Shloka 3
व्याधि-गुण-साम्योपदेशः | Discourse on Affliction, Guṇa-Equilibrium, and the Inner Battle
Devanagari script
शीतोष्णे चैव वायुश्व॒ गुणा राजन् शरीरजा: । तेषां गुणानां साम्यं चेत् तदाहु: स्वस्थलक्षणम्
Transliteration
śītoṣṇe caiva vāyuś ca guṇā rājan śarīrajāḥ | teṣāṃ guṇānāṃ sāmyaṃ cet tad āhuḥ svasthalakṣaṇam ||
Translation
वायुदेव बोले—राजन्! शीत, उष्ण और वायु—ये तीन शरीर के गुण हैं। जब इन गुणों में समता रहती है, उसी को स्वस्थ पुरुष का लक्षण कहा गया है।
Word by Word
शीतcold
शीत:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशीत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
उष्णेheat (together with cold, as a pair)
उष्णे:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउष्ण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Dual
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
वायुःwind/air
वायुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवायु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
गुणाःqualities
गुणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
शरीरजाःborn of the body / bodily
शरीरजाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशरीरज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तेषाम्of those
तेषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
गुणानाम्of the qualities
गुणानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
साम्यम्equilibrium/equality
साम्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसाम्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
चेत्if
चेत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचेत्
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आहुःthey say
आहुः:
TypeVerb
Rootअह्
FormPerfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
स्वस्थलक्षणम्the mark/sign of health
स्वस्थलक्षणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वस्थलक्षण
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyu (Vāyu-deva)K
King (rājan)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Health is defined as equilibrium: when the bodily qualities of cold, heat, and wind (vāyu) are balanced, one is considered svastha—sound and well-established.
Vāyu-deva addresses a king and gives a concise, instructive definition of bodily well-being, framing health as the harmonious balance of key physiological qualities.