Chapter 280 — रसादिलक्षणम् / सर्वरोगहराण्यौषधानि
Characteristics of Taste and Related Factors; Medicines that Remove All Diseases
स्नेहपाके च तद्गुणमिति ख तत्तुल्यताप्यस्य तथा यथा भवति सुश्रुत इति ख उपक्रमद्वयं प्रोक्तं तर्पणं वाप्यतर्पणं हिताशी च मिताशी च जीर्णाशी च तथा भवेत्
snehapāke ca tadguṇamiti kha tattulyatāpyasya tathā yathā bhavati suśruta iti kha upakramadvayaṃ proktaṃ tarpaṇaṃ vāpyatarpaṇaṃ hitāśī ca mitāśī ca jīrṇāśī ca tathā bhavet
سنیہ پاک (گھی، تیل وغیرہ کی تیاری) میں اس کی علامتی خوبیاں پہچانی جائیں؛ اور اسی کے مطابق حرارت دی جائے—جیسا کہ سُشروت نے فرمایا۔ دو طریقۂ علاج بتائے گئے ہیں: ترپن (تقویت و تغذیہ) اور اترپن (تخفیف/کمی کرنے والا)۔ آدمی ہِت آہار کھائے، میانہ مقدار میں کھائے، اور پچھلا کھانا ہضم ہونے کے بعد ہی کھائے۔
Lord Agni (traditional Agni Purana narrator) instructing sage Vasiṣṭha
Primary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: तद्गुणम् = तत् + गुणम्. तत्तुल्यताप्यस्य = तत् + तुल्यताप्यस्य (तत् + त्- आरम्भ). वाप्यतर्पणं = वा + अपि + अतर्पणम् (पदच्छेद).
Ayurvedic technical guidance: correct processing of fats (snehapāka), the paired therapeutic strategies of nourishment (tarpaṇa) and depletion/lightening (atarpaṇa), and practical dietary conduct—wholesome food, measured portions, and eating only after digestion.
It shows the Agni Purana incorporating classical medical authority (Suśruta) and summarizing core Ayurvedic treatment logic (two upakramas) alongside everyday health disciplines (pathya rules), demonstrating the text’s wide scope beyond mythology into applied medicine.
By promoting restraint, wholesomeness, and disciplined timing of meals, the verse frames bodily regulation as a form of dharmic self-governance—supporting purity, steadiness of mind, and reduced harm caused by excess or improper living.