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# The Compendium of Bheḷa 5.6

Bheḷasaṃhitā 5.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.5.6.1) — English, machine translation

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