Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 8
Bala-graha-hara Bāla-tantram (बालग्रहहर बालतन्त्रम्) — Pediatric protection and graha-affliction management
ग्रही चतुर्थी काकोली गात्रोद्वेगप्ररोचनं फेनोद्गारो दिशो दृष्टिः कुल्माषैः सासवैर् बलिः
grahī caturthī kākolī gātrodvegaprarocanaṃ phenodgāro diśo dṛṣṭiḥ kulmāṣaiḥ sāsavair baliḥ
گِرہ سے متاثر شخص کے لیے چَتُرتھی تِتھی پر کاکولی پرندے کی آواز نِمِت مانی گئی ہے۔ اعضا کی بے چینی اور بے رغبتی، جھاگ دار ڈکار، اور سمتوں کی طرف نگاہ (ادھر اُدھر تکتے رہنا) ہوتا ہے۔ تسکین کے لیے کُلمाष (ابلی دالیں) اور آسَو (خمیری شراب) کے ساتھ بَلی دینی چاہیے۔
Lord Agni (in dialogue framework, instructing the sage Vasiṣṭha)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Ayurveda","secondary_vidya":"Vrata","practical_application":"Graha-roga nidāna linked with a calendrical marker (caturthī) and a specific bali substance (kulmāṣa with āsava/surā) for pacification.","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"Procedure","entry_title":"Caturthī graha-śānti: kākolī-omen, symptoms, and kulmāṣa-sāsava bali","lookup_keywords":["caturthī graha","kākolī omen","phenodgāra","diśo dṛṣṭi","kulmāṣa sāsava bali"],"quick_summary":"On the fourth lunar day, a kākolī-bird cry is taken as an omen for a graha episode with limb agitation, anorexia, frothy belching, and roaming directional gaze. Pacification is done by offering kulmāṣa (boiled pulses) with fermented liquor."}
Concept: Kāla (time) and nimitta (omens) guide ritual response; dravya-bali is matched to the affliction.
Application: Time the śānti to caturthī and use the specified bali materials as the text’s standardized remedy for this presentation.
Khanda Section: Ayurveda (Bhuta-Graha / Graha-roga Nidana and Bali-vidhi)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A restless patient stares toward different directions, limbs agitated, with frothy belching; outside, a kākolī bird is shown as an omen; a bali plate holds kulmāṣa and a small vessel of fermented liquor.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural, split scene: omen bird perched near a window, inside patient with wide directional gaze and tense limbs, priest placing kulmāṣa and āsava on bali-pīṭha, deep reds/ochres, ritual lamps glowing.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting, ornate bali-pīṭha with gold-leaf accents, kulmāṣa heap and small liquor pot highlighted, patient and priest in stylized poses, kākolī bird motif in upper corner, rich decorative frame.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting, instructional depiction of symptoms (directional gaze, agitation, frothy eructation) with the prescribed bali items clearly rendered and labeled; calm palette, fine detailing.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, courtyard ritual on caturthī night, detailed food textures of pulses, small flask of fermented drink, patient observed by physician-priest, bird omen in a tree, delicate naturalism."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: गात्रोद्वेगप्ररोचनं = गात्र-उद्वेग-प्ररोचनम्; फेनोद्गारो = फेन-उद्गारः; सासवैर् = स + आसवैः (visarga before b).
Related Themes: Agni Purana 298 (caturthī-linked graha entries; bali materials lists)
FAQs
It gives Bhūta-vidyā/Graha-roga markers (limb agitation, anorexia, frothy belching, wandering gaze) and prescribes a specific pacificatory bali using kulmāṣa (pulses) with fermented drink (āsava).
It combines clinical-style symptom listing with ritual therapy (bali) and timing by tithi (caturthī), showing how the Agni Purana integrates medicine, spiritology, and ritual practice in a single instructional passage.
Performing the prescribed bali is presented as a pacification act—appeasing harmful forces linked with graha-affliction—thereby restoring well-being and reducing the negative influence attributed to such unseen agencies.