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[5.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.5.1.0) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.5.1) · Pramāṇa