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Shloka 6

अव्यक्त-गुण-पुरुषविवेकः | Avyakta, Guṇas, and Discrimination of Puruṣa

Devanagari script

जलोदरे तृषारोगे ज्वरगण्डे विषूचके । श्वित्रकुछेअग्निदग्थे च सिध्मापस्मारयोरपि

Transliteration

jalodare tṛṣāroge jvara-gaṇḍe viṣūcake | śvitrakuche ’gnidagdhe ca sidhmāpas-mārayor api ||

Translation

வசிஷ்டர் கூறினார்—அவன் ஜலோதரம், தாகநோய், காய்ச்சல், கழுத்துக் கட்டி, விஷூசிகை, வெண்குஷ்டம், தீக்காயம், சித்மா மற்றும் அபஸ்மாரம் போன்ற பல கொடிய நோய்களால் பீடிக்கப்படுகிறான்.

Word by Word

जलोदरेin dropsy/ascites

तृषारोगेin thirst-disease (morbid thirst)

ज्वरगण्डेin fever and goitre

विषूचकेin cholera/acute diarrhoeal disease

श्वित्रकुष्ठेin leucoderma and leprosy

अग्निदग्धेin being burnt by fire (burn-injury)

चand

सिध्मापस्मारयोःin sidhma (skin disease) and epilepsy

अपिalso/even

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes that lack of restraint and imbalance in conduct can manifest as suffering in the body; ethical discipline (dharma, self-control) is presented as protective, while negligence leads to afflictions and misery.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha is instructing his listener by enumerating severe ailments to illustrate the tangible, bodily fallout of an undisciplined life, strengthening a broader moral argument about right living and its consequences.