[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) › 7.1 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 7.1 Bheḷasaṃhitā 7.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.1.1) piṇḍītakāni tu trīṇi saṃgrahoktāni me śṛṇu | kṛṣṇaṃ śvetamubhe tac ca tritayaṃ madanaṃ smṛtam || > Hear from me the three \[varieties of\] piṇḍītaka declared in summary: / the black and the white, both these, and that triad is known as madana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.1.2) phalānāntvevasarveṣāṃ madanaṃ sarvaśodhanam | vamanāsthāpane yojyaṃ tathaivāpy anuvāsane || > Of all fruits, madana is the purifier of all \[doshas\]; / it is to be employed in emesis and non-unctuous enema, and likewise also in unctuous enema. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.1.3) yadā na paripūrṇān paripakvāni tāni ca | bhavanti rasapūrṇāni tatastānyuddhared bhiṣak || > When they are not fully developed or fully ripe, / \[yet\] are full of juice, the physician should gather them then. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.1.4) yavapalle tathaitāni tuṣapalle tathā punaḥ | saptarātraṃ vāsayitvā saṃkuñcitaphalatvacā || > Then having kept these in a heap of barley and in a heap of husks / for seven nights, their fruit skin wrinkled, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.1.5) subhāvitāni vijñāya mṛdubhūtāni śāstravit | dvidhā tridhā śodhayitvā samyak saṃśodhya cāvapet || > knowing them to be well-processed and softened, the expert in the treatises / cleanses them twofold or threefold, and having cleansed them properly, deposits them, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.1.6) dhānyeṣu māsaṃ saṃsthāpya mṛdā caivāvalepayet | nidhūme ca nivāte ca kapāṭapihite gṛhe || > having kept them in grains for a month, and smears them with clay / in a smokeless, windless house closed with door-panels. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.1.7) vaihāyase sthāpayec cayathā svedo na saṃbhavet | eteṣāṃ phalamajjānāṃsanakhaṃ muṣṭimāharet || > And he should place them suspended in the air, so that perspiration may not occur. / Of these fruit-pulps, one should take a closed fistful \[measured\] with nails, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.1.8) jarjarīkṛtya dṛṣadi pātre cāpy adhivāsayet | madhukasya kaṣāyeṇa rātrimekāṃ nidhāpayet || > crush it on a grinding stone, and steep it in a vessel. / One should let it sit for one night with a decoction of madhuka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.1.9) atha cotthāya pūrvāhṇe hastau prakṣālya mardayet | parisrutaṃ salavaṇaṃ madhuyuktaṃ pratāpya ca || > Then, having gotten up in the forenoon and washed his hands, he should crush it. / Having strained it, salted it, mixed it with honey, and heated it, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.1.10) pāyayed āturaṃ snigdhaṃ chardayet tena sādhu nā | etenaiva ca kalpena jīmūtakaphalair api || > he should make the unctuated patient drink it; by this the man vomits thoroughly. / And by this very procedure, \[it is prepared\] with jīmūtaka fruits also, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.1.11) ikṣvākukuṭajābhyāṃ ca lavaṇaiś cāpi kārayet | kṛtavedhairhastiparṇaiḥ dhāmārgavaphalair api || > and one should prepare it with ikṣvāku and kuṭaja and salts, / with kṛtavedha, hastiparṇī, and also dhāmārgava fruits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.1.12) kaṣāyaṃ kārayed ebhiḥ phalabījāni bhāvayet | anena kalpena bhiṣak pāyayet tu yathābalam || > One should prepare a decoction of these, and steep the fruit seeds \[in it\]; / by this procedure, the physician should make him drink according to strength. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.1.13) madanasya phalānyeva punaruddhārayed bhiṣak | yathāsyurnātipāṇḍūni tathaiva haritāny api || > The physician should once again gather the fruits of madana, / such that they are not overly pale and likewise green, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.1.14) paripūrṇāni pakvāni tathā jātarasāni ca | sūcyā vā kaṇṭakair vāthavyadhayitvā samantataḥ || > fully developed, ripe, and having developed juice. / Having pierced them all over with a needle or with thorns, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.1.15) madanānāṃ kaṣāyeṇa trirātraṃ bhāvayed bhiṣak | etenaiva ca kalpena jīmūtakaphalair api || > the physician should steep them for three nights in a decoction of madana \[fruits\]. / And by this very procedure, with jīmūtaka fruits also, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.1.16) ikṣvākukuṭajānāṃ tu dhāmārgavaphalair api | kṛtavedhairhāstiparṇaiśchardayet tena sādhunā || > and of ikṣvāku and kuṭaja, and also with dhāmārgava fruits, / and with kṛtavedha and hastiparṇī; by this he vomits thoroughly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.1.17) sakhalvetena kalpena kuśānāṃ varuṇasya ca | kākodumbarikāyāś ca kuṣṭhākhyāyās tathaiva ca || ekaikasya kaṣāyeṇa susnigdhaṃ pāyayed bhiṣak | balābalamavekṣya |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. || || tṛtīyo ' dhyāyaḥ || |.. |.. |.. ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | > Indeed by this procedure, with the decoction of kuśa, varuṇa, / kākodumbarikā, and of that known as kuṣṭha, / of each individually, the physician should make the well-unctuated \[patient\] drink, / having observed his strength and weakness \[…\] / \[…\] / Third Chapter. \[…\] 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.7.1.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.1) · Pramāṇa