Shloka 57

Jvara-Nidāna-Lakṣaṇa: Causes, Doṣic Types, Āma/Nirāma Stages, and Prognosis of Fever

Devanagari script

अहोरात्रस्य सन्धौ स्यात्सकृदन्येद्युराश्रितः / तस्मिन्मांसवहा नाडी मेदोनाडी तृतीयके

Transliteration

ahorātrasya sandhau syātsakṛdanyedyurāśritaḥ / tasminmāṃsavahā nāḍī medonāḍī tṛtīyake

Translation

Sa pagsasanib ng araw at gabi, ito’y nagaganap nang minsan at kaugnay ng kasunod na araw. Sa pagsasanib na iyon ay may nāḍī na nagdadala ng laman; at sa ikatlong bahagi ay may nāḍī na nagdadala ng taba.

Word by Word

• अहोरात्रस्य: of day-and-night (a full day)
• अहोरात्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहोरात्र (प्रातिपदिक; अहः+रात्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्व (copulative)

• सन्धौ: at the junction (twilight)
• सन्धौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• स्यात्: would be / should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अन्येद्युः: on the next day
• अन्येद्युः: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्येद्युस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• आश्रितः: dependent/attached (resting on)
• आश्रितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-श्रि (धातु) → आश्रित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• तस्मिन्: in that (therein)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मांसवहा: carrying flesh
• मांसवहा: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मांस + वह (प्रातिपदिक; वह=वाहक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (determinative)

• नाडी: channel/duct (nāḍī)
• नाडी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाडी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• मेदोनाडी: fat-channel (medo-nāḍī)
• मेदोनाडी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदस् + नाडी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (determinative)

• तृतीयके: in the third (stage/period)
• तृतीयके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in dialogue with Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Knowledge of subtle bodily timing and channels (nāḍī) as a basis for understanding periodic disorders.

Vedantic Theme: Deha as kṣetra (field) to be known; discriminative observation (viveka) applied to embodied processes without mistaking them for the Self.

Application: Use sandhi-times as diagnostic anchors for periodic symptoms; track patterns across day-boundaries and correlate with tissue/‘dhātu’ involvement (māṃsa, medas).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.147 (context: nāḍī/doṣa periodicity and tissue involvement)

FAQs

What is the importance of ahorātrasya sandhi (day-night junction) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse treats the day–night junction as a technically significant transition point, associating it with specific nāḍīs (subtle channels) and bodily-tissue functions, indicating that time-junctions are linked to inner physiological/subtle processes.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Indirectly: by describing nāḍīs and transitional ‘sandhi’ points, it supports the Garuda Purana’s broader framework that the jīva’s experiences after death depend on subtle-body structures and timings, not only the gross body.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat dawn/dusk transitions as disciplined moments—calm the senses, maintain purity of diet and conduct—since the text frames sandhi-times as influential for subtle physiological processes.