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(machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.3) sthirākaṣāye saṃsṛjya pāyayet tu yathābalam | viricyate tena sādhunāyogo nātiyogitā || > Having mixed it with a decoction of sthirā, he should administer it according to strength; / thereby one is purged well, without deficit and without excess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.4) triphalārasamātreṇa drākṣāpīlurasena vā | āloḍya vāpi payasā sarpiṣā vāpi pāyayet || > He should administer it with just the juice of triphalā, or with the juice of drākṣā and pīlu, / or stirred into milk, or into ghee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.5) hariṇasaya rasaṃ dadyānnyaṅkoś ca mahiṣasya ca | khaḍgasya kalaviṅkasya tittirerlāvukasya ca || > He should give the broth of a deer, of a nyaṅku, and of a buffalo, / of a rhinoceros, of a sparrow, of a partridge, and of a quail, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.6) rasamanyatamaṃ teṣāṃtrivṛcchyāmāprayojitam | yathābalaṃ pāyayet tu susnigdhaṃ sveditaṃ naram || > administered with trivṛt and śyāmā in any one of these broths; / he should give it to drink according to strength to a person well-oleated and fomented. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.7) śyāmāyāstrivṛtāyāś ca kṛtvā cūrṇāni sūkṣmaśaḥ | tridhā vibhajyatatraikaṃ svayaṃ guptaṃ nidhāpayet || > Having ground śyāmā and trivṛt into fine powder, / dividing it into three parts, he should deposit one part secretly for himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.8) rasena tu priyaṅgūṇāṃ dvau bhāgauścyotayed bhiṣak | bhājane tu parisrāvya suprasannamanāvilam || > With the juice of priyaṅgu, the physician should strain the two parts; / straining it into a vessel, very clear and free from turbidity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.9) pariyogamadhiśrity a pācayenmṛdunāgninā | tasmiṃs tathā pacyamāne cūrṇāny etāni dhāpayet || > placing it on a cooking vessel, he should cook it over a gentle fire. / As it is being cooked in that way, he should add these powders: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.10) priyaṅguṃ tagaraṃ caiva tālīsaṃ naladaṃ tathā | hīberaṃ caiva mustāṃ ca balāṃkālānusāribām || > priyaṅgu and tagara, tālīsa and nalada, / hībera, mustā, balā, kālānusāribā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.11) aśokapuṣpacūrṇāni padmasaugandhikāni ca | nalinaṃ puṇḍarīkaṃ ca pippalīmūlam eva ca || > powders of aśoka flowers, padma, saugandhika, / nalina, puṇḍarīka, and pippalī root. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.12) madhunā saha saṃsṛjya lihyāt pāṇitalonmitam | susnigdhojīrṇabhaktaś ca yathāśāstraṃ yathābalam || > Mixed with honey, he should lick a palmful-measured quantity, / being well-oleated, having digested his food, according to the treatise and according to strength. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.13) viricyate tena sādhu nāyogo nātiyogitā | candanaṃ padmakaṃ nīpaṃ sālaṃ saptacchadaṃ tathā || > Thereby one is purged well, without deficit and without excess. / Candana, padmaka, nīpa, sāla, and saptacchada, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.14) punarnavāṃ tupalalaṃ kirātaṃ tiktam eva vā | ye cānye tiktamadhurā rasāḥ pūrvaṃ prakīrtitāḥ || > punarnavā, sesamum paste, kirāta, or tikta, / and whatever other bitter and sweet tastes were mentioned before, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.15) teṣāṃ kaṣāyairyojyaṃ syāt paittikānāṃ virecanam | pārāvatān kapotāṃś ca krauñcabarhiṇakukkuṭān || > with decoctions of those, purgation should be prepared for those with pitta disorders. / Pigeons, doves, krauñca-cranes, peacocks, roosters, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.16) kuraṅgān hariṇāneṇān haritān kālapucchakān | vartakān tittirīṃścaiva śaśalāvakapiñjalān || > kuraṅga deer, antelopes, blackbucks, green pigeons, black-tailed deer, / quails, partridges, rabbits, and francolins— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.17) rasais tair upayuñjīta paittikasya virecanam | sārāḥphalāni cūrṇāni patrāṇi ca payāṃsi ca || > with those meat broths, he should employ purgation for one suffering from pitta. / The heartwoods, fruits, powders, leaves, and milks, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.18) ya