Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 27

Chapter 299 — ग्रहहृन्मन्त्रादिकम्

Grahahṛn-Mantras and Allied Procedures

Devanagari script

पाठापथ्यावचाशिग्रुसिन्धूव्योषैः पृथक् फलैः अजाक्षीराढके पक्वसर्पिः सर्वग्रहान् हरेत्

Transliteration

pāṭhāpathyāvacāśigrusindhūvyoṣaiḥ pṛthak phalaiḥ ajākṣīrāḍhake pakvasarpiḥ sarvagrahān haret

Translation

Топлёное масло (ghee), сваренное в одном āḍhaka козьего молока с «плодами» (то есть отмеренными дозами) pāṭhā, pathyā, vacā, śigru, saindhava (каменной солью) и tryūṣa (тремя жгучими), взятыми по отдельности как составные части, уничтожает все поражения граха.

Word by Word

• पाठा-पथ्या-वचा-शिग्रु-सिन्धु-व्योषैः: with pāṭhā, pathyā, vacā, śigru, sindhu, and vyoṣa (spices/drugs)
• पाठा-पथ्या-वचा-शिग्रु-सिन्धु-व्योषैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाठा (प्रातिपदिक) + पथ्या (प्रातिपदिक) + वचा (प्रातिपदिक) + शिग्रु (प्रातिपदिक) + सिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक) + व्योष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (द्रव्यनाम-समाहार), तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व—‘with pāṭhā, pathyā, vacā, śigru, sindhu, and vyoṣa’

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: Avyaya (अव्यय/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘separately’

• फलैः: with fruits
• फलैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• अजा-क्षीर-आढके: in an āḍhaka (measure) of goat’s milk
• अजा-क्षीर-आढके: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजा (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक) + आढक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—‘in an āḍhaka-measure of goat’s milk’

• पक्व-सर्पिः: cooked ghee
• पक्व-सर्पिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्व (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + सर्पिस्/सर्पिः (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘cooked ghee’

• सर्व-ग्रहान्: all grahas (afflictions/spirits)
• सर्व-ग्रहान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन; ‘all ग्रह-afflictions/spirits’

• हरेत्: should remove
• हरेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Lord Agni (in instruction to the sage Vasiṣṭha, as per the common Agni Purana dialogue frame)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: śānta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: पाठापथ्यावचाशिग्रुसिन्धूव्योषैः is a multi-member dvandva in instrumental plural; अजाक्षीराढके = अजा + क्षीर + आढके (अ + आ → आ); सर्वग्रहान् = सर्व + ग्रहान्.

Characters & Entities

• Grahāḥ (seizing afflictions)
• Pāṭhā
• Pathyā (Harītakī)
• Vacā
• Śigru
• Saindhava
• Tryūṣa (Trikaṭu)
• Goat’s milk
• Medicated ghee (ghṛta)

FAQs

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

It gives an Ayurvedic grahachikitsa formulation: medicated ghee cooked in goat’s milk with specific drugs (pāṭhā, harītakī, vacā, śigru, saindhava, and tryūṣa) to counter graha-type seizure/affliction conditions.

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

Alongside theology and ritual, the Agni Purana preserves practical healthcare content—here, a precise pharmacological recipe (ghṛta preparation, ingredients, measure) situated within Bhūta-vidyā/grahacikitsā.

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

By presenting graha-afflictions as removable through sanctioned remedies, the text links bodily/mental disturbance with purificatory correction—restoring health and ritual fitness, which supports dharmic living.