Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 119
Pitṛmātṛtīrtha Greatness & the Discourse on Embodiment: Karma, Birth, Impurity, and Dispassion
वातपित्तकफादीनां वैषम्यं व्याधिरुच्यते । वातादीनां समूहेन देहोयं परिकीर्तितः
vātapittakaphādīnāṃ vaiṣamyaṃ vyādhirucyate | vātādīnāṃ samūhena dehoyaṃ parikīrtitaḥ
Ein Ungleichgewicht von vāta, pitta, kapha und dergleichen wird Krankheit genannt. Wahrlich, dieser Körper gilt als aus der Gesamtheit von vāta und den übrigen Säften zusammengesetzt.
Unspecified (context-dependent within Bhūmi-khaṇḍa 66)
Concept: The body is a compound of doṣas; disease is their imbalance—thus bodily identity is contingent and unstable.
Application: Maintain health as a dharmic instrument without mistaking it for the self; practice moderation in food/sleep; use bodily fragility as a reminder to prioritize sadhana and compassion for the sick.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A contemplative sage points to a stylized human figure drawn like a diagram, with swirling currents labeled vāta, pitta, and kapha, showing harmony turning into turbulence. Behind, a calm Vishnu silhouette suggests the unchanging witness beyond the body’s shifting humors.","primary_figures":["teaching sage","symbolic human body figure","Vishnu (witness form, subtle)"],"setting":"forest hermitage classroom with palm-leaf manuscripts and a small fire altar","lighting_mood":"forest dappled","color_palette":["sage green","parchment beige","copper brown","smoke blue","vermillion accents"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: a sage instructing with a stylized tri-doṣa diagram; gold leaf used sparingly to outline the subtle Vishnu-witness aura; rich earthy reds/greens; ornate manuscript details; traditional iconographic framing.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: intimate hermitage lesson; delicate diagram on a cloth scroll; cool greens and soft browns; refined faces; gentle naturalism with trees and a small stream; subtle spiritual presence behind the teaching.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines of the body diagram with swirling doṣa motifs; sage in teaching mudra; Vishnu’s calm outline in the background; strong red-yellow-green palette and temple-wall composition.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: symbolic rather than clinical—lotus medallions containing vāta/pitta/kapha motifs; central calm blue Vishnu presence; intricate floral borders; devotional abstraction blending physiology with spirituality."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"narrative","suggested_raga":"Bhupali","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["rustling leaves","soft tanpura","crackling sacrificial fire","measured pauses"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: व्याधिरुच्यते = व्याधिः उच्यते; देहोयं = देहः अयम्.
FAQs
Disease (vyādhi) is defined as the imbalance (vaiṣamya) of vāta, pitta, kapha, and related bodily factors.
It states that the body is constituted by the aggregate (samūha) of vāta and the other doṣas (humors).
Health is implied to depend on maintaining equilibrium among the doṣas; disturbance of that balance results in illness.