Shloka 6

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

Devanagari script

जलोदरे तृषारोगे ज्वरगण्डे विषूचके । श्वित्रकुछेअग्निदग्थे च सिध्मापस्मारयोरपि,इसी प्रकार वह जलोदर, तृषारोग, ज्वर, गलगण्ड (गलसूआ), विषूचिका (हैजा), सफेद कोढ़, अग्निदाह, सिथ्मा- (सफेद दाग या सेहँँवा), अपस्मार (मृगी) आदि रोगोंका शिकार होता रहता है

Transliteration

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

Translation

വസിഷ്ഠൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അവൻ ജലോദരം, തൃഷ്ണാരോഗം, ജ്വരം, ഗലഗണ്ഡം, വിഷൂചിക, ശ്വിത്രകുഷ്ഠം, അഗ്നിദഗ്ധം, സിധ്മാ, അപസ്മാരം മുതലായ അനേകം ഭീകര രോഗങ്ങൾക്കു പോലും ഇരയാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

जलोदरेin dropsy/ascites

तृषारोगेin thirst-disease (morbid thirst)

ज्वरगण्डेin fever and goitre

विषूचकेin cholera/acute diarrhoeal disease

श्वित्रकुष्ठेin leucoderma and leprosy

अग्निदग्धेin being burnt by fire (burn-injury)

चand

सिध्मापस्मारयोःin sidhma (skin disease) and epilepsy

अपिalso/even

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.