Shloka 147
Cosmic Time, Cycles of Creation and Dissolution, and the Varāha Uplift of Earth
इत्येता ओषधीनां तु ग्राम्याणां जातयो नृप । ओषध्यो यज्ञियाश्चैव ग्राम्यावन्याश्चतुर्दश
ityetā oṣadhīnāṃ tu grāmyāṇāṃ jātayo nṛpa | oṣadhyo yajñiyāścaiva grāmyāvanyāścaturdaśa
Sa ganito, O hari, ito ang mga uri ng mga nilinang na halamang-gamot. Ang mga halamang pang-yajña, kasama ng mga nilinang at mga ligaw na uri, ay labing-apat ang bilang.
Unspecified narrator addressing a king (nṛpa)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: इत्येता = इति + एताः; यज्ञियाश्चैव = यज्ञियाः + च + एव; ग्राम्यावन्याः = ग्राम्याः + अन्याः; अन्याश्चतुर्दश = अन्याः + चतुर्दश (च-लोप/सन्धि-लेखन)
FAQs
It summarizes a taxonomy of herbs, stating that the cultivated medicinal plants and the yajña-related, cultivated, and wild categories together total fourteen.
“Yajñiyāḥ” refers to herbs considered suitable or prescribed for ritual sacrifice (yajña), i.e., plants used as sacred ritual materials.
It indicates the teaching is delivered in a royal-dialogue setting, where a narrator or sage explains classifications of nature and ritual materials to a king.