Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 42
Bala-graha-hara Bāla-tantram (बालग्रहहर बालतन्त्रम्) — Pediatric protection and graha-affliction management
बलिः स्यात् कृशरापूपशक्तुकुल्मासपायसैः दशमे ऽब्दे कलहंसी दाहो ऽङ्गकृशता ज्वरः
baliḥ syāt kṛśarāpūpaśaktukulmāsapāyasaiḥ daśame 'bde kalahaṃsī dāho 'ṅgakṛśatā jvaraḥ
कृशरापूपशक्तुकुल्मासपायसैः बलिः कार्यः; दशमेऽब्दे कलहंसी, दाहः, अङ्गकृशता, ज्वरश्च जायते।
Lord Agni (Agni Purana’s primary narrator)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Ayurveda","secondary_vidya":"Jyotisha","practical_application":"Year-wise prognostics (varṣa-phala) linking behavioral and somatic signs—quarrelsomeness, burning, emaciation, fever—with prescribed bali offerings for mitigation.","sutra_style":true}
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Dosha: Pitta
Concept: Integrating bodily signs and conduct (kalaha) into prognostic assessment; combining yukti (care) with daiva (bali) for mitigation.
Application: Use the sign-cluster to intensify fever management and reduce conflict; perform prescribed offerings as communal pacification.
Khanda Section: Ayurveda (Roga-nidana / Varsha-phala: prognostics by years)
Primary Rasa: Bhayānaka
Secondary Rasa: Karuṇa
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Offerings laid out: khicrī, cakes, sattu, kulmāṣa, and payasa; a feverish, emaciated person with flushed heat, while a household atmosphere shows quarrels and agitation.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural, offering spread in banana-leaf style, incense smoke; thin fever patient with reddish aura for dāha, surrounding figures in tense gestures indicating kalaha, muted dramatic palette","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore, gold-highlighted offering vessels and payasa bowl, stylized fever patient with halo-like heat motif, ornate border; symbolic depiction of discord in background","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting, didactic arrangement of five bali foods with neat labeling, adjacent vignette of jvara patient and ‘dāha’ heat lines, calm instructional composition","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, detailed food textures on trays, physician attending a thin fever patient, family members arguing in the background, architectural interior with carpets"}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: ऽब्दे = अब्दे (अ + अ → ’); दाहो ऽङ्गकृशता = दाहः + अङ्गकृशता (ः + अ → ओऽ). कৃशरापूपशक्तुकुल्मासपायसैः: सूची-समास/समाहारः, तृतीया बहुवचन ‘पायसैः’ द्वारा समस्त-सम्बन्धः सूचितः.
Related Themes: Agni Purāṇa 298 varṣa-phala/ariṣṭa sequence; Agni Purāṇa Ayurveda portions on jvara
FAQs
It prescribes a specific bali (propitiatory food-offering) using defined food items (kṛśarā, pūpa, śaktu, kulmāsa, pāyasa) and gives year-based prognostics of likely conditions—burning sensation, emaciation, and fever.
It links ritual practice (bali with specific preparations) with applied health forecasting (symptom-prediction), illustrating how the Agni Purana blends dharmic rites with practical Ayurveda-style observation.
Performing the prescribed bali is a propitiatory act meant to pacify adverse influences and reduce suffering; it frames illness and social discord as conditions that can be mitigated through disciplined ritual and right conduct.