Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 42
Bala-graha-hara Bāla-tantram (बालग्रहहर बालतन्त्रम्) — Pediatric protection and graha-affliction management
बलिः स्यात् कृशरापूपशक्तुकुल्मासपायसैः दशमे ऽब्दे कलहंसी दाहो ऽङ्गकृशता ज्वरः
baliḥ syāt kṛśarāpūpaśaktukulmāsapāyasaiḥ daśame 'bde kalahaṃsī dāho 'ṅgakṛśatā jvaraḥ
Bali hendaknya dipersembahkan dengan khicrī, kue (pūpa), tepung sangrai (sattu), kulmāṣa (kacang/serelia rebus), dan bubur susu (pāyasa). Pada tahun kesepuluh muncul sifat suka bertengkar, rasa panas, tubuh mengurus, dan demam.
Lord Agni (Agni Purana’s primary narrator)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Ayurveda","secondary_vidya":"Jyotisha","practical_application":"Year-wise prognostics (varṣa-phala) linking behavioral and somatic signs—quarrelsomeness, burning, emaciation, fever—with prescribed bali offerings for mitigation.","sutra_style":true}
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Dosha: Pitta
Concept: Integrating bodily signs and conduct (kalaha) into prognostic assessment; combining yukti (care) with daiva (bali) for mitigation.
Application: Use the sign-cluster to intensify fever management and reduce conflict; perform prescribed offerings as communal pacification.
Khanda Section: Ayurveda (Roga-nidana / Varsha-phala: prognostics by years)
Primary Rasa: Bhayānaka
Secondary Rasa: Karuṇa
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Offerings laid out: khicrī, cakes, sattu, kulmāṣa, and payasa; a feverish, emaciated person with flushed heat, while a household atmosphere shows quarrels and agitation.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural, offering spread in banana-leaf style, incense smoke; thin fever patient with reddish aura for dāha, surrounding figures in tense gestures indicating kalaha, muted dramatic palette","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore, gold-highlighted offering vessels and payasa bowl, stylized fever patient with halo-like heat motif, ornate border; symbolic depiction of discord in background","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting, didactic arrangement of five bali foods with neat labeling, adjacent vignette of jvara patient and ‘dāha’ heat lines, calm instructional composition","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, detailed food textures on trays, physician attending a thin fever patient, family members arguing in the background, architectural interior with carpets"}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: ऽब्दे = अब्दे (अ + अ → ’); दाहो ऽङ्गकृशता = दाहः + अङ्गकृशता (ः + अ → ओऽ). कৃशरापूपशक्तुकुल्मासपायसैः: सूची-समास/समाहारः, तृतीया बहुवचन ‘पायसैः’ द्वारा समस्त-सम्बन्धः सूचितः.
Related Themes: Agni Purāṇa 298 varṣa-phala/ariṣṭa sequence; Agni Purāṇa Ayurveda portions on jvara
FAQs
It prescribes a specific bali (propitiatory food-offering) using defined food items (kṛśarā, pūpa, śaktu, kulmāsa, pāyasa) and gives year-based prognostics of likely conditions—burning sensation, emaciation, and fever.
It links ritual practice (bali with specific preparations) with applied health forecasting (symptom-prediction), illustrating how the Agni Purana blends dharmic rites with practical Ayurveda-style observation.
Performing the prescribed bali is a propitiatory act meant to pacify adverse influences and reduce suffering; it frames illness and social discord as conditions that can be mitigated through disciplined ritual and right conduct.