Agni Purana — Yoga & Brahma-vidya, Shloka 11

Chapter 369 — शरीरावयवाः

The Limbs/Organs and Constituents of the Body

Devanagari script

बुक्कात्पुक्कसकप्लीहकृतकोष्ठाङ्गहृद्व्रणाः तण्डकश् च महाभाग निबद्धान्याशये मतः

Transliteration

bukkātpukkasakaplīhakṛtakoṣṭhāṅgahṛdvraṇāḥ taṇḍakaś ca mahābhāga nibaddhānyāśaye mataḥ

Translation

ഹേ മഹാഭാഗ, മൂത്രാശയം, പുക്കസ, പ്ലീഹ, യകൃത്ത്, കോഷ്ഠം (ഉദരഗുഹ), അവയവങ്ങൾ, ഹൃദയം എന്നിവയിലെ വ്രണങ്ങൾ—കൂടാതെ തണ്ഡക—ഇവയെല്ലാം ആശയത്തിൽ നിബദ്ധമായ വ്യാധികളായി കരുതപ്പെടുന്നു।

Word by Word

• बुक्कात्: from the bukka (a bodily part/region)
• बुक्कात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुक्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Abl. sg.

• पुक्कसक-प्लीह-कृत-कोष्ठ-अङ्ग-हृद्-व्रणाः: pukkasaka-, spleen-, liver-, abdomen-, limb-, heart-wounds (lesions)
• पुक्कसक-प्लीह-कृत-कोष्ठ-अङ्ग-हृद्-व्रणाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुक्कसक + प्लीह + कृत + कोष्ठ + अङ्ग + हृद् + व्रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-समास (समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व-प्राय); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nom. pl. (list of lesions/conditions)

• तण्डकः: taṇḍaka (a disease/lesion)
• तण्डकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तण्डक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nom. sg.

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• महाभाग: O noble one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Voc. sg.; karmadhāraya ‘महान् भागः यस्य’ (honorific address)

• निबद्धानि: bound/located/affixed
• निबद्धानि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + बन्ध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nom. pl. (agrees with implied neuter plural ‘(एतानि)’/conditions)

• आशये: in the receptacle/organ (āśaya)
• आशये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Loc. sg.

• मतः: is considered
• मतः: Kriya (क्रिया/भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘considered/held (to be)’; predicative with ellipsis

Speaker

Lord Agni (narrating to Vasiṣṭha)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: बुक्कात्+पुक्कसक...→बुक्कात्पुक्कसक...; कोष्ठ+अङ्ग→कोष्ठाङ्ग; अङ्ग+हृद्→अङ्गहृद्; तण्डकः+च→तण्डकश्च; निबद्धानि+आशये→निबद्धान्याशये.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Āyurveda
• Āśaya (visceral seat)
• Basti (urinary bladder)
• Guda (rectal region)
• Hṛd (heart)

FAQs

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

It imparts Ayurvedic nidāna-style classification: specific internal ulcers/diseases are grouped as āśaya-stha—conditions whose locus is the visceral receptacle (internal organ systems), guiding diagnosis and treatment planning.

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

By cataloging organ-based pathologies (bladder, rectum, spleen, liver, viscera, heart) and naming a specific condition (taṇḍaka), it shows the Purana functioning as a compendium that preserves medical taxonomy alongside ritual, polity, and other sciences.

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

While primarily medical, the Purana’s framing of disease by its seat supports dharmic self-care: maintaining the body as a fit instrument for worship, duty, and disciplined living, thereby reducing suffering that obstructs sādhana.