇaupautraṃpaśyatyayaṃ naraḥ ||
He whose head is unbent and level with his knees, / and whose ears reach above the knees, this man sees a grandson.
5.1.17
mahāntau vipulau karṇau bhavetāṃ romaśau tathā | snigdhau bahulakeśaś ca sa ceha śatamṛcchati ||
He who has large, wide ears that are hairy / and unctuous, and thick hair, he too reaches a hundred here.
5.1.18
dharmeṇa satyavākyena guruśuśrūṣaṇena ca | rasāyanopayogāc ca sa dīrghamanujīvati || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele indriye prathamo ' dhyāyaḥ || || dvitīyo ' dhyāyaḥ ||
Through righteousness, truthful speech, service to his teacher, / and the use of rejuvenatives, he lives a long life. / So said the venerable Ātreya. / Thus ends the first chapter in the Section on Sensory Prognostics in Bheḷa. / Second Chapter.
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