Agni Purana — Kosha, Shloka 8

Chapter 363: नृब्रह्मक्षत्रविट्शूद्रवर्गाः

Groups of terms for Men, Brahmins, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, and Śūdras

Devanagari script

पिचिण्डिलो वृहत्कुक्षिरवभ्रटो नतनासिके विकलाङ्गस्तु पोगण्ड आरोग्यं स्यादनामयम्

Transliteration

piciṇḍilo vṛhatkukṣiravabhraṭo natanāsike vikalāṅgastu pogaṇḍa ārogyaṃ syādanāmayam

Translation

જેનું શરીર દબાયેલું/ગાંઠદાર હોય તે ‘પિચિણ્ડિલ’; મોટું પેટ ધરાવનાર ‘વૃહત્કુક્ષિ’; ટાલ/કેશહાનિવાળો ‘અવભ્રટ’; અને ઢળી નાકવાળો ‘નતનાસિક’. અંગવિકલ તથા ગલગંડ (પોગંડ)થી પીડિત—એવા લોકો માટે ‘આરોગ્ય’, એટલે ‘અનામય’ (રોગરહિતતા) કહેવાય છે.

Word by Word

• पिचिण्डिलः: a dwarf/short-statured person (piciṇḍila)
• पिचिण्डिलः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिचिण्डिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वृहत्कुक्षिः: big-bellied person
• वृहत्कुक्षिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृहत् + कुक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: वृहत् कुक्षिः यस्य सः (big-bellied)

• अवभ्रटः: one with a sunken/defective appearance (avabhraṭa)
• अवभ्रटः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवभ्रट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• नतनासिके: in/for one with a bent nose
• नतनासिके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नत + नासिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: नता नासिका यस्य सः; ‘-e’ = locative singular (in/for the one with...)

• विकलाङ्गः: disabled person; one with impaired limbs
• विकलाङ्गः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकल + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: विकलानि अङ्गानि यस्य सः (disabled)

• तु: but; and (contrast/emphasis)
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• पोगण्डः: a boy in early youth (pogaṇḍa)
• पोगण्डः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पोगण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• आरोग्यम्: health
• आरोग्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरोग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• स्यात्: would be; is said to be
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अनामयम्: free from disease; healthy
• अनामयम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनामय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; नञ्-पूर्वक विशेषण

Speaker

Lord Agni (teaching the sage Vasiṣṭha in the Agni Purāṇa’s encyclopedic instruction)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: वृहत्कुक्षिरवभ्रटो = वृहत्कुक्षिः + अवभ्रटः (इः + अ → र् + अ); विकलाङ्गस्तु = विकलाङ्गः + तु (अः + त् → स्त्); स्यादनामयम् = स्यात् + अनामयम् (त् + अ → द)

Characters & Entities

• Agni Purana
• Ayurveda

FAQs

What technical or ritual knowledge (Vidya) is imparted in this verse?

Ayurvedic-style roga-lakṣaṇa vocabulary is used to list bodily conditions (large belly, baldness, drooping nose, limb defect, goitre) and then state the practical outcome: attainment of ārogya (health) and anāmayatva (freedom from disease).

How does this verse contribute to the 'Encyclopedic' nature of the Agni Purana?

Alongside theology and ritual, the Agni Purāṇa preserves technical health terminology and diagnostic descriptors typical of Ayurveda, showing that the text functions as a compendium spanning medicine, ethics, and applied knowledge.

What is the spiritual or karmic significance of this specific instruction?

By asserting the result as ārogya/anāmaya, the verse frames bodily afflictions as conditions that can be mitigated—implying that disciplined conduct, prescribed observances, or meritorious acts taught in the surrounding passage can culminate in purification expressed as health.