The Compendium of Bheḷa 5.10
Bheḷasaṃhitā 5.10
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5.10.1
anucchāyāthavā jantordṛḍhacchāyāthavā punaḥ | vicchinnā yasya vā chāyā na sa jīvati tādṛśaḥ ||
Whether a living being has no shadow, or a dense shadow, / or whose shadow is broken, such a one does not live.
5.10.2
yo vidyutamivākāśe vyabhre paśyati mānavaḥ | dhūmāyate śiraśchāyā yasya nāstīti taṃ viduḥ ||
A person who sees what seems like lightning in a cloudless sky, / [or] whose head's shadow smokes, they know him as one who is no more.
5.10.3
lākṣāraktaṃ yathā vastramevaṃ paśyati yo mahīm | athavā raktamākāśaṃ raktapittena hanyate ||
One who sees the earth as cloth dyed red with lac, / or the sky as red, is killed by internal hemorrhage.
5.10.4
yo hṛṣṭaromā puruṣaḥ kāsena śleṣmaṇācitaḥ | kaṇṭhaś ca śūkānugato yasya nāstīti taṃ viduḥ ||
A man whose body-hair is bristling, who is overwhelmed with cough and phlegm, / and whose throat feels pierced by awns, they know him as one who is no more.
5.10.5
yasya śaṅkhāccyutaṃ māṃsaṃ śyāve netre tathaiva ca | cūrṇakaś ca mukhe jātaḥ paretaṃ tasya jīvitam ||
From whose temple the flesh has fallen away, whose eyes are dark grey, / and on whose face a powdery residue has appeared, his life has departed.
5.10.6
yasya hastāccyutaṃ māṃsaṃ jantordṛśyeta kuṣṭhinaḥ | athāviprayuktasya na sa jīvati mānavaḥ ||
From whose hand the flesh is seen to have fallen away in a leprous person, / or in one free [from that disease], such a man does not live.
5.10.7
avipakvaṃ vipakvaṃ vā bhuktaṃ bhuktaṃ yathā bhavet | kāśaśvāsajvaraiḥ spṛṣṭo nāsti tasya cikitsitam ||
Whatever he eats, whether undigested or digested, / if he is afflicted with cough, dyspnea, and fever, there is no treatment for him.
5.10.8
hṛdayaṃpūrvamāvāti yasya snātasya dehinaḥ | ardhamāsātparaṃ tasya jīvitaṃ nātivartate ||
Whose heart dries first when the embodied being has bathed, / his life does not endure beyond half a month.
5.10.9
ūrdhvaśvāsahato yas tu raktaṃ pracchardayen naraḥ | śūlaṃ vā bhinnakoṣṭhasya na sa jīvati mānavaḥ ||
A man struck by upward dyspnea who vomits blood, / or has colic with a ruptured abdomen, such a man does not live.
5.10.10
antardāho ' dhiko yasya śītārtiś cāpi bāhyataḥ | ākāśaṃ paripūrṇaṃ vā vetti yo na sa jīvati ||
Whose internal burning is intense and who also suffers from cold externally, / or who perceives the sky as completely filled, he does not live.
5.10.11
yasya pakvāvubhāvoṣṭhau nīlaujambūphalopamau | ucchūnaṃ yasya ca śiraḥ paretaṃ tasya jīvitam ||
Whose lips are both suppurated, dark blue like jambu fruit, / and whose head is swollen, his life has departed.
5.10.12
yasyocchūnaṃ bhavenmadhyamubhāvaṃsau kṛśau tathā | viriktaḥ punarādhmāti yathā pretas tathaiva saḥ ||
Whose torso becomes swollen while both shoulders are emaciated, / and having been purged, swells again with gas, he is just like a dead man.
5.10.13
etadindriyavijñānaṃ yassamyaganupaśyati | sajīvitaṃ ca mṛtyuṃ ca nṛṇāṃ vidyādbhiṣagvaraḥ || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele indriye daśamo ' dhyāyaḥ || || ekadaśo ' dhyāyaḥ || athātaḥ puṣpīyaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ |
The excellent physician who correctly perceives this sensory knowledge / will know both the life and death of men.
Thus said the venerable Ātreya.
Thus ends the tenth chapter in the Section on Sensory Prognostics in the work of Bheḷa.
Chapter Eleven.
Now we shall explain [the chapter] on the flowering [of death]; thus said the venerable Ātreya.
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- Carakasaṃhitā — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit