Brahmavaivarta Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 16
BvP 1 16.1
ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। दृष्टः कालो यमो मृत्युकन्या व्याधिगणा अहो ।। कस्तेऽधुना च सन्देहस्तं पृच्छ कन्यके शुभे कृत्वा तु पञ्चमं वेदं भास्कराय ददौ विभुः ।। स्वतन्त्रसंहितां तस्माद्भास्करश्च चकार सः सर्वसारं चन्द्रसुतो जाबालस्तन्त्रसारकम् ।। वेदाङ्गसारं तन्त्रं च चकार जाजलिर्मुनिः वायुजः पित्तजश्चैव श्लेष्मजश्च तथैव च ।। ज्वरभेदाश्च त्रिविधाश्चतुर्थश्च त्रिदोषजः शरद्रौद्रं न गृह्णाति भ्रमणं तत्र वर्जयेत् ।। खातस्नायी समाहारी जरा तं नोपगच्छति पापानां व्याधिभिः सार्द्धं मित्रता सन्ततं ध्रुवम् ।। पापं व्याधिजराबीजं विघ्नबीजं च निश्चितम् तप्तोदकं च शिरसि भाद्रे तिक्तं विशेषतः ।। दैवग्रस्तश्च यो भुङ्क्ते पित्तं तस्य प्रजायते सघृतं रोचनाचूर्णं सघृतं शुष्कशर्करम् ।। मरीचं पिप्पलं शुष्कमार्द्रकं जीवकं मधु व्याधिसंघश्च कथितस्तन्त्राणि विविधानि च ।। तानि व्याधिप्रणाशाय कृतानि सद्भिरेव च
brāhmaṇa uvāca || dṛṣṭaḥ kālo yamo mṛtyukanyā vyādhigaṇā aho || kaste'dhunā ca sandehastaṃ pṛccha kanyake śubhe kṛtvā tu pañcamaṃ vedaṃ bhāskarāya dadau vibhuḥ || svatantrasaṃhitāṃ tasmādbhāskaraśca cakāra saḥ sarvasāraṃ candrasuto jābālastantrasārakam || vedāṅgasāraṃ tantraṃ ca cakāra jājalirmuniḥ vāyujaḥ pittajaścaiva śleṣmajaśca tathaiva ca || jvarabhedāśca trividhāścaturthaśca tridoṣajaḥ śaradraudraṃ na gṛhṇāti bhramaṇaṃ tatra varjayet || khātasnāyī samāhārī jarā taṃ nopagacchati pāpānāṃ vyādhibhiḥ sārddhaṃ mitratā santataṃ dhruvam || pāpaṃ vyādhijarābījaṃ vighnabījaṃ ca niścitam taptodakaṃ ca śirasi bhādre tiktaṃ viśeṣataḥ || daivagrastaśca yo bhuṅkte pittaṃ tasya prajāyate saghṛtaṃ rocanācūrṇaṃ saghṛtaṃ śuṣkaśarkaram || marīcaṃ pippalaṃ śuṣkamārdrakaṃ jīvakaṃ madhu vyādhisaṃghaśca kathitastantrāṇi vividhāni ca || tāni vyādhipraṇāśāya kṛtāni sadbhireva ca
The brāhmaṇa said: You have seen Time, Yama, the daughter of Death, and the hosts of diseases — ah! What doubt have you now? Ask him about it, O auspicious maiden. Having made the fifth Veda, the Lord gave it to Bhāskara (the Sun); from that Bhāskara composed his own independent compendium. Candra's son (Budha) made the Sarvasāra, Jābāla the Tantrasāraka, and the sage Jājali made the tantra Vedāṅgasāra. Born of wind, born of bile, and likewise born of phlegm — these are the three kinds of fever, and the fourth arises from all three humours. One does not take on the fierceness of autumn; wandering about should there be avoided. He who bathes in dug (tank water) and eats moderately — old age does not come upon him. For the sinful, friendship with diseases is constant and certain; sin is the seed of disease and old age, and assuredly the seed of obstacles. Hot water upon the head, and bitter (food) especially in the month of Bhādra: whoever, seized by fate, consumes (these), bile arises in him. Rocanā powder with ghee, dried sugar with ghee, pepper, long pepper, dried ginger, jīvaka, honey. Thus the host of diseases has been told, and the various tantras; these were made by the good for the destruction of disease.
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BvP 1 16.2
ब्राह्मणस्य वचः श्रुत्वा हृष्टा मालावती सती ।। यन्मनोनि हितं प्रश्नं चकार जगदीश्वरम्
brāhmaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā hṛṣṭā mālāvatī satī || yanmanoni hitaṃ praśnaṃ cakāra jagadīśvaram
Having heard the brāhmaṇa's words, the virtuous Mālāvatī was delighted, and put to the Lord of the world the question that was in her mind.
