Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 22

Daṣṭa-cikitsā (Treatment for Bites) — Mantra-Dhyāna-Auṣadha Protocols for Viṣa

Devanagari script

जामुदण्डीदमुदितं स्वधाश्रीवीजलाञ्छितं स्नानपानात्सर्वविषं ज्वरातोगापमृत्युजित्

Transliteration

jāmudaṇḍīdamuditaṃ svadhāśrīvījalāñchitaṃ snānapānātsarvaviṣaṃ jvarātogāpamṛtyujit

Translation

येथे सांगितलेली ‘जामुदण्डी’ नामक विद्या स्वधा, श्री व वीजला-चिन्हित आहे; या मंत्राने अभिमंत्रित जलाचे स्नान व पान केल्याने सर्व विष, ज्वर, रोग आणि अकाली मृत्यू यांवर विजय मिळतो।

Word by Word

• जामुदण्डी: Jāmudaṇḍī (name of a mantra/vidyā)
• जामुदण्डी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāmudaṇḍī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/विषय), एकवचन; mantra/vidyā-name (proper noun)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; deictic ‘this’ (agreeing with udītam)

• उदितम्: declared/uttered
• उदितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √ud + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle): ‘uttered/declared’

• स्वधाश्रीवीजलाञ्छितम्: marked with ‘svadhā, śrī, vī, jala’
• स्वधाश्रीवीजलाञ्छितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svadhā (प्रातिपदिक) + śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + vī (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-रूप as syllable) + jala (प्रातिपदिक) + añchita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √añc + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः: स्वधा-श्री-वी-जला-लाञ्छितम् = ‘marked with (the syllables/marks) svadhā, śrī, vī, jala’

• स्नानपानात्: from/by bathing and drinking
• स्नानपानात्: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक) + pāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वः: स्नानं च पानं च; ‘by bathing and drinking’

• सर्वविषम्: all poison
• सर्वविषम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + viṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: सर्वं विषम्

• ज्वरातोगापमृत्युजित्: conquering fever, disease, calamity, and death
• ज्वरातोगापमृत्युजित्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jvara (प्रातिपदिक) + ā-toga (प्रातिपदिक) + āp (प्रातिपदिक) + mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक) + jit (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √ji + क्विप्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (विधेय), एकवचन; समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व-समासः (list-compound) with final ‘jit’ = ‘conquering’; agrees with implied mantra/vidyā

Speaker

Lord Agni (traditional Agni Purana narrator) instructing sage Vasiṣṭha

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: jāmudaṇḍīdamuditaṃ → jāmudaṇḍī idam uditam; snānapānātsarvaviṣaṃ → snāna-pānāt sarva-viṣam.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Svadhā
• Śrī
• Jāmudaṇḍī
• Apamṛtyu

FAQs

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

It teaches the Jāmudaṇḍī protective-curative formula and its application through mantra-empowered bathing and drinking to counter poison, fever, and disease.

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

It exemplifies the text’s practical compendium style—integrating mantra-prayoga with health aims (toxin removal, fever control, prevention of apamṛtyu), blending ritual technology with proto-medical concerns.

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

Beyond physical cure, it is framed as purification and protection—removing harmful influences (viṣa) and averting inauspicious fate (apamṛtyu) through sanctioned sacred power (śakti) invoked in regulated practice.