Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 14

Chapter 282 — नानारोगहराण्यौषधानि

Medicines that Remove Various Diseases

Devanagari script

पूतीकवह्निरजनी त्रिफलाव्योषचूर्णयुक् तक्रं गुदाङ्कुरे पेयं भक्ष्या वा सगुडाभया

Transliteration

pūtīkavahnirajanī triphalāvyoṣacūrṇayuk takraṃ gudāṅkure peyaṃ bhakṣyā vā saguḍābhayā

Translation

ഗുദാങ്കുരം (അർശസ്/മൂലവ്യാധി) ഉള്ളപ്പോൾ പൂതീക, വഹ്നി, രജനി, ത്രിഫല, വ്യോഷം എന്നിവയുടെ ചൂർണം ചേർത്ത തക്രം (മോരു) കുടിക്കണം; അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ശർക്കരയോടുകൂടെ അഭയാ (ഹരീതകി) കഴിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• पूतीकवह्निरजनी: pūtīka, vahni, and rajanī (as a combined remedy)
• पूतीकवह्निरजनी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूतीक-वह्नि-रजनी (प्रातिपदिक; पूतीक + वह्नि + रजनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective) as a formulation name

• त्रिफलाव्योषचूर्णयुक्: mixed with triphalā and dry-ginger/pepper powder
• त्रिफलाव्योषचूर्णयुक्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिफला-अव्योष-चूर्ण-युक्त (प्रातिपदिक; त्रिफला + अव्योष + चूर्ण + युक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘युक्त’ = endowed/combined with

• तक्रम्: buttermilk
• तक्रम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म

• गुदाङ्कुरे: in piles/hemorrhoids (lit. sprout of the anus)
• गुदाङ्कुरे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुद-अङ्कुर (प्रातिपदिक; गुद + अङ्कुर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• पेयं: to be drunk
• पेयं: Vidhi (विधि/Prescription)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पा (धातु) → पेय (कृदन्त, यत्/णीय-भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण; ‘to be drunk’

• भक्ष्या: to be eaten
• भक्ष्या: Vidhi (विधि/Prescription)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक; from भक्ष् धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘to be eaten’ (gerundive sense)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• सगुडाभया: abhayā (harītakī) with jaggery
• सगुडाभया: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स-गुड-अभया (प्रातिपदिक; स + गुड + अभया)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘with jaggery’ + abhaya (harītakī)

Speaker

Lord Agni (teaching Vasiṣṭha in the Agni Purana’s encyclopedic medical section)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: गुदाङ्कुरे = गुद + अङ्कुरे (aṅkura). त्रिफलाव्योषचूर्णयुक् is a multi-member tatpuruṣa ending in युक्त.

Characters & Entities

• Ayurveda
• takra (buttermilk)
• triphalā
• vyoṣa
• rajanī (turmeric)
• abhayā (harītakī)
• guḍa (jaggery)
• gudāṅkura (piles)

FAQs

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

Ayurvedic therapeutics: a takra (buttermilk) drink fortified with Triphalā, Vyoṣa (Trikatu), turmeric, and agni-kindling herbs for treating gudāṅkura (piles), plus an alternate oral remedy of harītakī (abhayā) with jaggery.

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

It shows the Agni Purana functioning as a compendium beyond myth—preserving practical clinical formulations (dietary-drug combinations, powders, and anupāna-like vehicles such as buttermilk) alongside its religious and cultural teachings.

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

By prescribing healing regimens that reduce suffering and restore bodily function, the text frames health-maintenance as a dharmic support for sādhana and righteous living—purifying one’s capacity to perform duties without obstruction.