[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) › 6.22 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 6.22 Bheḷasaṃhitā 6.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.22.1) ajīrṇe yaddivā bhuktaṃ na duṣyati yathā nṛṇām | vyuṣitaṃ dūṣyate vāpi tatra hetuṃ nibodha me || > Why food eaten by day in indigestion is not corrupted in men, / or food kept overnight is corrupted—learn from me the cause thereof. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.22.2) vyāyacchato vicarataḥ vyākṣiptamanasas tathā | mande rasapraseke ca divābhuktaṃ na duṣyati || > For one who is exercising, walking about, and whose mind is distracted, / and when the flow of chyle is slow, food eaten by day is not corrupted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.22.3) kamalapratimaṃ prāhurhṛdayaṃ divasakṣayāt | saṃvṛtaṃ vivṛtaṃ caiva bhavatyādity araśmibhiḥ || > They say the heart is like a lotus: through the close of day / it is closed, and it is opened by the rays of the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.22.4) vibuddhe hṛdaye cāsya srotassu vivṛteṣu ca | hṛdayaprabhavāś cāsya srotobhir vivṛtairdivā || > When his heart is awakened and the channels are open, / those originating from the heart, through the open channels by day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.22.5) na kledam upagacchanti divā tenāsya dhātavaḥ | ajīrṇe prātarāśe tu tṛptasyāpi divā tatha || > his bodily elements do not undergo moisture by day on that account. / When morning food is undigested, and he is satisfied likewise by day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.22.6) anena vidhinābhūyaḥ sāyamāśo na duṣyati | vyuṣitaṃdūṣyate cāpi rogān sañjanayaty api || > by this rule, the evening meal is not further corrupted; / but stale food is corrupted and gives rise to diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.22.7) saṃvṛteṣv ayaneṣvevaṃ vāyuś cāgniś ca dehinām | vyāyāminaṃ vinaiveha tauhyannaṃ pacato niśi || > When the passages are thus closed, wind and fire of embodied beings— / even without one who exercises—cook food at night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.22.8) mlāne tu hṛdayerātrāvutkleśaikapadeṣu ca | saṃvṛteṣv api srotassuvyāyāmaṃ ca na sevate || > When the heart is languid at night, and in states of sudden nausea, / and even when the channels are closed, and he takes no exercise, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.22.9) yadannaśeṣaṃ hṛdaye tiṣṭhatyāmāśaye ' pi ca | tenāsyāmapralambenadehe paktimagacchatā || > the food residue that remains in the heart and in the stomach, / because of that āma lingering in him, undergoes digestion in the body; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.22.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.22.10) hṛdaye vyādhite ruddhe viṇmūtre ' sya niśātyaye | upasthite cānnarase pittaśleṣmasamudbhave || > when the heart is diseased, feces and urine obstructed at night's end, / and chyme arising from pitta and phlegm is present, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.22.11) annasaṃpuṭaruddhe ca mārute cordhvamāsthite | hṛdayagrahamutkleśaṃ hṛllāsaṃ gurugātratām || > and when the wind is trapped in the food pocket and moves upward, / \[it produces\] constriction of the heart, nausea, salivation, heaviness of the limbs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.22.12) tadannaśeṣaṃ janayenmūrchā parikinī(?) tṛṣām | jvaraṃ chardimatīsāraṃ hikkāṃ bhaktasya vārucim || > that food residue may produce fainting, \[…\], thirst, / fever, vomiting, diarrhea, hiccup, or aversion to food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.22.13) ajīrṇevyuṣitaṃ kuryād rogānetān viṣopamān | tasmād ajīrṇevyuṣitaṃ bhojanaṃ pratiṣidhyate || |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. || trayoviṃśo ' dhyāyaḥ || |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. > Stale food during indigestion causes these diseases resembling poison; / therefore stale food is forbidden during indigestion. // \[…\] // Twenty-third chapter. // \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.6.22.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.22) · Pramāṇa