Shloka 45

Appeasement Rite of the Sun

Sunday Vrata, Mantra, and Healing Praise

Devanagari script

एकाहिकं त्र्यहिकं च ज्वरं चातुर्थिकं तथा । कुष्ठं रोगं क्षयं रोगं कुक्षिरोगं ज्वरं तथा

Transliteration

ekāhikaṃ tryahikaṃ ca jvaraṃ cāturthikaṃ tathā | kuṣṭhaṃ rogaṃ kṣayaṃ rogaṃ kukṣirogaṃ jvaraṃ tathā

Translation

Также оно отвращает однодневную лихорадку, трёхдневную и четвертодневную; равно и проказу, чахотку (истощающую болезнь), недуги живота и лихорадки.

Word by Word

• एकाहिकम्: one-day (fever)
• एकाहिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक + अहन्/अह (प्रातिपदिक) + इक (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (एक-अहः-सम्बन्धी) तद्धितान्त ‘one-day (fever)’

• त्र्यहिकम्: three-day (fever)
• त्र्यहिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि + अहन्/अह (प्रातिपदिक) + इक (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष तद्धितान्त ‘three-day’

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

• ज्वरम्: fever
• ज्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• चातुर्थिकम्: quartian (fourth-day)
• चातुर्थिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थ + इक (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तद्धितान्त ‘occurring on the fourth day’

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/उपमानार्थक अव्यय (adverb: ‘likewise/also’)

• कुष्ठम्: leprosy
• कुष्ठम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• रोगम्: disease
• रोगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• क्षयम्: consumption, wasting disease
• क्षयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• रोगम्: disease
• रोगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कुक्षिरोगम्: abdominal disease
• कुक्षिरोगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुक्षि + रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कुक्षेः रोगः)

• ज्वरम्: fever
• ज्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/उपमानार्थक अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses of Adhyaya 78).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: च ज्वरं चातुर्थिकं = च + ज्वरम् + चातुर्थिकम् (च + आ = चा). एकाहिक/त्र्यहिक are taddhitānta adjectives used substantively with ‘ज्वरम्’ understood.

FAQs

What is the main subject of this verse?

It lists ailments—especially types of fever—said to be alleviated or warded off by the practice being praised in the surrounding context (a typical phalaśruti-style claim).

What do ekāhika, tryahika, and cāturthika refer to?

They denote fevers classified by periodicity: lasting one day (ekāhika), three days (tryahika), and recurring on the fourth day (cāturthika, i.e., quartan-type).

Does this verse teach a theological doctrine or a practical result?

This verse is primarily result-oriented (phalaśruti), emphasizing protective/curative benefits rather than expounding a metaphysical doctrine.