The Compendium of Bheḷa 5.6
Bheḷasaṃhitā 5.6
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5.6.1
antarlohitakāyas tu bahiḥ pāṇḍuḥ prakāśate | pūrvarūpaṃ tadācaṣṭe mānavasya mumūrṣataḥ ||
When a man's body appears red on the inside but pale on the outside, / that indicates the premonitory symptom of one about to die.
5.6.2
bahirlohitakāyas tu pāṇḍurantaḥ prakāśate | pūrvarūpamanuprāptaḥ sa mṛtyor ucyate naraḥ ||
When a man's body appears red on the outside but pale on the inside, / that man is said to have reached the premonitory symptom of death.
5.6.3
antarglāno bahiḥ pīno bahirādhmāta eva ca | yaś cātyantasamādhmātaḥ sarve ' pyete parāsukāḥ ||
One who is languid inside and swollen outside, one who is distended on the outside, / and one who is extremely distended—all these are dead.
5.6.4
abhīkṣṇaṃ jvaryate yas tu nivātamabhinandati | anuṣaktapratiśyāyaḥ kṣipraṃ śvāsena hanyate ||
He who suffers from continuous fever and welcomes a draft-free place, / with chronic catarrh, is quickly killed by dyspnea.
5.6.5
ninādī vā pralāpī vā hasatyatyartham eva ca | unmādena kṛśo jantuḥ pañcatvam upagacchati ||
One who makes strange sounds or babbles or laughs excessively, / emaciated by insanity, meets with death.
5.6.6
ghanaṃ saśūlaṃ yo veda sadāhaṃ hṛdayaṃ naraḥ | hṛdrogeṇa kṛśo janturvināśam upagacchati ||
A man who feels a heavy, painful, / and burning heart, emaciated by heart disease, meets with destruction.
5.6.7
prasvidyate cakaṇḍūmān yo viruddhaṃ ca sevate | avirecanaśīlaś ca kuṣṭhenasa vinaśyati ||
One who sweats profusely and has itching, who indulges in incompatible food, / and who does not undergo purgation, perishes from kuṣṭha.
5.6.8
sukumāraś ca yo jantuḥ snehaṃ māṃsaṃ ca sevate | divā svapiti cābhīkṣṇaṃ sa pramehī vinaśyati ||
A delicate creature who indulges in unctuous substances and meat / and sleeps frequently during the day perishes from urinary disease.
5.6.9
pariśūnaś ca yo jantuḥ svede ca paruṣacchaviḥ | bhinnaṃ yaścopaviśati so ' tisāreṇa hanyate ||
A creature who is swollen all over, has rough skin during sweating, / and passes loose stools is killed by diarrhea.
5.6.10
yasyāgniś ca balaṃ caiva nālpaṃ bhavati dehinaḥ | kṣīṇalohitamāṃsasya yathā pretas tathaiva saḥ ||
An embodied being whose digestive fire and strength are not low, / yet whose blood and flesh are depleted, is just like a corpse.
5.6.11
sadyo raktaṃ śiro yasya pītakaṃ vā pradṛśyate | kapilaṃ pluṣṭakeśaṃ vā yathā pretas tathaiva saḥ ||
He whose head suddenly appears red or yellowish, / or tawny with singed hair, is just like a corpse.
5.6.12
yasya netrelalāṭaṃ ca mukhaṃnāsāṃ bhruvau tathā | jihmāni kurute vāyuryathā pretas tathaiva saḥ ||
He whose eyes, forehead, mouth, nose, and brows / the wind makes crooked, is just like a corpse.
5.6.13
śyāvā kaṇṭakinī jihvā yasya śuṣkā pradṛśyate | śyāve netre nakhāś cāpi yathā pretas tathaiva saḥ ||
He whose tongue appears dusky, thorny, and dry, / and whose eyes and nails are dusky, is just like a corpse.
5.6.14
yasya nirbhidyate kaṇṭhaḥ tāmyatyuccaiśśarīriṇaḥ | bahirāyāmabhājastaṃ pratyācakṣīta paṇḍitaḥ ||
An embodied being whose throat is ripped open and who swoons deeply— / the wise physician should reject him when he suffers from opisthotonos.
5.6.15
yasyor dhvakāye balavān navo rogas tuduṣkriyaḥ | pūrvarūpaṃ tathā vācyaṃ mānavasya mariṣyataḥ ||
In a man who is about to die, when a powerful, fresh disease difficult to treat arises in the upper body, / such a premonitory symptom should be declared.
5.6.16
yasya cucchundarīgandhaḥ puruṣasya bhavatyatha | sauvarṇānapi vṛkṣāṃś ca yo veda sa vinaśyati ||
Moreover, the man who has the smell of a musk-shrew, / and who perceives trees as golden—he perishes.
5.6.17
ity ebhir īdṛśaiś cānyairvikārairvarṇitaṃ naraḥ | nopakrameta medhāvī ya icchedātmanaḥ sukham || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele indriye ṣaṣṭho ' dhyāyaḥ || || saptamo ' dhyāyaḥ || athāta indriyāṇīkamindriyaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ |
A wise man who desires his own well-being should not undertake the treatment / of a person marked by these and other such morbid changes.
Thus said the venerable Ātreya.
Thus ends the sixth chapter in the Section on Sensory Prognostics in the work of Bheḷa.
Chapter Seven.
Now we shall explain the chapter on the senses; thus said the venerable Ātreya.
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