[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) › 6.1 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 6.1 Bheḷasaṃhitā 6.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.1) akalpayan na yajñāṅgaṃ purā dakṣastriśūline | tasmāt praṇāśayāmāsa yajñaṃ dakṣasya śaṅkaraḥ || > In ancient times Dakṣa did not allot a share of the sacrifice to the wielder of the trident; / therefore Śaṅkara destroyed Dakṣa's sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.2) taṃ ca nāśayatā yajñaṃ devyāḥ priyacikīrṣayā | krodhenoṣṇaṃ viniśvasya tān lokān vyāpito jvaraḥ || > And as he destroyed that sacrifice, desiring to do what was dear to the Goddess, / having breathed out hotly with rage, fever pervaded those worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.3) sa eṣa santāpayati jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam | nidhane cāpi bhūtānāṃ nānyo heturvinā jvarāt || > This fever torments the world, moving and stationary; / and at the death of living beings, there is no other cause than fever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.4) yāvanto ' nye samākhyātā vyādhayas tu śarīriṇām | saṃvatsareṇa te ghnanti sadyaḥ prāṇaharo jvaraḥ || > However many other diseases of embodied beings have been declared, / they kill in a year; fever takes life immediately. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.5) rogānīkasya sarvasya jvaro rājā prakīrtitaḥ | jvarayatyeṣa bhūtāni tasmājjvara iti smṛtiḥ || > Fever is proclaimed as the king of the entire army of diseases; / it torments (jvarayati) living beings, hence it is traditionally called fever (jvara). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.6) śārīramānasānāṃ ca rogāṇāṃpravaro jvaraḥ | tasmāt prathamatas tasya pravakṣyāmi cikitsitam || > And fever is chief among physical and mental diseases; / therefore, I shall first explain its treatment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.7) uktarūpasamutthānā jvarāś cāṣṭau prakīrtitāḥ | śītaścoṣṇaś ca niyataḥ samāsātdvividho jvaraḥ || > And eight fevers are declared, arising from the stated forms; / in brief, fever is of two regular kinds: cold and hot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.8) śītasyoṣṇāṃ kriyāṃ kuryād vātaśleṣmātmakasya tu | uṣṇasyaikāntapittasya śītāṃ kuryāt kriyāṃ bhiṣak || > For cold fever, which is of the nature of vāta and kapha, the physician should apply a heating treatment; / for hot fever, which is exclusively pitta, he should apply a cooling treatment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.9) vāyur āmāśayāt pūrvamūṣmāṇaṃ samudīrayet | tvaggato roma cāpannaḥ saṃharṣayati mānavam || > First, vāta drives out the heat from the stomach; / reaching the skin and arriving at the body hair, it causes a person to shiver. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.10) sa tu pittānubandhena tejasā paripācitaḥ | prāpnoti vilayaṃ śleṣmā sambandheneva toyadaḥ || > Then, cooked by the heat accompanying pitta, / kapha attains dissolution, just like a cloud from the connection \[with heat\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.11) śānte śīte punardāhaṃ pittātprāpnoti mānavaḥ | utpittamindhanībhūtaṃvapurdahati pāvakaḥ || > When the cold has subsided, the person again experiences a burning sensation from pitta; / the fire burns the body, which, with aggravated pitta, has become fuel. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.12) gatavegenilaḥpaścādūṣmaṇā paripācitaḥ | svam evabhajate sthānamānulomyaṃ ca gacchati || > Afterward, its force spent, cooked by the heat, the wind / resorts to its own proper site and goes in the downward direction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.13) evaṃ jvaramavāpnotihyevam eva ca mucyate | etad buddhimatāṃ proktaṃ samāsena cikitsitam || > Thus does one contract fever, and thus indeed is one freed from it. / This treatment has been declared in brief for the intelligent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.14) durlabhā buddhimantas