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BvP 1 16.3
मालावत्युवाच ।। त्वया यत्कथितो व्याधिः प्राणिनां प्राणहारकः ।। तत्कारणं च विविधं सर्वं वेदे निरूपितम्
mālāvatyuvāca || tvayā yatkathito vyādhiḥ prāṇināṃ prāṇahārakaḥ || tatkāraṇaṃ ca vividhaṃ sarvaṃ vede nirūpitam
Mālāvatī said: The disease you have described, which carries off the life-breath of living beings — its manifold causes are all set forth in the Veda.
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BvP 1 16.4
यतो न सञ्चरेद्व्याधिर्दुर्निवारोऽशुभावहः ।। तदुपायं च साकल्यं भवान्वक्तुमिहार्हति
yato na sañcaredvyādhirdurnivāro'śubhāvahaḥ || tadupāyaṃ ca sākalyaṃ bhavānvaktumihārhati
By what means disease, hard to ward off and bringing misfortune, would not spread about — that means, in full, you are fit to tell here.
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BvP 1 16.5
यद्यत्पृष्मपृष्टं वा ज्ञातमज्ञातमेव वा ।। सर्वं कथय तद्भद्रं त्वं गुरुर्दीनवत्सलः
yadyatpṛṣmapṛṣṭaṃ vā jñātamajñātameva vā || sarvaṃ kathaya tadbhadraṃ tvaṃ gururdīnavatsalaḥ
Whatever has been asked or not asked, whatever is known or unknown — tell it all, that which is auspicious; you are a teacher tender to the wretched.
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BvP 1 16.6
मालावतीवचः श्रुत्वा विप्ररूपी जनार्दनः ।। संहितां वक्तुमारेभे सहितार्थां च वैद्यकीम्
mālāvatīvacaḥ śrutvā viprarūpī janārdanaḥ || saṃhitāṃ vaktumārebhe sahitārthāṃ ca vaidyakīm
Having heard Mālāvatī's words, Janārdana in the form of a brāhmaṇa began to relate the medical compendium together with its meaning.
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BvP 1 16.7
ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। वन्दे तं सर्वतत्त्वज्ञं सर्वकारणकारणम् ।। वेदवेदांगबीजस्य बीजं श्रीकृष्णमीश्वरम्
brāhmaṇa uvāca || vande taṃ sarvatattvajñaṃ sarvakāraṇakāraṇam || vedavedāṃgabījasya bījaṃ śrīkṛṣṇamīśvaram
The brāhmaṇa said: I praise him who knows all principles, the cause of all causes, the seed of the seed of the Vedas and the ancillary sciences, Śrī Kṛṣṇa the Lord.
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BvP 1 16.8
स ईशश्चतुरो वेदान्ससृजे मङ्गलालयान् ।। सर्वमङ्गलमङ्गल्य बीजरूपः सनातनः
sa īśaścaturo vedānsasṛje maṅgalālayān || sarvamaṅgalamaṅgalya bījarūpaḥ sanātanaḥ
That Lord created the four Vedas, the abodes of good fortune — he who is the auspiciousness of all that is auspicious, who is in the form of the seed, the eternal one.
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BvP 1 16.9
ऋग्यजुःसामाथर्वाख्यान्दृष्ट्वा वेदान्प्रजापतिः ।। विचिन्त्य तेषामर्थं चैवायुर्वेदं चकार सः
ṛgyajuḥsāmātharvākhyāndṛṣṭvā vedānprajāpatiḥ || vicintya teṣāmarthaṃ caivāyurvedaṃ cakāra saḥ
Having beheld the Vedas called Ṛg, Yajus, Sāman and Atharvan, and having pondered their meaning, Prajāpati made the Āyurveda.
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BvP 1 16.11
भास्करश्च स्वशिष्येभ्य आयुर्वेदं स्वसंहिताम् ।। प्रददौ पाठयामास ते चक्रुः संहितास्ततः ।।
bhāskaraśca svaśiṣyebhya āyurvedaṃ svasaṃhitām || pradadau pāṭhayāmāsa te cakruḥ saṃhitāstataḥ ||
And Bhāskara gave the Āyurveda, his own compendium, to his pupils and had them study it; thereafter they made compendia (of their own).
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BvP 1 16.12
तेषां नामानि विदुषां तन्त्राणि तत्कृतानि च ।। व्याधिप्रणाशबीजानि साध्वि मत्तो निशामय
teṣāṃ nāmāni viduṣāṃ tantrāṇi tatkṛtāni ca || vyādhipraṇāśabījāni sādhvi matto niśāmaya
Hear from me, O virtuous woman, the names of those learned men and the tantras made by them, which are the seeds of the destruction of disease.
