Shloka 45
Appeasement Rite of the Sun
Sunday Vrata, Mantra, and Healing Praise
एकाहिकं त्र्यहिकं च ज्वरं चातुर्थिकं तथा । कुष्ठं रोगं क्षयं रोगं कुक्षिरोगं ज्वरं तथा
ekāhikaṃ tryahikaṃ ca jvaraṃ cāturthikaṃ tathā | kuṣṭhaṃ rogaṃ kṣayaṃ rogaṃ kukṣirogaṃ jvaraṃ tathā
ഇത് ഏകാഹികം, ത്ര്യാഹികം, ചാതുർത്ഥികം എന്നീ ജ്വരങ്ങളെ അകറ്റുന്നു; കുഷ്ഠം, ക്ഷയം, കുക്ഷിരോഗം എന്നിവയും മറ്റു ജ്വരങ്ങളും നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നു.
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses of Adhyaya 78).
Concept: Sacred practice is portrayed as a shield against acute and chronic afflictions, emphasizing perseverance when suffering repeats (cyclic fevers).
Application: Maintain consistent spiritual routine during recurring difficulties; treat repetition (like periodic fever) with steady discipline rather than despair.
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A night scene shows a patient wrapped in cloth, sweating with periodic fever, while the priest’s mantra rises like a steady flame that does not flicker. In the background, symbolic ‘jvara’ forms—three distinct shadowy waves—recede as the chant continues, suggesting one-day, three-day, and quartan cycles dissolving into calm.","primary_figures":["a priest/ācārya","a fever-stricken devotee","personified Jvara (as shadow-form, optional)","subtle Viṣṇu aura"],"setting":"Quiet interior with a small altar, medicinal bowl, and japa-mālā; window showing a still night sky.","lighting_mood":"moonlit","color_palette":["midnight blue","silver","candle gold","maroon","pale ochre"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: moonlit healing chamber with a small altar; priest chanting with mālā; patient reclining; three stylized shadow-waves labeled as jvara cycles dissolving into gold leaf radiance; ornate frame, rich reds/greens, gold leaf on halo and altar flames.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: delicate nocturne with cool blues; soft moonlight through lattice; priest and patient rendered with refined expressions; fever as faint gray-blue mist; lyrical restraint and fine brushwork.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines, stylized moon and lamp; priest in ritual posture; fever-demons as patterned dark motifs being pushed outward; strong red/yellow/green accents against deep blue.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: central lamp and mantra circle; floral borders with lotus and vine; peacocks subdued in night palette; fever cycles shown as repeating border motifs breaking apart near the mantra center; deep indigo with gold highlights."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"devotional","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["soft night insects","low chanting","occasional bell","lamp crackle","quiet breathing"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: च ज्वरं चातुर्थिकं = च + ज्वरम् + चातुर्थिकम् (च + आ = चा). एकाहिक/त्र्यहिक are taddhitānta adjectives used substantively with ‘ज्वरम्’ understood.
FAQs
It lists ailments—especially types of fever—said to be alleviated or warded off by the practice being praised in the surrounding context (a typical phalaśruti-style claim).
They denote fevers classified by periodicity: lasting one day (ekāhika), three days (tryahika), and recurring on the fourth day (cāturthika, i.e., quartan-type).
This verse is primarily result-oriented (phalaśruti), emphasizing protective/curative benefits rather than expounding a metaphysical doctrine.