Shloka 3

Jvara-Chikitsa: Doṣa-wise Fever Management, Medicated Waters, and Escalation Therapies

Devanagari script

अग्निस्वेदाज्ज्वरास्त्वेवं नाशमायान्तिहीश्वर / वातज्वरहरः क्वाथो गुडूच्या मुस्तकेन च

Transliteration

agnisvedājjvarāstvevaṃ nāśamāyāntihīśvara / vātajvaraharaḥ kvātho guḍūcyā mustakena ca

Translation

O Lord, thus fevers come to an end through fomentation by heat and the bringing forth of sweat. A decoction of guḍūcī together with mustaka removes fever born of vāta.

Word by Word

• अग्निस्वेदात्: from sweating due to heat/fire
• अग्निस्वेदात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निस्वेद (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि+स्वेद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (अग्निना स्वेदः)

• ज्वराः: fevers
• ज्वराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (contrast/emphasis particle)

• एवम्: thus/in this manner
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• नाशम्: destruction/cessation
• नाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आयान्ति: they come/they reach
• आयान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; उपसर्ग—आ (आ+या)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• ईश्वर: O Lord
• ईश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• वातज्वरहरः: removing vāta-fever
• वातज्वरहरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वात+ज्वर+हर (प्रातिपदिक; हर from √हृ (धातु) in agentive sense)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (वातज्वरं हरति इति)

• क्वाथः: decoction
• क्वाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्वाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गुडूच्या: with guḍūcī (Tinospora)
• गुडूच्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुडूची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• मुस्तकेन: with mustaka (nut-grass)
• मुस्तकेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुस्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in instruction to Garuda)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Preservation of health through right treatment is a supportive limb of dharma; suffering is mitigated by appropriate means.

Vedantic Theme: Body as instrument (śarīra-sādhana) for dharma and devotion; pragmatic compassion (dayā) expressed as healing.

Application: Use heat-fomentation (agnisveda) for jvara; administer guḍūcī-mustaka decoction for vāta-type fever under proper guidance.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.175 (Ayurveda/jvara-cikitsā sequence)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What remedy is recommended in Garuda Purana for vāta-type fever?

This verse prescribes a kvātha (decoction) of guḍūcī combined with mustaka as a vāta-jvara-hara (vāta-fever reliever).

Does this verse relate to afterlife rituals in the Garuda Purana?

No. Here the Garuda Purana is presenting Ayurvedic therapeutic guidance (jvara chikitsā), not preta-karma or Yama-loka descriptions.

Practical application of this teaching today?

It highlights classical Ayurvedic logic—using heat-fomentation and specific herbs for vāta-dominant fever—best applied with guidance from a qualified practitioner.