[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) › 6.2 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 6.2 Bheḷasaṃhitā 6.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.1) kecidvātātmakaṃprāhurbhiṣajo viṣamajvaram | sannipātodbhavaṃ kecidapare pittasambhavam || > Some physicians declare intermittent fever to be of the nature of wind; / some say it arises from the conjunction of all three doshas (sannipāta), while others say it is born of pitta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.2) śleṣmajaṃ tvapare prāhurapare bhūtasambhavam | janmanakṣatrapīḍābhir apare devacintakāḥ || > Others declare it born of phlegm; others, born of spirits; / other astrologers say it is due to afflictions of one's birth-star. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.3) īdṛśaḥ śāstrakārāṇāṃ matayo ' tha pṛthagvidhāḥ | sannipātodbhavaṃ hyetadahaṃ vakṣyāmi hetubhiḥ || > Such are the diverse opinions of the authors of treatises; / however, I shall state with reasons that it arises from sannipāta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.4) pakvāśayasthapavano hy asthimajjagatastathā |(ṃadhukośa on ṃṇ2.38)) kupitaḥ kopayatyāśu śleṣmāṇaṃ pittam eva ca || > For wind situated in the colon, and likewise having entered the bones and marrow, / being provoked, quickly provokes phlegm and pitta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.5) sagambhīrasamutpattisthānatantratrayo mahān | anyedyuṣkaikāntaritau kuryād vāpi caturthakam || > Great, having a deep origin and seat in the triad of channels, / it may produce a fever occurring every other day, with an interval of one day, or a quartan fever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.6) majjānamasthi medaś ca dūṣayetprathame ' hani | dvitīye ' hani samprāpte dūṣayenmāṃsaśoṇitam || > On the first day it corrupts marrow, bone, and fat; / when the second day arrives, it corrupts flesh and blood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.7) tatastṛtīye divase dūṣayet kaphamārutau | abhigamyatataḥ pittaṃ dūṣayet tu caturthake || > Then on the third day it corrupts phlegm and wind; / having then approached pitta, it corrupts it on the fourth \[day\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.8) jvaro ' yaṃ prāṇināṃ dehe raudro māheśvaras tathā | prayateta praśāntau tu tasmād asya vicakṣaṇaḥ || > This fever in the bodies of living beings is terrible and relates to Maheśvara; / therefore, a discerning person should strive for its pacification. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.9) gambhīrasthānasambhūtodhātusaṃkaradūṣitaḥ | tasmāc caturthako nāmaduścikitsyatamo mataḥ || > Arising from a deep seat, corrupted by a mixture of tissues, / therefore, that called quartan is considered the most difficult to cure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.10) śoṣayatyeṣa bhūtāni dāruṇo viṣamajvaraḥ | tasmāc choṣopacāreṇa kuryāt tasya cikitsitam || > This dreadful intermittent fever causes living beings to waste away; / therefore, one should conduct its treatment with the management of wasting (śoṣa). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.11) triphalākvāthasiddhena ghṛtena matimān bhiṣak | snehayet taṃ yathānyāyaṃ yuktyāvṛṣaghṛtena vā || > With ghee prepared with a decoction of triphalā, the intelligent physician / should unctuate him according to rule, or properly with vāsā-ghee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.12) sraṃsayet tamadhobhāgaṃ yathāvyādhibalābalam | doṣeṣvāmāśayastheṣu kārayed vamanaṃ bhiṣak || > One should purge him downwards according to the strength and weakness of the disease; / when the doṣas reside in the stomach, the physician should induce vomiting. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.13) āsthāpanaṃ ca kurvīta tathā cāpy anuvāsanam | etanmahāpañcagavyaṃ vikhyātaṃ sarpiruttamam || > And he should administer non-unctuous enemas, as well as unctuous enemas. / This celebrated Mahāpañcagavya is the supreme medicated ghee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.14) caturthakaṃ mokṣayati mantrasiddhiyutoyathā | śvayathuṃ pāṇḍurogaṃ ca plīhānaṃ sabhagandaram || > It delivers one from quartan fever, just as a master of mantras \[delivers one\]; / and swelling, jaundice, enlarged spleen, along with fistula-in-ano, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.15) udarāṇi tathā gulmān kāmilāṃ cāpakarṣati || > abdominal enlargements, as well as abdominal swellings, and it eliminates jaundice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.16) śakṛdrasaṃ payo mūtraṃ dadhi sarpiś ca pāyayet | tatpañcagavyaṃ śamayecchvayathuṃ pāṇḍutāṃ jvaram || > One should have him drink dung-juice, milk, urine, curds, and ghee; / that Pañcagavya pacifies swelling, pallor, and fever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.17) samūlapatraśākhasya śataṃ kṛtvā vṛṣasyatu | jaladroṇe vipaktavyamaṣṭabhāgāvaśeṣitam || > Taking a hundred \[palas\] of vāsā, with roots, leaves, and branches, / one should boil it in a droṇa of water until reduced to an eighth part. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.18) garbheṇa vṛṣapuṣpāṇāmāḍhakaṃ sarpiṣaḥpacet || tatsiddhaṃ pāyayed yuktyā madhupādasamanvitam || > With a paste of vāsā flowers, one should cook an āḍhaka of ghee; / when it is prepared, one should have him drink it properly, combined with a fourth part of honey. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.19) kāsaṃ śvāsaṃ pāṇḍurogaṃ tṛtīyakacaturthakau | raktapittaṃ kṣayaṃ caiva vṛṣasarpirniyacchati || > Cough, dyspnea, jaundice, tertian and quartan \[fevers\], / internal hemorrhage, and phthisis, vāsā-ghee restrains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.20) nāgaraṃ saindhavaṃ cavyaṃpippalīkṣāracitrakau | eteṣāṃ palikairbhāgairghṛtaprasthaṃ vipācayet || > Dry ginger, rock salt, cavya, pippalī, alkali, and citraka— / with pala portions of these, one should cook a prastha of ghee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.21) kṣīraprasthena saṃyojya śanairmṛdvagninā pacet | etena gulmāḥ śāmyanti kuṣṭhāni jaṭharāṇi ca || > Combining it with a prastha of milk, one should cook it slowly over a gentle fire; / by this, abdominal swellings are pacified, as well as skin diseases and abdominal enlargements. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.22) jvare ca viṣame peyaṃ plīhaśvayathumehinām | śūle pāṇḍvāmaye caiva grahaṇīdīpaneṣu ca || > And it is to be drunk in intermittent fever by those with enlarged spleen, swelling, and urinary disease; / in colic, in the disease of jaundice, and among kindlers of the duodenal digestive fire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.23) ūrdhvavātāś ca ye kecitsarveṣāmauṣadhaṃ param | tryūṣaṇaṃ citrakaṃ hiṃsrāṃ vilaṅgāni harītakīm || > and whatever upward movements of wind \[occur\], it is the supreme medicine for all of them. / The three pungents, citraka, hiṃsrā, vidaṅga, harītakī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.24) vibhītakānyāmalakaṃ cirabilvatvacaṃ tathā | daśaitāni samāṃśāni ślakṣṇānyakṣasamāni ca || > vibhītaka, āmalaka, and bark of cirabilva— / these ten in equal parts, smooth and each equal to an akṣa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.25) taiḥ pācayed dhṛtaprasthaṃ samyakpayasi ṣaḍguṇe | grahaṇī dīpyate tena vātagulmaś ca śāmyati || > with these, one should cook a prastha of ghee properly in six times \[as much\] milk; / the duodenal digestive fire is kindled thereby, and wind-born abdominal swelling is pacified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.26) arśasāṃ śamanaṃ caiva gudaśophe ca pūjitam | etad eva hi vai śreṣṭhamudāvarte ghṛtaṃ bhavet || > It is also the pacifier of hemorrhoids, and esteemed in inflammation of the anus; / this ghee indeed would be the best in upward movement of wind (udāvarta). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.27) darbhavetasamūlāni candanaṃ madhukaṃ balā | phenilā padmakośīramubhe ca kamalotpale || > Roots of darbha and vetasa, sandalwood, licorice, balā, / phenilā, padmaka, uśīra, and both the lotus and water-lily, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.28) kiṃśukaśceti bhāgāḥ syuḥ pṛthakpañcapalonmitāḥ | jaladroṇe vipaktavyaṃ caturbhāgāvaśeṣitam || > and kiṃśuka—these should be parts measuring five palas individually; / it should be boiled in a droṇa of water until reduced to a fourth part. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.29) jīvakarṣabhakau medāṃ lodhraṃ lāmajjakaṃ tathā | kāleyakaṃ sapriyakaṃ dadyāt kesaram eva ca || > Jīvaka, ṛṣabhaka, medā, lodhra, and lāmajjaka, / kāleyaka with priyaka, and one should add saffron filaments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.30) tripuṇḍarīkaṃ lodhraṃ ca padmakaṃ padmakesaram | surabhiṃ kuṅkumaṃ caiva mañjiṣṭhāṃ madayantikām || > tripuṇḍarīka, lodhra, padmaka, lotus filaments, / surabhi, crocus, madder, and madayantikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.31) mācipatraṃ ca tulyāni dviguṇaṃ kuṅkumaṃ bhavet | caturguṇāṃ ca mañjiṣṭhāṃ sauvīraṃ snehasammitam || > and mātṛpatra in equal parts; crocus should be two parts, / and madder four parts; sauvīra equal to the unctuous substance; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.32) tailaprasthaṃ pacettena kaṣāyeṇārdhapeṣitam | etadabhyañjanaṃ tailaṃ viṣamajvaranāśanam || > with that decoction, half ground to a paste, one should cook a prastha of oil; / this massage oil is the destroyer of intermittent fever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.33) mahāpadmakam ākhyātam etat sarvajvarāpaham | vātapittodbhavaṃ kṣipraṃ jvarametanniyacchati || > Declared as Mahāpadmaka, this removes all fevers; / it swiftly restrains fever arising from wind and bile. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.34) trāyamāṇāṃ jayāṃ vīrāṃ nākulīṃ gandhanākulīm | kāyasthāṃ cavayaḥsthāṃ ca jīrakaṃ sapalaṅkaṣam || > Trāyamāṇā, jayā, vīrā, nākulī, gandhanākulī, / kāyasthā, vayaḥsthā, cumin, along with guggulu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.35) chatrāticchatrajaṭilāṃ sūkarīṃ karkaṭīṃ tathā | cāraṭīṃ pūtanāṃ keśīṃ vacāṃ kaṭukarohiṇīm || > chatrā, atichatrā, jaṭilā, sūkarī, and karkaṭī, / cāraṭī, pūtanā, keśī, vacā, kaṭukarohiṇī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.36) mahāpuruṣadantāṃ ca vṛścikālīṃkaṭambharām | sthirāṃ ca piṣṭvā taissiddhaṃ caturthakavināśanam || > mahāpuruṣadantā, vṛścikālī, kaṭambharā, / and sthirā—having ground these to a paste, \[ghee\] prepared with them destroys quartan fever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.37) mahāpaiśācikaṃ nāma sarpiretajjvarāpaham | bhūtagrahānapasmārānunmādāṃś cāpakarṣati || > Named Mahāpaiśācika, this ghee removes fevers; / it eliminates possession by spirits, epilepsy, and forms of insanity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.38) etair eva uṣadhagaṇaiḥ pradehaṃ kārayed bhiṣak | dhūpayejjvaritaṃ caiva tathā sampadyate sukhī || > With these very groups of medicines, the physician should make a poultice, / and he should fumigate the fevered person; thus he becomes well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.39) balayaḥ śāntikarmāṇi homasvastyayanāni ca | snānāni copavāsaś ca śamayanti caturthakam || > Oblations, pacification rites, burnt offerings, benedictions, / baths, and fasting pacify quartan fever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.40) sraṣṭāraṃ cāsya rogasya bhūtādhipatimacyutam | pūjayaṃś cābhigacchec ca śmaśāne vṛṣabhadhvajam || > And revering the creator of this disease, the infallible lord of spirits, / one should approach the bull-bannered \[god\] in the cremation ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2.41) bhūtavidyāsamutpannairbandhanaissādhanair api | homairbalividhānaiś ca nāśayed viṣamajvaram || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele cikitsite dvitīyo ' dhyāyaḥ || || tṛtīyo ' dhyāyaḥ || athāto raktapittacikitsitaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | > With bindings and propitiations arising from demonology, / and with burnt offerings and distributions of oblations, one should destroy intermittent fever. / Thus spoke the venerable Ātreya. / Thus the second chapter in the therapeutics of Bheḷa. // // Chapter three. // Now we shall explain the treatment of internal hemorrhage; thus spoke the venerable Ātreya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.6.2.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Gadanigraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.gadanigraha.4.142) — Soḍhala, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.6.2) · Pramāṇa