[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) › 7.6 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 7.6 Bheḷasaṃhitā 7.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.1) manojñadeśajātas tu yo bhavec caturaṅgulaḥ | phalamuṣṭiṃ samāhṛtya tataścūrṇāni kārayet || > Whatever caturaṅgula has grown in a pleasant land, / gathering a handful of fruits, he should then make powders. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.2) taccūrṇitaṃ tridhākṛtya bhāgamekaṃ nidhāpayet | dvau bhāgau caśucissamyak kṛtvā manthanam eva tu || > Having made that powder into three parts, he should set aside one part; / and the pure one, having properly stirred the two parts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.3) ścyotayitvā parisrutya suprasannamanāvilam | paribhāgaṃ samāvāpya sādhayed gomayāgninā || > filtering and straining \[until it is\] very clear and non-turbid, / adding the other part, he should cook \[it\] over a cow-dung fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.4) tasmiṃs tathā sicyamāne sūkṣmāṇīmāni dāpayet | harītakīmāmalakaṃ vibhītakaphalāni ca || > While it is thus being poured, he should add these finely \[powdered\]: / harītakī, āmalaka, and the fruits of vibhītaka; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.5) madhūkabhāgamāvāpya tadvilepanamāharet | tataḥ pāṇitalaṃ cūrṇaṃ lehyaṃ tena viricyate || > adding a portion of madhūka, he should take that paste; / then a palmful of the powder as a lambative, by that he is purged. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.6) etenaiva ca kalpena kaṇṭakāryāḥ phalair api | ścyotayitvā lehajātaṃ paritaḥsāsavaṃ pibet || > And by this very procedure, with the fruits of kaṇṭakārī as well, / having filtered \[it\], one should drink the lambative preparation completely with āsava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.7) caturaṅgulasiddhā vā peyā yojyā susaṃskṛtā | viricyate tenasādhu nāyogo nātiyogitā || > Or a well-prepared peyā cooked with caturaṅgula should be administered; / by that he is properly purged; there is neither under-action nor excessive action. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.8) dhātrīphalarasadroṇe śarkarārdhatulāṃ pacet | ghṛtaṃ catuṣpalaṃ pakvaṃ pṛthagardhapalaṃ kṣipet || > In a droṇa of juice of dhātrī fruit, he should cook half a tulā of sugar; / four palas of ghee, cooked, he should add separately half a pala \[each of\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.9) nataṃ vellaṃ caturjātaṃ yaṣṭisaindhavajīrakam | palāśaṃ viśvamaricaṃ mṛdvīkāyāścatuṣpalam || > nata, vella, caturjāta, yaṣṭi, saindhava salt, and cumin, / palāśa, viśvā, and black pepper; and four palas of raisin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.10) prasthaṃ kaṇātrivṛtayor madhunaś ca nihanti tat | tatkhaṇḍāmalakaṃ nāma pāṇḍuśvayathukāmilām || > a prastha of long pepper and trivṛt, and of honey. It destroys— / that is named Khaṇḍāmalaka—anemia, swelling, jaundice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.11) śirobhramaṇamunmādamamlapittavikārajit || > giddiness, insanity, and it cures disorders of acid-dyspepsia. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.12) bhallātakānāṃ pavanāhatānāṃ vṛntacyutānāmiha cāṭhakaṃ syāt | tadiṣṭakācūrṇakaṇairvighṛṣya prakṣālayitvā visṛjetpravāte || > Here there should be an āḍhaka of bhallātakas struck down by the wind and fallen from the stalk; / having rubbed it with bits of brick powder, washed it, he should leave it in the wind; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.13) śuṣkaṃ punastadvidalīkṛtaṃ ca vinikṣipedapsu caturguṇāsu | pādāvaśiṣṭaṃ paripūtaśītaṃ kṣīreṇa tulyena punaḥ paceta || > and when dried, split in two, he should throw it into four times as much water; / reduced to a quarter, strained, and cooled, he should cook it again with an equal amount of milk; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.14) tatpādaśiṣṭaṃ punareva śītaṃ ghṛtena tulyena punaḥ paceta | tadardhayā śarkarayāvagāṭhaṃ lohābhayāvyoṣakacūrṇayuktam || > reduced to a quarter, cooled again, he should cook it again with an equal amount of ghee; / thickened