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BvP 1 16.13
धन्वन्तरिर्दिवो दासः काशीराजोऽश्विनीसुतौ ।। नकुलः सहदेवोऽर्किश्च्यवनो जनको बुधः
dhanvantarirdivo dāsaḥ kāśīrājo'śvinīsutau || nakulaḥ sahadevo'rkiścyavano janako budhaḥ
Dhanvantari, Divodāsa the king of Kāśī, the two sons of Aśvinī, Nakula, Sahadeva, the son of the Sun, Cyavana, Janaka, Budha,
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BvP 1 16.14
जाबालो जाजलिः पैलः करथोऽगस्त्य एव च ।। एते वेदाङ्गवेदज्ञाः षोडश व्याधिनाशकाः
jābālo jājaliḥ pailaḥ karatho'gastya eva ca || ete vedāṅgavedajñāḥ ṣoḍaśa vyādhināśakāḥ
Jābāla, Jājali, Paila, Karatha, and Agastya too: these sixteen, knowers of the Veda and its ancillary sciences, are destroyers of disease.
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BvP 1 16.15
चिकित्सातत्त्वविज्ञानं नाम तन्त्रं मनोहरम् ।। धन्वन्तरिश्च भग वांश्चकार प्रथमं सति
cikitsātattvavijñānaṃ nāma tantraṃ manoharam || dhanvantariśca bhaga vāṃścakāra prathamaṃ sati
The delightful tantra named Cikitsātattvavijñāna — that the lord Dhanvantari made first, O good woman.
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BvP 1 16.16
चिकित्सादर्पणं नाम दिवोदासश्चकार सः ।। चिकित्साकौमुदीं दिव्यां काशीगजश्चकार सः
cikitsādarpaṇaṃ nāma divodāsaścakāra saḥ || cikitsākaumudīṃ divyāṃ kāśīgajaścakāra saḥ
The one named Cikitsādarpaṇa, Divodāsa made; the divine Cikitsākaumudī, the elephant of Kāśī made.
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BvP 1 16.17
चिकित्सासारतन्त्रं च श्रमघ्नं चाश्विनीसुतौ ।। तन्त्रं वैद्यकसर्वस्वं नकुलश्च चकार सः
cikitsāsāratantraṃ ca śramaghnaṃ cāśvinīsutau || tantraṃ vaidyakasarvasvaṃ nakulaśca cakāra saḥ
And the two sons of Aśvinī made the Cikitsāsāratantra and the Śramaghna; and Nakula made the tantra Vaidyakasarvasva.
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BvP 1 16.18
चकार सहदेवश्च व्याधिसिन्धुविमर्दनम् ।। ज्ञानार्णवं महातन्त्रं यमराजश्चकार ह
cakāra sahadevaśca vyādhisindhuvimardanam || jñānārṇavaṃ mahātantraṃ yamarājaścakāra ha
And Sahadeva composed the "Crushing of the Ocean of Diseases"; and Yamarāja composed the great tantra "Ocean of Knowledge."
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BvP 1 16.19
च्यवनो जीवदानं च चकार भगवानृषिः ।। चकार जनको योगी वैद्यसन्देहभञ्जनम्
cyavano jīvadānaṃ ca cakāra bhagavānṛṣiḥ || cakāra janako yogī vaidyasandehabhañjanam
And the venerable seer Cyavana composed the "Giving of Life"; the yogin Janaka composed the "Breaking of the Physician's Doubts."
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BvP 1 16.21
पैलो निदानं करथस्तन्त्रं सर्वधरं परम् ।। द्वैधनिर्णयतन्त्रं च चकार कुम्भसम्भवः
pailo nidānaṃ karathastantraṃ sarvadharaṃ param || dvaidhanirṇayatantraṃ ca cakāra kumbhasambhavaḥ
Paila (composed) the "Diagnosis," Karatha the supreme tantra "All-Supporting"; and the pot-born one (Agastya) composed the tantra "Decision of Alternatives."
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BvP 1 16.22
चिकित्साशास्त्रबीजानि त न्त्राण्येतानि षोडश ।।। व्याधिप्रणाशबीजानि बलाधानकरीषि
cikitsāśāstrabījāni ta ntrāṇyetāni ṣoḍaśa ||| vyādhipraṇāśabījāni balādhānakarīṣi
These sixteen tantras are the seeds of the science of treatment, the seeds of the destruction of disease, bestowers of strength.
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BvP 1 16.23
मथित्वा ज्ञानमन्त्रेणैवायुर्वेदपयोनिधिम्।। ततस्तस्मादुदाजह्रुर्नवनीतानि कोविदाः
mathitvā jñānamantreṇaivāyurvedapayonidhim|| tatastasmādudājahrurnavanītāni kovidāḥ
Having churned the milk-ocean of the Āyurveda with the very mantra of knowledge, the learned then drew forth from it the butter.
