Shloka 83

Jvara-Nidāna-Lakṣaṇa: Causes, Doṣic Types, Āma/Nirāma Stages, and Prognosis of Fever

Devanagari script

काये पित्तं यदा न्यस्तं श्लेष्मा चान्ते व्यवस्थितः / उष्णत्वं तेन देहस्य शीतत्वं करपादयोः

Transliteration

kāye pittaṃ yadā nyastaṃ śleṣmā cānte vyavasthitaḥ / uṣṇatvaṃ tena dehasya śītatvaṃ karapādayoḥ

Translation

ദേഹത്തിൽ പിത്തം പതിഞ്ഞു, കഫം അവസാനം ഘട്ടത്തിൽ കൂടിച്ചേരുമ്പോൾ, അതിനാൽ ശരീരത്തിന്റെ നടുഭാഗം ഉഷ്ണമാകുകയും കൈകാലുകൾ ശീതളമാകുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു.

Word by Word

• काये: in the body
• काये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• पित्तम्: bile
• पित्तम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Temporal link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• न्यस्तम्: placed
• न्यस्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + अस्/स्था (धातु) + न्यस्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘placed/deposited’

• श्लेष्मा: phlegm
• श्लेष्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्लेष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अन्ते: at the end/terminal part
• अन्ते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• व्यवस्थितः: situated
• व्यवस्थितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु) + व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘well-established/situated’

• उष्णत्वम्: heat/hotness
• उष्णत्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उष्णत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• तेन: by that/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• देहस्य: of the body
• देहस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• शीतत्वम्: coldness
• शीतत्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीतत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• करपादयोः: of the hands and feet
• करपादयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर + पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी (6th/7th), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्वः कर + पाद

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in dialogue to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Mixed

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Progression/placement of pitta and kapha yields characteristic thermal distribution: hot trunk, cold extremities.

Vedantic Theme: Discriminating awareness (viveka) between changing bodily states and the witnessing consciousness.

Application: Treat as a sign of systemic heat with peripheral cold: monitor circulation, hydration, and apply appropriate cooling/kapha-pacifying measures under guidance.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.147.82 (heat/cold split); Garuda Purana 1.147.85-86 (acute fever signs and recovery signs)

FAQs

What is the importance of bodily signs like heat and cold in the Garuda Purana?

This verse treats changes in heat distribution (hot trunk, cold hands/feet) as a diagnostic sign of the final stage of life, helping identify the onset of the dying process described in the Preta Kanda.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul after death?

Indirectly: it marks the physiological threshold of death—when the body’s humors shift and extremities cool—after which the text proceeds to describe post-death transitions relevant to the preta (departed being).

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use it as a traditional indicator of end-of-life transition: focus on calm presence, prayer/recitation, and timely performance of family duties and rites rather than panic when such signs appear.