Shloka 63
The Episode of Vena: Purification, the ‘Vāsudevābhidhā’ Hymn, and the Dharma of Charity
Times, Tīrthas, Worthy Recipients
तेषां कायेष्वसंतुष्टो बहुपीडाप्रदायकम् । मंदानलेन संयुक्तं ज्वरसंतापकारकम्
teṣāṃ kāyeṣvasaṃtuṣṭo bahupīḍāpradāyakam | maṃdānalena saṃyuktaṃ jvarasaṃtāpakārakam
ان کے جسموں سے ناخوش ہو کر یہ بہت سی اذیتیں دیتا ہے؛ کمزور ہاضمے کی آگ کے ساتھ جڑ کر بخار کی جلتی ہوئی تکلیف پیدا کرتا ہے۔
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Concept: Adharma disturbs bodily harmony: dissatisfaction, multiple pains, weakened digestive fire, and feverish torment arise as karmic/ethical imbalance.
Application: Maintain sattvic discipline: mindful eating, charity, and daily offerings; treat health as dharmic stewardship, not mere pleasure-seeking.
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A fever-stricken figure lies on a simple cot, skin flushed, eyes restless, while a dim inner ‘agni’ is shown as a tiny, flickering flame in the abdomen motif. Around him hover thorny, translucent forms representing ‘many afflictions,’ pressing inward as if dissatisfaction itself has become a weight.","primary_figures":["an afflicted householder","personified Jvara (Fever)","subtle symbol of Jāṭharāgni (inner fire)","a compassionate sage/vaidya (optional)"],"setting":"a modest room with a small brazier, medicinal herbs, and a neglected offering tray in the corner","lighting_mood":"forest dappled","color_palette":["fever red","pale saffron","smoke brown","herbal green","muted ivory"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: moral-therapeutic tableau—fever deity hovering above a reclining man, tiny inner flame symbol at the navel area, surrounding pain-forms like stylized thorns; gold leaf highlights on the fever aura and medicinal vessels, rich maroon background.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: tender karuṇa scene—sick man on cot, a sage offering herbal decoction, faint personified Jvara in the shadows; cool washes, delicate facial expressions, minimal interior with patterned quilt and small window light.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: stylized Jvara figure with bold outlines, the patient’s flushed face and large eyes, symbolic inner agni flame; flat pigments, red/yellow/green with black contouring, temple-wall symmetry.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: symbolic composition—central figure under a canopy of lotus motifs that appear wilted from heat, small inner flame icon, border of herbs and tulasi-like leaves (without asserting tulasi textually), deep blue background with warm red fever aura."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"meditative","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"reverent-soft","sound_elements":["soft tanpura","distant temple bell","gentle wind","silence between pādas"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: कायेष्वसंतुष्टो = कायेषु + असन्तुष्टः (उ + अ → व);
FAQs
It describes suffering manifesting in the body as multiple afflictions, especially connected with weak inner “fire” (mandāgni) and resulting fever-heat (jvara-santāpa).
Literally “with a weak fire,” it commonly points to diminished digestive/metabolic power (mandāgni), a classical indicator of bodily imbalance that can lead to illness and feverish distress.
The verse frames bodily distress as a consequential experience—encouraging self-discipline, right conduct, and attentiveness to causes (moral and practical) that culminate in suffering.