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The Compendium of Bheḷa 6.23

Bheḷasaṃhitā 6.23

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6.23.1

nidrāṃ caivātinidrāṃ ca mūrchāṃ caiva nibodha me | tamasā hi samākrāntesattve divasasaṃkṣayāt ||

Now understand from me sleep, excessive sleep, and fainting: / when the mind is overcome by darkness at the end of the day,

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6.23.2

indriyāṇyasya karmabhyaḥ kramātpraviramantyatha | bhukte ' nne pacyamāne ca śleṣmaṇā hṛdgatena tu ||

his senses gradually withdraw from their actions; / when food is eaten and is being digested, by phlegm reaching the heart,

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6.23.3

vivṛddhena niruddheṣu cakṣuḥśrotravaheṣu ca | karmakriyāsūryapādaiścheditā prāṇino divā ||

increased, when the channels carrying vision and hearing are obstructed, / living beings cut off by day by acts, rituals, and the rays of the sun,

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6.23.4

śārīramānasaiś caiva tais tair uktair upāhṛtā | evaṃkriyānnasaṃjñāni tandrā viśati tāmasī ||

brought on by various spoken bodily and mental [exertions], / dark torpor enters their consciousness and activities in this manner.

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6.23.5

evaṃ sarveṣu bhūteṣu nidrā nāmopajāyate | cintāśokaśramaharī brahmaṇā vihitā purā ||

In this way, what is called sleep arises in all beings, / dispelling worry, grief, and fatigue, instituted of old by Brahmā.

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6.23.6

svapatas tasya dehe ' smin prāṇāpānausahoṣmakau | jāgṛtaḥjīvasaṃyuktastenāsau na vinaśyati ||

As he sleeps, in this body prāṇa and apāna along with warmth / stay awake, united with the life principle; therefore he does not perish.

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6.23.7

indriyāṇām uparame manassūparataṃ yadā | sevate gocaraṃ teṣāṃ viddhi taṃ svapnanāmakam ||

When the senses cease and the mind, though withdrawn, / frequents their domain, know that to be called dreaming.

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6.23.8

pitṛdevamanuṣyeṣusaṃbhāṣaṇam upaiti ca | paraṃ ca labhate svapnabhedassa hi na vātmanaḥ ||

It attains conversation with ancestors, gods, and men, / and reaches another [state]; for the variety of dreams does not [belong] to the self.

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6.23.9

atinidrā tu jantūnāṃ śleṣmaṇyucchrāyamāgate | vātottarāṇāṃniyataṃ nidrā nāśaṃ vrajaty api ||

Excessive sleep [occurs] in beings when phlegm reaches an elevation; / in those dominated by vāta, sleep certainly goes to destruction.

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6.23.10

vastayaḥ snehapānāni grāmyānūpaudakā rasāḥ | guḍadugdhasya pānaṃ ca nidrāsaṃjananaṃ param ||

Enemas, drinking of unctuous substances, meat broths of domestic, wetland, and aquatic animals, / and drinking milk with jaggery are the best means for producing sleep.

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6.23.11

abhyaṅgodvartanaṃ snānaṃ madyaṃ ghṛtaṃ tathā | manaḥprasādo nirvāṇaṃ naṣṭanidrasya bheṣajam ||

Anointment, paste for rubbing, bathing, liquor, as well as ghee, / tranquility of mind, and calm are the medicine for one whose sleep is lost.

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6.23.12

dhūmapānaṃ virekaś cakāyasya śirasas tathā | pracchardanaṃ laṅghanaṃ ca nidrāsaṅgaṃ nivartayet ||

Smoking, purging of the body as well as of the head, / emesis, and fasting eliminate the adherence of sleep.

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6.23.13

ayānayānaṃ vyāyāmogūḍhārthaparicintanam | yavānnanity asevātha nidrāsaṅgaṃ nivartayet ||

Not riding in vehicles, exercise, contemplation of esoteric topics, / and regular consumption of barley food eliminate the adherence of sleep.

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6.23.14

indriyāṇāṃ prasannatvaṃ manastālvantarāśritam | hṛdi santiṣṭhate cittaṃbuddhisarvendriyāśrayam ||

The clarity of the senses—the mind resides within the palate; / the intellect, the resort of all the senses, abides in the heart as the consciousness.

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6.23.15

sannipatya ca raktaṃ ca trayo doṣāś ca dūṣitāḥ | sampīḍayantīha nṛṇāṃ hṛdayaṃ śoṣayanty api ||

When the three doṣas combined and corrupted blood / oppress the heart in men, they also dry it up.

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6.23.16

āśuṣyamāṇaṃ hṛdayaṃpramādāddhi vimuhyati | saṃpīḍitaṃ ca hṛdayaṃ manaścittaṃ ca mohayet | sadanāccittamanasoḥ samprāpnoti visaṃjñatām | | |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. || caturviṃśo ' dhyāyaḥ || |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |||pajārditam |

The heart being dried up certainly swoons from delusion; / the heart being compressed deludes the mind and consciousness; / from the sinking of consciousness and mind, he falls into unconsciousness. // […] // Twenty-fourth chapter. // […] […] afflictions of offspring,

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