[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Early and ascribed compendia](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) › [The Compendium of Bheḷa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela) › 6.11 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 6.11 Bheḷasaṃhitā 6.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11.1) agnirvā++āyurmanuṣyāṇāṃ prāṇās tatra pratiṣṭhitāḥ | balamārogyamāyuś ca sukhaduḥkhaṃ tadāśrayam || > The fire \[is the source of\] lifespan of men; the vital breaths are established in it; / strength, health, lifespan, pleasure, and pain are dependent on it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11.2) mriyate hy upaśānte ' gnau yukte coṣmaṇijīvati | tasmāt prāṇāyuṣī vidyādagnimūle śarīriṇām || > For when the fire is extinguished, one dies, and when warmth is present, one lives; / therefore one should know that the vital breaths and life of embodied beings are rooted in fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11.3) so ' gnissamucitaṃ bhuktaṃ rasāya vitanotyadhaḥ | tenendriyabalaṃ puṣṭiṃ varṇañ ca labhate naraḥ || > That fire extends downward the properly consumed food for the sake of chyle; / by that, a man gains sensory strength, nourishment, and complexion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11.4) caturvidhaṃ pacatyagniḥ samaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ tathā mṛdu | viṣamaṃ ceti teṣāṃ tu yaḥ samo ' gniḥ sa śasyate || > Fire digests in four ways: balanced, sharp, and likewise sluggish, / and irregular; but among these, that fire which is balanced is praised. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11.5) bhajatāṃ guru rūkṣaṃ ca divāsvapnaṃ ca nity aśaḥ | rātrauna vā saṃsvapatāṃ tathā vegavidhāriṇām || > In those who indulge in heavy and dry food and day-sleep constantly, / or do not sleep properly at night, and likewise in those who suppress natural urges; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11.6) adhyaśnatāmajīrṇe ' nne hy atisnehevirekiṇām | jvarānmadyaprasaṅgāc ca tathā ' sātmyaniṣevaṇāt || > in those who eat when food is undigested, who undergo purgation with excessive unction, / through fever, addiction to liquor, and likewise through indulging in unwholesome things; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11.7) madhurakṣīranity ānāṃ tathā jalavihāriṇām | piṣṭānnadadhiśākānāmahṛdyānāṃ niṣevaṇāt || > in those constant in sweets and milk, and likewise sporting in water; / through indulgence in flour-dishes, curd, vegetables, and unwholesome foods; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11.8) īdṛśairgrahaṇī jantordūṣyate ' ti niṣevitaiḥ | mandātīkṣṇātiviṣamā trividhaṃ sā prakupyati || > by such things excessively indulged in, a creature's digestive tract is vitiated. / Sluggish, sharp, or very irregular—it is provoked in three ways. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11.9) tathā rogāḥ pravartante grahaṇīdoṣajā nṛṇām | jvaraḥ kāsaḥ pāṇḍurogaḥ śvayathuḥparikartikā || > Likewise diseases arise in men born of digestive disorders: / fever, cough, jaundice, swelling, cutting pain in the rectum, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.11.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11.10) aruciś cāvipākaś ca gulmārśāṃsi bhagandaram | atisāraś ca kuṣṭhaṃ ca śūlānyalasako bhramaḥ || > anorexia, indigestion, abdominal lumps, piles, anal fistula, / diarrhea, dermatosis, colicky pains, alasaka, dizziness— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11.11) etāṃś cānyāṃś ca janayed rogānasyāmitāśinaḥ | grahaṇī dūṣitā jantoḥ sāmā rogānnihanti vā || > these and other diseases it generates in one who eats immoderately; / the vitiated digestive tract of a creature, full of āma, even kills through diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.11.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11.12) yasyākrānte hi kāyāgnau śleṣmaṇā madhurāśinaḥ | na pacyate ' nnaṃ kālena sa mandāgniriti smṛtaḥ || > For in one whose internal fire is overwhelmed by phlegm because he eats sweets, / the food is not digested in time: he is known as one with sluggish fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.11.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11.13) agnau mande kaphenāsya śīghraṃ bhuktaṃ na pacyate | sa bhūyo mṛdutāṃ yāti gurubhojanadūṣitaḥ || > When his fire is sluggish due to phlegm, food eaten is not quickly digested; / vitiated by heavy meals, it becomes still more sluggish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.11.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11.14) evaṃrūpaś ca vṛddhaś ca kaphe tasyapraśāmyati | evaṃ sa viṣamo nāma grahaṇīdoṣa ucyate || > With such a nature and increased, when phlegm subsides in him, / that is spoken of as the digestive disorder named irregular. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.11.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11.15) agnissomakṣayādyasya bhṛśaṃ dehe prakupyati | bhuktaṃ bhuktaṃ jarayate na ca varṇabalāya ca || > In one whose fire is violently provoked in the body due to depletion of soma, / it digests meal after meal, yet does not contribute to complexion and strength; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.11.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11.16) bhukte bhukte kṣudhāpyasya jāyate na ca puṣyati | atyagniriti taṃ vidyāt sa ca duḥkhatamaḥ smṛtaḥ || > and after every meal hunger arises in him and he is not nourished; / one should know that as excessive fire, and it is considered exceedingly difficult \[to endure\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.11.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11.17) ity eṣa rogastrividhaḥ grahaṇīsaṃśrito mayā | proktas tasya cikitsāṃ tu vistareṇa nibodha me || > Thus this threefold disease residing in the digestive tract has been declared by me; / learn from me in detail its treatment: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.11.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11.18) dhānvantaraṃ pibetsarpiḥ prājāpatyamathāpi vā | tato ' smai vamanaṃ dadyāt tataś cordhvaṃ virecanam || > One should drink Dhānvantara ghee or Prājāpatya \[ghee\]; / then one should administer emesis to him, and after that, purgation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11.19) pippalīvardhamānaṃ vāpibetkṣārāgadānapi | takraṃ māsaṃ pibec cāpi gaṇḍīrāriṣṭam eva vā || > Or he should drink the graduated pippalī regimen, or alkali-antidotes, / and he should drink buttermilk for a month, or gaṇḍīrāriṣṭa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.11.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11.20) dādhikaṃca pibetsarpistailaṃ śairīṣam eva vā | mahadyatpañcagavyaṃ vā | | | | | | || | | | | | | | | | | | | || dvādaśo ' dhyāyaḥ || | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > and one should drink Dādhika ghee, or oil of śirīṣa, / or Mahāpañcagavya \[…\] // Chapter Twelve // \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.6.11.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bheḍasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhedasamhita.58.p4) — Bheḍa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.11) · Pramāṇa