Shloka 57
वृत्ति-सत्सङ्ग-दान-धर्म
Livelihood, Virtuous Association, and Ethics of Giving
धर्मज्ञ भरतनन्दन! सिंहोंमें थकावटका होना ही ज्वर कहलाता है; परंतु मनुष्योंमें यह ज्वरके नामसे ही प्रसिद्ध है ।।
dharmajña bharatanandana! siṁheṣu thakāvaṭa-kā hona hī jvara kahalātā hai; parantu manuṣyeṣu ayaṁ jvara-śabdenaiva prasiddhaḥ. maraṇe janmani tathā madhye cāviśate naram | etan māheśvaraṁ tejo jvaro nāma sudāruṇaḥ || bhagavān-maheśvarasya tejorūpa eṣa jvaraḥ atyantaṁ dāruṇaḥ. sa mṛtyukāle, janmakāle tathā madhye’pi manuṣya-śarīre praviśati. eṣa sarvaśaktaḥ māheśvara-jvaraḥ sarva-prāṇināṁ vandanīyaḥ mānanīyaś ca. eṣa eva dharmātmanāṁ śreṣṭhasya vṛtrāsurasya śarīre’pi praviṣṭavān.
ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ຜູ້ສືບສາຍພາຣະຕະຜູ້ຮອບຮູ້! ໃນຫມູ່ສິງ ຄວາມເມື່ອຍລ້ານັ້ນເອງ ຖືກເອີ້ນວ່າ “ໄຂ້”; ແຕ່ໃນຫມູ່ມະນຸດ ມັນກໍເປັນທີ່ຮູ້ຈັກດ້ວຍຊື່ “ໄຂ້” ນັ້ນແຫຼະ. ໄຂ້ອັນນ່າຢ້ານນີ້ ແມ່ນລັດສະມີແຫ່ງມະເຫສະວະຣະ (ພຣະສິວະ). ມັນເຂົ້າສູ່ມະນຸດໃນຍາມຕາຍ, ໃນຍາມເກີດ, ແລະຍັງໃນຊ່ວງກາງແຫ່ງຊີວິດອີກດ້ວຍ. ເນື່ອງຈາກມັນເປັນພະລັງອັນຮອບດ້ານຂອງມະເຫສະວະຣະ ສັດທັງປວງຈຶ່ງຄວນນົບນ້ອມ ແລະເຄົາລົບ. ແທ້ຈິງ ໄຂ້ນີ້ເຄີຍເຂົ້າສູ່ກາຍຂອງວຶດຣະ-ອະສຸຣະ ຜູ້ສູງສຸດໃນຫມູ່ຜູ້ທຳດີ.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames fever (jvara) not merely as a medical condition but as a manifestation of Maheshvara’s divine energy—an awe-inspiring force that touches beings at birth, death, and throughout life. Ethically, it urges reverence toward cosmic powers that govern embodied existence, cultivating humility before suffering and mortality.
In Bhishma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira during the Shanti Parva, he explains the nature of ‘Jvara’ as a fierce, Śaiva power that can enter humans at critical life thresholds. He reinforces its potency by citing that it even entered the body of Vṛtrāsura, portrayed here as exceptionally righteous among asuras.