Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 74
मृतसञ्जीवनीकरसिद्धयोगः (Mṛtasañjīvanī-kara Siddha-yogaḥ) — Perfected Formulations for Revivification and Disease-Conquest
गुटिकाञ्जनमेतत् स्यात् दिनरात्र्यन्धयोर्हितं यष्टीमधुवचाकृष्णावीजानां कुटजस्य च
guṭikāñjanametat syāt dinarātryandhayorhitaṃ yaṣṭīmadhuvacākṛṣṇāvījānāṃ kuṭajasya ca
हे गुटिकाञ्जन (गोळी-रूप अंजन) करावे; दिवस व रात्रि होणाऱ्या अंधत्वात ते हितकर आहे. यष्टिमधु, वचा, कृष्णा-बी व कुटज यांपासून ते सिद्ध होते.
Lord Agni (in instruction to sage Vasiṣṭha, as the usual Agni Purāṇa dialogue frame)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Ayurveda","secondary_vidya":"Samanya","practical_application":"Preparation and use of pill-form collyrium (guṭikāñjana) for specific blindness/visual impairment conditions.","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"Formula","entry_title":"Guṭikāñjana for Day- and Night-blindness","lookup_keywords":["guṭikāñjana","divāndhya","rātryandhya","yaṣṭīmadhu","kuṭaja"],"quick_summary":"A pill-form collyrium is prescribed for day- and night-blindness, compounded from yaṣṭīmadhu, vacā, kṛṣṇā-seeds, and kuṭaja; it is applied as an anjana for ocular benefit."}
Dosha: Tridosha
Concept: Applied healing knowledge (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) directed to a specific organ-system (netra).
Application: Codifies a reproducible formulation so practitioners can standardize ocular therapeutics.
Khanda Section: Ayurveda (Netra-roga / Anjana-kalpa: collyrium formulations for eye disease)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"An Ayurvedic physician preparing a small stone mortar paste, rolling tiny anjana pills, and applying collyrium to a patient’s eyes under lamplight, with jars labeled yaṣṭīmadhu, vacā, kṛṣṇā-bīja, and kuṭaja.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala temple mural aesthetic, earthy reds and greens, an Ayurvedic vaidya seated with mortar and pestle, small anjana pills on a leaf, patient with gently opened eyes, palm-leaf manuscript nearby, flat iconic composition.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style with gold work, central vaidya figure holding an anjana applicator, ornate medicine caskets, stylized herbs (yaṣṭīmadhu roots, vacā rhizome), rich textiles, symmetrical devotional-medical tableau.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting style, fine linework, instructional clarity: stepwise depiction of grinding, pill-rolling, and careful eye-application; labeled containers for ingredients; calm indoor clinic setting.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, detailed apothecary scene: physician in jama, assistants grinding herbs, tiny black anjana pills, patient seated by a window; botanical realism for kuṭaja bark and licorice roots."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: गुटिकाञ्जनम् = गुटिका + अञ्जनम्; दिनरात्र्यन्धयोः = दिनरात्रि + अन्धयोः (य्-आगम); कृष्णावीजानाम् = कृष्णा + वीजानाम्.
Related Themes: Agni Purana 284 (Netra-roga/Anjana-kalpa context); Agni Purana 285 (Kalpasāgara continuation of formulations)
FAQs
Ayurvedic ophthalmic knowledge: a guṭikāñjana (pill-form collyrium) made from specified herbs is recommended as a practical remedy for day-blindness and night-blindness.
It shows the text’s inclusion of applied medical science—specifically eye-disease therapeutics—alongside its religious and cosmological material, demonstrating the Agni Purana’s wide-ranging, compendious scope.
Though primarily medical, preserving and restoring vision is aligned with dharmic well-being (ārogya) that supports study, worship, and right conduct; the instruction functions as a welfare-oriented (hita) teaching within a sacred compendium.