uktāḥ sthāvarāḥ pūrvaṃ tathaiva mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ | pānāniphalaniṣkvāthakaṣāyādidravān rasān || > which were mentioned previously among plant sources, and likewise deer and birds, / drinks, decoctions of fruits, decoctions, and other liquid preparations, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.19) lehān bhakṣyāṃś casānnādīn tebhyaḥ samabhikalpayet | parūṣakasya drākṣāyā rasaṃ samadhuśarkaram || > lambatives, snacks, and food dishes—from these he should properly prepare. / The juice of parūṣaka and of grape, with honey and sugar, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.20) trivṛdakṣasamāyuktaṃ pītvā sādhu viricyate | sādhayeccharkarāyuktaṃsahaiva madhunā bhiṣak || > combined with an akṣa of trivṛt—having drunk this, one is purged well. / The physician should cook it with sugar together with honey. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.21) śīte tasmiṃstrivṛccūrṇaṃ yathākoṣṭhaṃ samāvapet | tataḥ kampillakāccūrṇaṃ dveca te tindukasya ca || > When that has cooled, he should throw in trivṛt powder according to the bowels. / Then powder of kampillaka, and two of tinduka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.22) āragvadhaphalānmadhyabhāgāś cākṣasamāstathā | trivṛccūrṇasya dharaṇaṃ śarkarāmadhukaṃ madhu || > and the middle parts from the fruit of āragvadha, equal to an akṣa; / a dharaṇa of trivṛt powder, sugar, madhuka, honey, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.23) maricaṃ nāgapuṣpaṃ catvakpatraṃ ca sucūrṇitam | etat sarvaṃ samāyojya modakaṃ kārayed bhiṣak || > marica, nāgapuṣpa, cinnamon, and leaf, well powdered; / combining all this, the physician should make a modaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.24) atha vā kārayellehaṃ tena sādhu viricyate | drākṣārasasya kuḍavaṃ parūṣakarasasya ca || > Or else he should make a lambative; thereby one is purged well. / A kuḍava of grape juice and of parūṣaka juice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.25) madhunaḥ kuḍavārdhaṃcaśarkarāpalam eva ca | trivṛccūrṇakṛto lehastena sādhu viricyate || > half a kuḍava of honey, and a pala of sugar; / a lambative made with trivṛt powder—thereby one is purged well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.26) etadutsannadoṣāṇāmīśvarāṇāṃ virecanam | śarkarāmodakaṃ vāpi guḍakaṃmāṣapūrakam || > This is a purgative for lords whose doṣas are aggravated; / or a sugar modaka, a pill, or a cake stuffed with māṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.27) anena vidhinā kuryāt paittikānāṃ virecanam | trivṛccūrṇāni pippalyāḥ phalānyāragvadhasya ca || > By this method he should perform purgation for those with pitta disorders. / Powders of trivṛt, of pippalī, and fruits of āragvadha— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.28) kalkānakṣasamānetānpibeddhīro virecanam | trivṛccūrṇasya dharaṇaṃ śarkarā madhukaṃ madhu || > the steadfast person should drink these pastes equal to an akṣa for purgation. / A dharaṇa of trivṛt powder, sugar, madhuka, honey— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.29) etadakṣasamāyuktaṃ pītvā sādhu viricyate | trivṛccūrṇāni pippalyo yavakṣāro mahauṣadham || > having drunk this combined with an akṣa \[of paste\], one is purged well. / Powders of trivṛt, pippalī, barley ash, and mahauṣadha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.30) śleṣmakopaśamārthāya lihyāt tena viricyate | avimūtramajāmūtramuṣṭrasya mahiṣasya ca || > for the sake of pacifying the aggravation of phlegm, he should lick; thereby one is purged. / Sheep urine, goat urine, and \[urine\] of camel and buffalo, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.31) mṛgasya mūtraṃ gomūtraṃ gardabhasya dvipasya ca | etānyaṣṭau prayuñjīta pṛthagvā yadi vā saha || > urine of deer, cow urine, of donkey, and of elephant: / he should employ these eight separately or else together. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.32) trivṛccūrṇavimiśrāṇivilihyānmadhunāpi vā | ajātāni camadyāni tīkṣṇāni niśi tāni ca || > Mixed with trivṛt powder, he should lick them, or with honey; / or sharp wines, fresh and prepared overnight, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.33) trivṛccūrṇavimiśrāṇi pītvā sādhu viricyate | trivṛccūrṇaṃ yathākoṣṭhaṃślaiṣmikaḥ pātumarhati || > having drunk them mixed with trivṛt powder, one is purged well. / One with a phlegm constitution should drink trivṛt powder according to his bowels, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.34) trivṛtāyāḥ kaṣāyeṇa sakṣaudraṃ sāmlavetasam | atha vā dadhimaṇḍena kolakānāṃ rasena vā || > with a decoction of trivṛt, with honey, and with amlavetasa; / or with the scum of curds, or with the juice of kolaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.35) kulutthamudgayūṣair vā satīnaciribilvayoḥ | yavakolakayūṣeṇa pibetkaulatthameva vā || > or with broths of kulattha and mudga, of satīna and ciribilva; / he should drink it with a broth of barley and kolaka, or simply of kulattha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.36) yuktaṃ vā taintraṇīkena sāmlavetasadāḍimam | yūṣeṇa śigrukolāhvāmūlakānāṃ rasena vā || > or combined with tamarind, amlavetasa, and pomegranate, / with a broth of śigru and jujube, or with the juice of radishes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.37) rasenāmalakānāṃ vā bījapūrārjakasya vā | kapittharasamaṇḍena karamardarasena vā || > or with the juice of āmalakas, or of bījapūra and arjaka, / with the cream of kapittha juice, or with juice of karamarda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.38) yaccānyadapi vā kiñcitphalamamlam iti smṛtam | pibettatsvarasair vāpi pañcamūlīrasena vā || > or whatever other fruit is remembered as sour: / he should drink it with their fresh juices, or with juice of pañcamūla, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.39) kaṭukalkavimiśraṃ vā yavakṣāreṇa saṃyutam | mṛdvīkāphalakalkena lehārtham upakalpayet || > or mixed with a paste of pungents, combined with barley ash; / he should prepare it for a lambative with paste of grape fruits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.40) pratyekasya phalānāṃca pūrvoktānāṃ cikitsakaḥ | sujātānāṃ supakvānāṃ pratyagraṃ grāhayed rasam || > Of each of the previously mentioned fruits, / well-grown and well-ripened, the physician should take the fresh juice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.41) tatrāmlalvaṇībhūte viripyāt saindhave bhavet(?) | lehe ' smin trivṛtaścūrṇaṃ yathākoṣṭhaṃ samāvapet || > When it has become sour and salty with rock salt, \[…\] / into this lambative he should throw trivṛt powder according to the bowels. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.42) sakṣaudraṃ saguḍaṃ vāpi lihyāt sakaṭukaṃ tathā | etena vidhinā kuryānmodakān ṣāḍabānrasān || > With honey, or with jaggery, he should lick it, and likewise with pungents. / By this method he should prepare modakas, ṣāḍavas, and juices, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.43) pānāni ca phalāmlāni bhakṣyaṃ bhojyaṃ ca saṃskṛtam | etad rājñāṃ samākhyātam īśvarāṇāṃ virecanam || > drinks, fruit-sours, and prepared foods both to chew and to eat. / This purgative is declared for kings and lords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.44) vidhimevaṃ prayuñjītatvimaṃ cānyaṃ cikitsakaḥ | śāṇamāmalakānāṃ ca vibhītakaphalāni ca || > The physician should employ this procedure, and also this other one: / a śāṇa of āmalakas and vibhītaka fruits, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.45) tilvakassaptalā dantī śaṅkhinī caturaṅgulaḥ | harītakīnāmekaṃ ca yavakṣārovacaiva hi || > tilvaka, saptalā, dantī, śaṅkhinī, caturaṅgula, / and one of harītakīs, barley ash, and vacā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.46) pippalīnāṃ caśāṇassyādviḍaṅgācchāṇa eva ca | trivṛccūrṇasyatriśśāṇāstat sarvamavacūrṇayet || > and there should be a śāṇa of pippalīs, and a śāṇa from viḍaṅga, / and three śāṇas of trivṛt powder: he should crush all that into powder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.9.47) tāni cūrṇāni madhunā sarpiṣā vā guḍena vā | lehaṃ vā vidhinā |.. |.. |.. |.. || || siddhisthānam || ||prathamo ' dhyāyaḥ | | |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. |.. > Those powders with honey, ghee, or jaggery, / or as a lambative according to rule \[…\] || Section on Successful Treatments || First Chapter || \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.7.9.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: 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