tu tasmād vakṣyāmi vistaram | ekādaśaprakāraṃ hijvaritānāṃ cikitsitam || > The intelligent, however, are rare; therefore, I shall declare it in detail. / For the treatment of those suffering from fever is of eleven kinds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.15) sarpiś caikādaśaṃ vidyāt tan me vistarataḥ śṛṇu | siddhās svedāḥ kaṣāyāś ca lehaḥ pācanakāni ca || > And one should know medicated ghee as the eleventh; hear that from me in detail: / medicated sudations, decoctions, electuaries, and digestives, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.16) cūrṇaḥ pradehāssekāś ca vaṭikā modakāḥ payaḥ | sarpiś caikādaśaṃ proktaṃ siddhamāmamathāpi ca || > powders, thick ointments, affusions, pills, large pills, and milk, / and medicated ghee is proclaimed as the eleventh, whether cooked or raw. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.17) eṣāṃ prayogaṃ vakṣyāmi vīryāṇi ca pṛthak pṛthak | śleṣmāṇamanilaṃ caiva jitvā pittantu dehinām || > I shall declare their application and their individual potencies. / For having conquered phlegm and wind, \[the dosha\] that produces heat > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.18) karoti yasmādūṣmāṇaṃ tasmājjvarita ucyate | vāyuḥ pittena saṃsṛṣṭaḥ śleṣmā vā pittamūrcchitaḥ || > in the pitta of embodied beings—because of that, one is called fevered (jvarita). / Wind combined with pitta, or phlegm stupefied with pitta, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.19) ūṣmāṇaṃ kurute yasmāttataḥ pittamupācaret | tṛṣyate coṣṇasalilaṃ deyaṃ doṣavipācanam || > produces heat; therefore, one should treat pitta. / And when one is thirsty, hot water should be given to ripen the doshas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.20) jvaraghnaṃ dīpanīyaṃ ca kaphapittānilāpaham | srotasāṃ śodhanaṃ caiva rucisvedakaraṃ nṛṇām || > It destroys fever, stimulates digestion, removes phlegm, pitta, and wind, / cleanses the channels, and produces relish and sweating in men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.21) dīpyamāne hi kāyāgnau śleṣmā vāyuś ca śāmyataḥ | tayoś cāpy anulomatvāt pittamapyupaśāmyati || > For when the bodily fire is kindled, phlegm and wind subside, / and through their downward movement, pitta also subsides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.22) tasmād uṣṇodakaṃ peyaṃ śreṣṭhamāhurnavajvare || > Therefore, they declare that warm water as a drink is best in a newly arisen fever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.23) śītaṃ hi salilaṃ pītaṃ kopayetkaphamārutau | kuryād bhūyo ' gnimṛdutāṃ staimity amaruciṃ tathā || > For cold water, when drunk, would aggravate phlegm and wind; / it would further cause sluggishness of the digestive fire, stiffness, and loss of appetite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.24) kāmaṃtu tiktakaissiddhaṃ hitaṃ kvathitaśītalam | teṣāṃsāmiśṛtaṃ pānaṃye cāpy ekāntaśītalāḥ || > However, \[water\] prepared with bitter herbs and cooled after boiling is beneficial at will; / for them, a mixed drink \[is suitable\], as well as for those who are extremely cold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.25) bhojanārthaṃ hi ṣaḍrātraṃ peyā deyā bubhukṣite | kṣutpipāsāpahā pathyā śakṛnmūtrānilāpahā || > For a hungry person, gruel should be given as food for six nights; / it dispels hunger and thirst, is wholesome, and removes feces, urine, and wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.26) auṣṇyādvātakaphau hanyāt llaghutvāt param eva ca | hṛdvyathāṃ vidhiyuktā tu sāhanyāt svedamāvahet || > By its heat it destroys wind and phlegm, and especially by its lightness; / administered according to rule, it relieves distress in the heart and brings about sweating. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.27) tasmājjvareṣu sarveṣu jvaramukte ca mānave | pāyayed vidhivatpeyāḥ yathāsvauṣadhasādhitāḥ || > Therefore, in all fevers and when a man is released from fever, / one should have him drink gruels prepared with their proper medicines according to rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.28) śītajjvaraharaṃ kṛtsnamuktamevaṃ cikitsitam | ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi bhojyābhojyaṃ savistaram || > Thus the complete treatment that removes cold fever has been declared. / Hereafter, I shall proclaim in detail what is edible and what is not edible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.29) śālayaḥ ṣaṣṭikāś caiva nīvārāssapramodakāḥ | yavānnavikṛtiś cāpi bhojaneṣu hitāssadā || > Śāli rice, ṣaṣṭika rice, nīvāra rice together with pramodaka rice, / and preparations of barley food are always beneficial in meals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.30) kapiñjalāssahariṇā vartakāḥ kālapucchakāḥ | eṇāvartīrakāś caiva jāṅgalā jvarite hitāḥ || > Kapiñjala birds together with deer, quails, black-tailed deer, / blackbucks, and vartīraka birds—dry-land animals are beneficial for a fevered person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.31) mudgāḍhakīmasūrāṇāṃsatīnānāṃ tathaiva ca | siddhāssūpāḥ praśasyante yūṣāś ca jvaranāśanāḥ || > Cooked pulse-broths of mung beans, pigeon peas, lentils, and satīna peas / are praised, as well as thin soups, as destroyers of fever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.32) uṣṇān vrīhīn sayavakān saktukāṃścitrakānapi | māṣāṃstilāṃścoṣṇavīryān jvaritaḥ parivarjayet || > Hot vrīhi rice with wild barley, parched-grain flour, and citraka, / black gram and sesame seeds of hot potency—a fevered person should completely avoid. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.33) grāmyānūpaudakaṃ māṃsaṃtathobhe gavyamāhiṣe | chāgaso raṇavārāhaṃ dadhi śuktaṃ ca varjayet || > Domestic, marshland, and aquatic meat, and likewise both beef and buffalo meat, / goat meat, meat of wild boar, curd, and sour gruel he should avoid. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.34) piṣṭānnāni ca sarvāṇi śākāni vividhāni ca | vidāhīnyuṣṇavīryāṇi jvaritaḥ parivarjayet || > All foods made of flour, various leafy vegetables, / \[substances that are\] burning, and those of hot potency—a fevered person should completely avoid. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.35) barhiṇastittirikrauñcān kapotānatha kukkuṭān | pañcaitānviṣkirānuṣṇān jvaritaḥ parivarjayet || > Peacocks, partridges, curlews, doves, and domestic fowl— / these five scratching birds, being hot, a fevered person should completely avoid. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.36) vamane ca vireke ca snehane laṅghane tathā | proktā me jvariṇaḥ kālāḥ sūtrasthāne savistarāḥ || > For emesis and purgation, for unction and fasting, / the proper times for a fevered patient have been declared by me in detail in the Sūtrasthāna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.37) amātyāś cālayaś cāpi suhṛdaś cānuśāsinaḥ | chandajñā matisampannāḥśāstrajñāneṣu kovidāḥ || > Ministers and household servants, friends and counselors, / perceptive, endowed with intellect, and skilled in knowledge of the treatises— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.38) te vadeyuḥ kathāścitrā dharmakāmārthasaṃhitāḥ | āturasya vinodārthaṃ tandrāśokavināśanāḥ || > they should recount varied stories endowed with dharma, desire, and worldly wealth, / to divert the patient, destroying drowsiness and grief. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.39) dāruṇāś cāmanojñāś ca naca prītivivardhanāḥ | pittavyādhiparītānāṃ kathāś caparivarjayet || > Dreadful and unpleasant stories that do not promote delight / one should avoid for those afflicted with diseases of pitta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.40) utsāhameva janayed āturasya cikitsakaḥ | udagrasya hi bhaiṣajyamamṛtatvāya kalpate || > The physician should generate enthusiasm alone in the patient; / for medicine administered to one whose spirits are high is conducive to immortality. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.41) candrānanāḥ pīnakucāḥ sugandhāḥ śuklavāsasaḥ | rujāklamavināśārthamupāsīta ca yoṣitaḥ || > Moon-faced, plump-breasted, fragrant, white-clad / women he should attend upon to destroy pain and fatigue. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.42) atyāśanamatisthānamaticaṅkramaṇāni ca | jvarito varjayennityaṃ prāṇān rakṣec ca sarvaśaḥ || > Overeating, excessive standing, and excessive pacing— / a fevered person should always avoid these and protect his vital breaths in every way. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.43) krodhaṃ striyaṃ caṅkramaṇaṃ divāsvapnātibhāṣaṇam | gurūṇyadhvā viruddhāni vyāyāmo vegadhāraṇam || > Anger, women, walking, day-sleep, excessive talking, / heavy \[foods\], travel, incompatible \[foods\], physical exercise, suppression of urges, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.44) praduṣṭo mārutaḥ pānaṃ niśi jāgaraṇaṃ ca yat | kāraṇānyupaśāntasya jvarasya prabhave punaḥ || > vitiated wind, drinking \[alcohol\], and waking at night: / these are the causes for the recurrence of a fever that had subsided. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.45) nacainaṃ snāpayejjātu sahasā jvarakarśitam | saṃdūṣitāṃ hy asya tanuṃ punarāvartate jvaraḥ || > And one should never bathe him suddenly when emaciated by fever; / for the fever returns to his corrupted body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.46) maheśvarakrodhabhavo jvaraḥ prokto maharṣibhiḥ | tasmājjvaravimokṣārthaṃ pūjayet ṛṣabhadhvajam || > Fever is declared by the great sages to have arisen from the anger of Maheśvara; / therefore, for release from fever, one should worship the Bull-Bannered One. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.47) snānāni śāntayo homavratāni niyamo yamaḥ | śasyante ceṣṭayaḥ kāmyā vedoktā jvaranāśanāḥ || > Baths, pacification rites, homa offerings, observances, restraints, and self-control, / and optional sacrifices taught in the Vedas are praised as destroyers of fever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.48) rogādhipatirugraujāḥ vyādhīnāṃ prasavo jvaraḥ | sarvabhūtāntako ghorohutāśātmā jvaraḥ smṛtaḥ || > Fever is the sovereign of diseases, having fierce power, the womb of illnesses; / bringing an end to all creatures, terrible, having the nature of fire—thus fever is remembered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.49) prasaṅgī duścikitsyaḥ syādbhiṣagbhiḥ pāpasambhavaḥ | tasmād vedoditairmantrairhomaiś ca vinivartayet || > Persistent, it is difficult to cure by physicians, born of sin; / therefore, one should turn it back with mantras spoken in the Vedas and with homa offerings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.50) bhūtavidyāsamutpannaṃ caṇḍakarma jvarāpaham | tatkāryaṃ bhūtavaidyena tathā nāviśati jvaraḥ || > Fierce ritual action originating in demonology (bhūtavidyā) removes fever; / that should be performed by a demon-physician (bhūtavaidya), and so fever does not enter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1.51) rudrabhaktena śucinā vaidyenātha tapasvinā | prayatena prayoktavyaṃcirajvaracikitsitam || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele cikitsite prathamo ' dhyāyaḥ || || dvitīyo ' dhyāyaḥ || athāto viṣamajvaracikitsitaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | > By a physician who is devoted to Rudra, pure, austere, / and restrained, the treatment of chronic fever should be administered. Thus said the venerable Ātreya. / Thus ends the first chapter in the Section on Therapeutics in Bheḷa. / Second chapter. / Now we shall explain the treatment of intermittent fever (viṣamajvara); 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.6.1.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Suśrutasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta.1.19.12) — Suśruta & Nāgārjuna (siddha/alchemist), Sanskrit - [Cikitsāsārasaṅgraha (Vaṅgasena)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.vangasena.2.1) — Vaṅgasena, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.1) · Pramāṇa