Shloka 13

Ācāra-vidhi (Rules of Conduct) — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Catalogue

Devanagari script

अग्निवेगवह:ः प्राणो गुदान्ते प्रतिहन्यते । स ऊर्ध्वमागम्य पुन: समुत्क्षिपति पावकम्‌,अग्निके वेगसे बहता हुआ प्राण गुदाके निकट जाकर प्रतिहत हो जाता है; फिर ऊपरकी ओर लौटकर समीपवर्ती अग्निको भी ऊपर उठा देता है

Transliteration

agnivegavahaḥ prāṇo gudānte pratihanyate | sa ūrdhvam āgamya punaḥ samutkṣipati pāvakam |

Translation

Bharadvāja explains: the vital breath, driven with the force of fire, strikes an obstruction near the end of the rectum. Rebounding upward, it then lifts and kindles the nearby inner fire.

Word by Word

अग्निवेगवहःthe carrier of the fire’s impulse/force (i.e., the breath carrying digestive fire)

प्राणःthe vital breath (prāṇa)

गुदान्तेat the end/near the anus

प्रतिहन्यतेis checked/struck back/obstructed

सःhe/that (breath)

ऊर्ध्वम्upwards

आगम्यhaving come/returned

पुनःagain

समुत्क्षिपतिthrows up/lifts up

पावकम्fire (the purifier)

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bharadvāja

prāṇa

pāvaka/agni

guda (rectum/anus region)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes