Shloka 3

Jvara-Chikitsa: Doṣa-wise Fever Management, Medicated Waters, and Escalation Therapies

Devanagari script

अग्निस्वेदाज्ज्वरास्त्वेवं नाशमायान्तिहीश्वर / वातज्वरहरः क्वाथो गुडूच्या मुस्तकेन च

Transliteration

agnisvedājjvarāstvevaṃ nāśamāyāntihīśvara / vātajvaraharaḥ kvātho guḍūcyā mustakena ca

Translation

Wahai Tuhan, demam demikian lenyap dengan tuam dan peluh oleh panas. Air rebusan guḍūcī bersama mustaka menghilangkan demam yang berpunca daripada vāta.

Word by Word

• अग्निस्वेदात्: from sweating due to heat/fire
• अग्निस्वेदात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निस्वेद (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि+स्वेद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (अग्निना स्वेदः)

• ज्वराः: fevers
• ज्वराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (contrast/emphasis particle)

• एवम्: thus/in this manner
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• नाशम्: destruction/cessation
• नाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आयान्ति: they come/they reach
• आयान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; उपसर्ग—आ (आ+या)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• ईश्वर: O Lord
• ईश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• वातज्वरहरः: removing vāta-fever
• वातज्वरहरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वात+ज्वर+हर (प्रातिपदिक; हर from √हृ (धातु) in agentive sense)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (वातज्वरं हरति इति)

• क्वाथः: decoction
• क्वाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्वाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गुडूच्या: with guḍūcī (Tinospora)
• गुडूच्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुडूची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• मुस्तकेन: with mustaka (nut-grass)
• मुस्तकेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुस्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in instruction to Garuda)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Preservation of health through right treatment is a supportive limb of dharma; suffering is mitigated by appropriate means.

Vedantic Theme: Body as instrument (śarīra-sādhana) for dharma and devotion; pragmatic compassion (dayā) expressed as healing.

Application: Use heat-fomentation (agnisveda) for jvara; administer guḍūcī-mustaka decoction for vāta-type fever under proper guidance.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.175 (Ayurveda/jvara-cikitsā sequence)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What remedy is recommended in Garuda Purana for vāta-type fever?

This verse prescribes a kvātha (decoction) of guḍūcī combined with mustaka as a vāta-jvara-hara (vāta-fever reliever).

Does this verse relate to afterlife rituals in the Garuda Purana?

No. Here the Garuda Purana is presenting Ayurvedic therapeutic guidance (jvara chikitsā), not preta-karma or Yama-loka descriptions.

Practical application of this teaching today?

It highlights classical Ayurvedic logic—using heat-fomentation and specific herbs for vāta-dominant fever—best applied with guidance from a qualified practitioner.