Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 74
मृतसञ्जीवनीकरसिद्धयोगः (Mṛtasañjīvanī-kara Siddha-yogaḥ) — Perfected Formulations for Revivification and Disease-Conquest
गुटिकाञ्जनमेतत् स्यात् दिनरात्र्यन्धयोर्हितं यष्टीमधुवचाकृष्णावीजानां कुटजस्य च
guṭikāñjanametat syāt dinarātryandhayorhitaṃ yaṣṭīmadhuvacākṛṣṇāvījānāṃ kuṭajasya ca
On doit le préparer comme un collyre en pilule (guṭikāñjana) ; il est salutaire pour la cécité survenant de jour comme de nuit. Il se compose de yaṣṭīmadhu, de vacā, des graines de kṛṣṇā, ainsi que de kuṭaja.
Lord Agni (in instruction to sage Vasiṣṭha, as the usual Agni Purāṇa dialogue frame)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Ayurveda","secondary_vidya":"Samanya","practical_application":"Preparation and use of pill-form collyrium (guṭikāñjana) for specific blindness/visual impairment conditions.","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"Formula","entry_title":"Guṭikāñjana for Day- and Night-blindness","lookup_keywords":["guṭikāñjana","divāndhya","rātryandhya","yaṣṭīmadhu","kuṭaja"],"quick_summary":"A pill-form collyrium is prescribed for day- and night-blindness, compounded from yaṣṭīmadhu, vacā, kṛṣṇā-seeds, and kuṭaja; it is applied as an anjana for ocular benefit."}
Dosha: Tridosha
Concept: Applied healing knowledge (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) directed to a specific organ-system (netra).
Application: Codifies a reproducible formulation so practitioners can standardize ocular therapeutics.
Khanda Section: Ayurveda (Netra-roga / Anjana-kalpa: collyrium formulations for eye disease)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"An Ayurvedic physician preparing a small stone mortar paste, rolling tiny anjana pills, and applying collyrium to a patient’s eyes under lamplight, with jars labeled yaṣṭīmadhu, vacā, kṛṣṇā-bīja, and kuṭaja.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala temple mural aesthetic, earthy reds and greens, an Ayurvedic vaidya seated with mortar and pestle, small anjana pills on a leaf, patient with gently opened eyes, palm-leaf manuscript nearby, flat iconic composition.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style with gold work, central vaidya figure holding an anjana applicator, ornate medicine caskets, stylized herbs (yaṣṭīmadhu roots, vacā rhizome), rich textiles, symmetrical devotional-medical tableau.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting style, fine linework, instructional clarity: stepwise depiction of grinding, pill-rolling, and careful eye-application; labeled containers for ingredients; calm indoor clinic setting.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, detailed apothecary scene: physician in jama, assistants grinding herbs, tiny black anjana pills, patient seated by a window; botanical realism for kuṭaja bark and licorice roots."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: गुटिकाञ्जनम् = गुटिका + अञ्जनम्; दिनरात्र्यन्धयोः = दिनरात्रि + अन्धयोः (य्-आगम); कृष्णावीजानाम् = कृष्णा + वीजानाम्.
Related Themes: Agni Purana 284 (Netra-roga/Anjana-kalpa context); Agni Purana 285 (Kalpasāgara continuation of formulations)
FAQs
Ayurvedic ophthalmic knowledge: a guṭikāñjana (pill-form collyrium) made from specified herbs is recommended as a practical remedy for day-blindness and night-blindness.
It shows the text’s inclusion of applied medical science—specifically eye-disease therapeutics—alongside its religious and cosmological material, demonstrating the Agni Purana’s wide-ranging, compendious scope.
Though primarily medical, preserving and restoring vision is aligned with dharmic well-being (ārogya) that supports study, worship, and right conduct; the instruction functions as a welfare-oriented (hita) teaching within a sacred compendium.