Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 47

Bala-graha-hara Bāla-tantram (बालग्रहहर बालतन्त्रम्) — Pediatric protection and graha-affliction management

Devanagari script

स्नानादि पूर्ववच्छान्त्यै मुण्डिकार्तिस्त्रिपञ्चके तच्चेष्टासृक्श्रवः शश्वत्कुर्याम्मातृचिकित्सनम्

Transliteration

snānādi pūrvavacchāntyai muṇḍikārtistripañcake tacceṣṭāsṛkśravaḥ śaśvatkuryāmmātṛcikitsanam

Translation

为求息灾安抚（śānti），应如前法先行沐浴等诸预备仪轨。在“三与五”之诸苦患中——如名为“穆ṇḍikā”的疼痛——并伴异常动作与持续出血者，应恒常施行“母神疗治仪”（Mātṛ-cikitsā）。

Word by Word

• snāna-ādi: bathing etc.
• snāna-ādi: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; आदि-तत्पुरुषः (bathing etc.)

• pūrvavat: as before
• pūrvavat: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrvavat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• śāntyai: for pacification/appeasement
• śāntyai: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• muṇḍikā-ārtiḥ: Muṇḍikā-affliction (a disease/condition)
• muṇḍikā-ārtiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muṇḍikā + ārti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (Nom./1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (Muṇḍikā-related affliction)

• tri-pañcake: in the tri-pañcaka (fifteenth set/section)
• tri-pañcake: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri + pañcaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (Loc./7th), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (group of three and five = fifteen; 'in the tripañcaka')

• tat: that
• tat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• ceṣṭā-sṛk-śravaḥ: restlessness, bleeding, and discharge
• ceṣṭā-sṛk-śravaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ceṣṭā + sṛk + śravas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (restlessness + blood + discharge)

• śaśvat: always/constantly
• śaśvat: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śaśvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• kuryām: I/one should do
• kuryām: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• mātṛ-cikitsanam: treatment/therapy for the Mothers (Mātṛs)
• mātṛ-cikitsanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ + cikitsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (treatment relating to the Mothers)

Speaker

Lord Agni (in discourse to sage Vasiṣṭha, typical Agni Purāṇa narration frame)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: pūrvavacchāntyai = pūrvavat + śāntyai; muṇḍikārtis = muṇḍikā-ārtiḥ; tacceṣṭāsṛkśravaḥ = tat + ceṣṭā-sṛk-śravaḥ; śaśvatkuryām = śaśvat + kuryām.

Characters & Entities

• Mātṛs (Mother-deities)
• Muṇḍikā (a named affliction/graha)

FAQs

What technical or ritual knowledge (Vidya) is imparted in this verse?

It prescribes Bhūta-vidyā/Mātṛkā-śānti protocol: begin with purificatory preliminaries (snāna, etc.) and then perform Mātṛ-cikitsā when specific graha-type symptoms (Muṇḍikā-affliction, abnormal movements, bleeding) are present.

How does this verse contribute to the 'Encyclopedic' nature of the Agni Purana?

It shows the text blending medicine and ritual: clinical symptom-grouping (pain, abnormal motor activity, bleeding) is treated through a combined therapeutic and appeasement framework (Mātṛ-cikitsā), illustrating Agni Purāṇa’s coverage of Ayurveda/Bhūta-vidyā alongside śānti-karmas.

What is the spiritual or karmic significance of this specific instruction?

By starting with purification and performing Mātṛ-related pacification, the practitioner aims to remove affliction attributed to subtle forces (grahas/Mātṛs), restoring bodily and ritual purity and reducing harmful karmic/inauspicious influence.