[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) › 6.23 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 6.23 Bheḷasaṃhitā 6.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.23.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.6.23.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.23) · Pramāṇa