Shloka 57

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

Devanagari script

अहोरात्रस्य सन्धौ स्यात्सकृदन्येद्युराश्रितः / तस्मिन्मांसवहा नाडी मेदोनाडी तृतीयके

Transliteration

ahorātrasya sandhau syātsakṛdanyedyurāśritaḥ / tasminmāṃsavahā nāḍī medonāḍī tṛtīyake

Translation

Pada pertemuan siang dan malam, ia berlaku sekali dan bersangkut dengan hari berikutnya. Pada pertemuan itu ada nāḍī yang membawa daging; dan pada bahagian ketiga ada nāḍī yang membawa lemak.

Word by Word

अहोरात्रस्यof day-and-night (a full day)

सन्धौat the junction (twilight)

स्यात्would be / should be

सकृत्once

अन्येद्युःon the next day

आश्रितःdependent/attached (resting on)

तस्मिन्in that (therein)

मांसवहाcarrying flesh

नाडीchannel/duct (nāḍī)

मेदोनाडीfat-channel (medo-nāḍī)

तृतीयकेin the third (stage/period)

Speaker

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

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Knowledge of subtle bodily timing and channels (nāḍī) as a basis for understanding periodic disorders.

Vedantic Theme: Deha as kṣetra (field) to be known; discriminative observation (viveka) applied to embodied processes without mistaking them for the Self.

Application: Use sandhi-times as diagnostic anchors for periodic symptoms; track patterns across day-boundaries and correlate with tissue/‘dhātu’ involvement (māṃsa, medas).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.147 (context: nāḍī/doṣa periodicity and tissue involvement)

FAQs

What is the importance of ahorātrasya sandhi (day-night junction) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse treats the day–night junction as a technically significant transition point, associating it with specific nāḍīs (subtle channels) and bodily-tissue functions, indicating that time-junctions are linked to inner physiological/subtle processes.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Indirectly: by describing nāḍīs and transitional ‘sandhi’ points, it supports the Garuda Purana’s broader framework that the jīva’s experiences after death depend on subtle-body structures and timings, not only the gross body.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat dawn/dusk transitions as disciplined moments—calm the senses, maintain purity of diet and conduct—since the text frames sandhi-times as influential for subtle physiological processes.