Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 59

मृतसञ्जीवनीकरसिद्धयोगः (Mṛtasañjīvanī-kara Siddha-yogaḥ) — Perfected Formulations for Revivification and Disease-Conquest

Devanagari script

पीताः क्षीरेण मध्वक्ताः पृथक्शीणितवारणाः विल्वाम्रघातकीपाठाशुण्ठीमोचरसाः समाः

Transliteration

pītāḥ kṣīreṇa madhvaktāḥ pṛthakśīṇitavāraṇāḥ vilvāmraghātakīpāṭhāśuṇṭhīmocarasāḥ samāḥ

Translation

दूध के साथ और मधु मिलाकर, अलग-अलग पकाकर घटाए गए बिल्व, आम्र, घातकी, पाठा, सोंठ और मोचरस के स्वरस समान भाग में लेकर पान करना विहित है।

Word by Word

• pītāḥ: (when) drunk / taken
• pītāḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √pā (पा, धातु) → pīta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त, past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; used adjectivally = 'having been drunk'

• kṣīreṇa: with milk
• kṣīreṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣīra (क्षीर, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• madhu-aktāḥ: smeared with honey
• madhu-aktāḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madhu (मधु, प्रातिपदिक) + √añj/√ak (अञ्ज्/अक्, धातु) → akta (क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मधुना अक्ताः = smeared/anointed with honey); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• pṛthak: separately / individually
• pṛthak: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pṛthak (पृथक्, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• śīṇita-vāraṇāḥ: (like) weakened elephants (i.e., very debilitated persons)
• śīṇita-vāraṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śīṇita (शीणित, प्रातिपदिक) + vāraṇa (वारण, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'vāraṇa' = elephant; śīṇita = emaciated/weak

• vilva-āmra-ghātakī-pāṭhā-śuṇṭhī-moca-rasāḥ: juices/extracts of bael, mango, ghātakī, pāṭhā, dry ginger, and plantain (moca)
• vilva-āmra-ghātakī-pāṭhā-śuṇṭhī-moca-rasāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vilva (विल्व) + āmra (आम्र) + ghātakī (घातकी) + pāṭhā (पाठा) + śuṇṭhī (शुण्ठी) + moca-rasa (मोच-रस)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व/समुच्चयार्थ-समास (list of ingredients); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'rasāḥ' = juices/extracts

• samāḥ: equal (in proportion)
• samāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sama (सम, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; adjective qualifying the ingredient-juices

Speaker

Lord Agni (narrating to sage Vasiṣṭha, as per the Agni Purana’s standard dialogue frame)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: madhvaktāḥ = madhu + aktāḥ; pṛthakśīṇitavāraṇāḥ parsed as pṛthak + śīṇita-vāraṇāḥ; vilvāmra...rasāḥ is a multi-member compound enumerating ingredients.

Characters & Entities

• Agni Purana
• Ayurveda
• Bilva (Aegle marmelos)
• Āmra (mango)
• Pāṭhā (Cissampelos pareira)
• Śuṇṭhī (dry ginger)
• Mocarasa (astringent gum/exudate)

FAQs

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

It imparts Ayurvedic pharmaceutics: an herbal formulation using expressed plant juices/extracts in equal parts, administered with milk and honey as the anupāna (delivery vehicle) after separate reduction/concentration.

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

By preserving practical Ayurvedic recipe-style instructions (ingredients, proportions, processing method, and vehicle of administration), it shows the Agni Purana functioning as a compendium that includes medical science alongside theology and ritual.

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

While primarily medical, such prescriptions are traditionally framed as dharmic self-care—supporting bodily steadiness for ritual practice and daily duties—thus indirectly aiding purity, discipline, and sustained sādhana.