Shloka 57

Jvara-Nidāna-Lakṣaṇa: Causes, Doṣic Types, Āma/Nirāma Stages, and Prognosis of Fever

Devanagari script

अहोरात्रस्य सन्धौ स्यात्सकृदन्येद्युराश्रितः / तस्मिन्मांसवहा नाडी मेदोनाडी तृतीयके

Transliteration

ahorātrasya sandhau syātsakṛdanyedyurāśritaḥ / tasminmāṃsavahā nāḍī medonāḍī tṛtīyake

Translation

Am Übergang von Tag und Nacht geschieht es einmal und ist mit dem folgenden Tag verbunden. In diesem Übergang ist die Nāḍī, die Fleisch trägt; und im dritten Abschnitt die Nāḍī, die Fett trägt.

Word by Word

• अहोरात्रस्य: of day-and-night (a full day)
• अहोरात्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहोरात्र (प्रातिपदिक; अहः+रात्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्व (copulative)

• सन्धौ: at the junction (twilight)
• सन्धौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• स्यात्: would be / should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अन्येद्युः: on the next day
• अन्येद्युः: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्येद्युस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• आश्रितः: dependent/attached (resting on)
• आश्रितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-श्रि (धातु) → आश्रित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• तस्मिन्: in that (therein)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मांसवहा: carrying flesh
• मांसवहा: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मांस + वह (प्रातिपदिक; वह=वाहक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (determinative)

• नाडी: channel/duct (nāḍī)
• नाडी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाडी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• मेदोनाडी: fat-channel (medo-nāḍī)
• मेदोनाडी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदस् + नाडी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (determinative)

• तृतीयके: in the third (stage/period)
• तृतीयके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in dialogue with Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Knowledge of subtle bodily timing and channels (nāḍī) as a basis for understanding periodic disorders.

Vedantic Theme: Deha as kṣetra (field) to be known; discriminative observation (viveka) applied to embodied processes without mistaking them for the Self.

Application: Use sandhi-times as diagnostic anchors for periodic symptoms; track patterns across day-boundaries and correlate with tissue/‘dhātu’ involvement (māṃsa, medas).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.147 (context: nāḍī/doṣa periodicity and tissue involvement)

FAQs

What is the importance of ahorātrasya sandhi (day-night junction) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse treats the day–night junction as a technically significant transition point, associating it with specific nāḍīs (subtle channels) and bodily-tissue functions, indicating that time-junctions are linked to inner physiological/subtle processes.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Indirectly: by describing nāḍīs and transitional ‘sandhi’ points, it supports the Garuda Purana’s broader framework that the jīva’s experiences after death depend on subtle-body structures and timings, not only the gross body.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat dawn/dusk transitions as disciplined moments—calm the senses, maintain purity of diet and conduct—since the text frames sandhi-times as influential for subtle physiological processes.