with half that amount of sugar, combined with powders of iron, abhayā, and the three pungents, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.15) etatsamaṃśārkarapādayuktaṃ tataḥ khajenonmathitaṃ nidhāya | prasthadvayenāmalakīmadhūnāṃ śīte ' tha dhānyena punaḥ paceta || > Equal to this, with a fourth part of sugar added, then stirred with a churning-stick and set down; / with two prasthas of āmalakī and honey, when cooled, he should then cook it again with grain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.16) tatsaptarātrādupajātavīryaṃ sudhārasādapyadhikatvameti | prātarviśuddhīkṛtadehabhājāṃ mātrāṃdadītātmaśarīrayogyām || > Having acquired potency after seven nights, it surpasses even the elixir of ambrosia. / In the morning, for those whose bodies have been cleansed, he should give a dose suitable for one's own body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.17) na cānnapāne parihāryamāste na coṣṇavātādhvani maithune ca | janturnitāntaṃ narasihmavatsyādbhaven naraḥ kāñcanarāśigauraḥ || > And there is no dietary restriction in food and drink, nor in heat, wind, walking, or sexual intercourse. / A creature becomes entirely like a man-lion; a man becomes pale-bright as a heap of gold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.18) dantāś caśīrṇāḥ punarudbhavanti keśāś ca śuklāḥ punareva kṛṣṇāḥ | viśīrṇakarṇāṅgulināsiko ' pi kṛmyardito bhinnagalo ' pi kuṣṭhī || > Fallen teeth grow again, and white hairs become black again; / even one whose ears, fingers, and nose have sloughed off, tormented by worms, with broken voice, a leper— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.19) so ' pi krameṇāṅguligātraśākhastaruryathā rohati vārisiktaḥ | mahāmayūrāñjayati svareṇa balena nāgāṃsturagān javena || > even he gradually grows fingers and limbs like a tree watered with water. / He surpasses great peacocks in voice, elephants in strength, and horses in speed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.20) |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. sudhākṣīreṇa bhāvayet | tatpibet tu yathotsāhaṃ tena sādhu viricyate || > \[…\] he should macerate with sudhā-latex; / he should drink it according to his capacity: thereby he is purged well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.21) dantyakṣatā tu tejohvātarkārī sudurālabhā | kaṣāyakvāthaity etatsudhākṣīreṇa miśrayet || > Dantī, akṣatā, tejohvā, tarkārī, and sudurālabhā: / this decoction of astringent herbs he should mix with sudhā-latex. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.22) tatpibet tu yathotsāhaṃ tena sādhu viricyate | sudhākṣīreṇa gokṣīramekasthamabhisaṃsṛjet || > He should drink it according to his capacity: thereby he is purged well. / He should combine cow's milk with sudhā-latex together in one place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.23) tatpibet tu yathotsāhaṃ tena sādhu viricyate | kṛtamūtrapurīṣasyavāte cāpy anulomite || > He should drink it according to his capacity: thereby he is purged well. / For one who has discharged urine and feces, and when the wind is directed downwards, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6.24) prathamaṃ snigdhakoṣṭhasya svinnasya ca yathāvidhi | sandhyāvelāmatikramya vimale ca divākare | maitre muhūrte vyakte tu yogānetān prayojayet || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ || iti bhele kalpasthāne ṣaṣṭho ' dhyāyaḥ || || saptamo ' dhyāyaḥ ||athāto dantīphalakalpaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. > first having his alimentary tract unctuated and sweated according to rule, / having passed the twilight hour, when the sun is clear, / at the auspicious moment of Mitra, clearly visible, he should apply these formulations. / Thus spoke the venerable Ātreya. // Thus ends the sixth chapter in the Section on Pharmaceutics in Bheḷa. // Seventh Chapter // Now we shall explain the pharmaceutics of croton fruit: so spoke the venerable Ātreya. / \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.7.6.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta.5.166) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.6) · Pramāṇa