Agni Purana — Sahitya-shastra, Shloka 33
Chapter 338 — शृङ्गारादिरसनिरूपणम्
Exposition of the Rasas beginning with Śṛṅgāra
रोषतो गुरुवाग्दण्डपारुष्यं विदुरुग्रतां ऊहो वितर्कःस्याद्व्याधिर्मनोवपुरवग्रहः
roṣato guruvāgdaṇḍapāruṣyaṃ vidurugratāṃ ūho vitarkaḥsyādvyādhirmanovapuravagrahaḥ
ক্ৰোধৰ পৰা কঠোৰতা জন্মে—কঠোৰ বাক্য আৰু দণ্ডৰূপ প্ৰহাৰ; তাৰ দ্বাৰা জ্ঞানীসকলে উগ্ৰতা চিনে। সেই ক্ৰোধৰ পৰাই ঊহ-ৱিতৰ্ক আৰু উদ্বেগজনিত অতিবিচাৰ উঠে, আৰু মন-দেহক পীড়া দিয়া ব্যাধিও উৎপন্ন হয়।
Lord Agni (teaching the sage Vasiṣṭha)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Ayurveda","secondary_vidya":"Philosophy","practical_application":"Psychosomatic nidāna: identifying krodha (anger) as a causative factor behind harsh conduct, rumination, and mind–body illness; used for counseling, lifestyle correction, and preventive care.","sutra_style":true}
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Dosha: Tridosha
Concept: Krodha as a root defilement that disorders conduct and cognition, producing duḥkha in self and others.
Application: Cultivate kṣamā (forbearance) and mindful speech to prevent ethical lapse and mental agitation that ripens into illness.
Khanda Section: Ayurveda (Nidana: mental causes, psychosomatic disorders, and symptomatology)
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A person overcome by anger speaks harshly and strikes, then sits later in anxious rumination, shown as a mind–body disturbance.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala temple mural style, two-panel narrative: left a red-faced figure shouting and raising a hand to strike, right the same figure seated with furrowed brow and swirling thought-lines around the head, muted earthy palette, traditional ornamentation, flat perspective.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting with gold work: central allegory of Krodha as a fiery aura around a human figure, gold halo-like flames, smaller vignettes of harsh speech and anxious overthinking, rich reds and greens, embossed gold detailing.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting style instructional allegory: labeled motifs for vak-pāruṣya (speech), daṇḍa (blow), vitarka (thought knots), and mano-vapuḥ-rogā (body-mind strain), delicate lines, soft shading, calm background.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature: courtly interior where a man erupts in anger at attendants, followed by a quiet chamber scene of him pacing and brooding, fine textiles, detailed faces, subtle psychological expression, thin borders."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: roṣato→roṣataḥ (visarga sandhi); vitarkaḥsyāt→vitarkaḥ syāt; vyādhirmano…→vyādhiḥ manaḥ…; manovapur…→manaḥ vapuḥ… (ḥ + v → o); …avagrahaḥ unchanged.
Related Themes: Agni Purana Ayurveda-khaṇḍa: nidāna of mano-roga; sections on sattvāvajaya and doṣa-prakopa causes; Agni Purana Yoga/Mokṣa-dharma passages on śama and indriya-nigraha
FAQs
Ayurvedic nidāna (etiology): it identifies roṣa (anger) as a causal factor producing behavioral signs (harsh speech, punitive aggression) and culminating in mano-vapuḥ disturbance—psychosomatic illness.
It shows the Purana functioning as a medical compendium: alongside ritual and dharma, it preserves Ayurvedic causation theory linking mental states to bodily disease and observable symptoms.
By warning that anger manifests as cruelty and illness, it promotes restraint and purification of conduct—reducing harm (hiṃsā) and supporting sattvic discipline that sustains health and dharmic living.