Shloka 6

अव्यक्त-गुण-पुरुषविवेकः | Avyakta, Guṇas, and Discrimination of Puruṣa

Devanagari script

जलोदरे तृषारोगे ज्वरगण्डे विषूचके । श्वित्रकुछेअग्निदग्थे च सिध्मापस्मारयोरपि

Transliteration

jalodare tṛṣāroge jvara-gaṇḍe viṣūcake | śvitrakuche ’gnidagdhe ca sidhmāpas-mārayor api ||

Translation

Vasiṣṭha berkata: ia pun terserang banyak penyakit berat—busung air, dahaga yang menggerogoti, demam, gondok, penyakit seperti kolera, kusta putih, luka bakar api, sidhmā (kelainan kulit), bahkan epilepsi.

Word by Word

• जलोदरे: in dropsy/ascites
• जलोदरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जलोदर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तृषारोगे: in thirst-disease (morbid thirst)
• तृषारोगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृषारोग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• ज्वरगण्डे: in fever and goitre
• ज्वरगण्डे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वरगण्ड
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विषूचके: in cholera/acute diarrhoeal disease
• विषूचके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषूचक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• श्वित्रकुष्ठे: in leucoderma and leprosy
• श्वित्रकुष्ठे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वित्रकुष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अग्निदग्धे: in being burnt by fire (burn-injury)
• अग्निदग्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्निदग्ध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सिध्मापस्मारयोः: in sidhma (skin disease) and epilepsy
• सिध्मापस्मारयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिध्मापस्मार
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Dual

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes that lack of restraint and imbalance in conduct can manifest as suffering in the body; ethical discipline (dharma, self-control) is presented as protective, while negligence leads to afflictions and misery.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha is instructing his listener by enumerating severe ailments to illustrate the tangible, bodily fallout of an undisciplined life, strengthening a broader moral argument about right living and its consequences.