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BvP 1 16.24
एतानि क्रमशो दृष्ट्वा दिव्यां भास्करसंहिताम् ।। आयुर्वेदं सर्वबीजं सर्वं जानासि सुन्दरि
etāni kramaśo dṛṣṭvā divyāṃ bhāskarasaṃhitām || āyurvedaṃ sarvabījaṃ sarvaṃ jānāsi sundari
Having examined these in order, and the divine Bhāskara-saṃhitā, you know the whole Āyurveda, the seed of all things, O lovely one.
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BvP 1 16.25
व्याधेस्तत्त्वपरिज्ञानं वेदनायाश्च निग्रहः ।। एतद्वैद्यस्य वैद्यत्वं न वैद्यः प्रभुरायुषः
vyādhestattvaparijñānaṃ vedanāyāśca nigrahaḥ || etadvaidyasya vaidyatvaṃ na vaidyaḥ prabhurāyuṣaḥ
Full understanding of the true nature of a disease, and the checking of pain: this is the physicianhood of a physician; a physician is not the master of (a man's) lifespan.
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BvP 1 16.26
आयुर्वेदस्य विज्ञाता चिकित्सासु यथार्थवित् ।। धर्मिष्ठश्च दयालुश्च तेन वैद्यः प्रकीर्तितः
āyurvedasya vijñātā cikitsāsu yathārthavit || dharmiṣṭhaśca dayāluśca tena vaidyaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
One who knows the Āyurveda, who knows things as they are in matters of treatment, who is most righteous and compassionate — for that reason he is proclaimed a physician.
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BvP 1 16.27
जनकः सर्वरोगाणां दुर्वारो दारुणो ज्वरः ।। शिवभक्तश्च योगी च निष्ठुरो विकृताकृतिः
janakaḥ sarvarogāṇāṃ durvāro dāruṇo jvaraḥ || śivabhaktaśca yogī ca niṣṭhuro vikṛtākṛtiḥ
The begetter of all diseases is fever, hard to ward off and terrible, a devotee of Śiva and a yogin, harsh, of distorted form,
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BvP 1 16.28
भीमस्त्रिपादस्त्रिशिराः षड्भुजो नवलोचनः ।। भस्मप्रहरणो रौद्रः कालान्तकयमोपमः
bhīmastripādastriśirāḥ ṣaḍbhujo navalocanaḥ || bhasmapraharaṇo raudraḥ kālāntakayamopamaḥ
dreadful, three-footed, three-headed, six-armed, nine-eyed, having ashes for his weapon, fierce, like Yama the ender who is Time.
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BvP 1 16.29
मन्दाग्निस्तस्य जनको मन्दाग्नेर्जनकास्त्रयः ।। पित्तश्लेष्मसमीराश्च प्राणिनां दुःखदायकाः
mandāgnistasya janako mandāgnerjanakāstrayaḥ || pittaśleṣmasamīrāśca prāṇināṃ duḥkhadāyakāḥ
His begetter is weak digestive fire; and the begetters of weak digestive fire are three: bile, phlegm and wind, the givers of suffering to living beings.
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BvP 1 16.31
पाण्डुश्च कामलः कुष्ठः शोथः प्लीहा च शूलकः ।। ज्वरातिसारग्रहणीकासव्रणहलीमकाः
pāṇḍuśca kāmalaḥ kuṣṭhaḥ śothaḥ plīhā ca śūlakaḥ || jvarātisāragrahaṇīkāsavraṇahalīmakāḥ
Anaemia, jaundice, leprosy, swelling, spleen-disease and colic; fever, dysentery, chronic diarrhoea, cough, sores and halīmaka (a form of jaundice);
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BvP 1 16.32
मूत्रकृच्छ्रश्च गुल्मश्च रक्तदोषविकारजः ।। विषमेहश्च कब्जश्च गोदश्च गलगण्डकः
mūtrakṛcchraśca gulmaśca raktadoṣavikārajaḥ || viṣamehaśca kabjaśca godaśca galagaṇḍakaḥ
difficulty of urination, abdominal tumour, that which arises from disorder of the blood, foul diabetes, constipation, goda, and goitre;
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BvP 1 16.33
भ्रमरी सन्निपातश्च विषूची दारुणी सति ।। एषां भेदप्रभेदेन चतुःषष्टी रुजः स्मृताः
bhramarī sannipātaśca viṣūcī dāruṇī sati || eṣāṃ bhedaprabhedena catuḥṣaṣṭī rujaḥ smṛtāḥ
vertigo, the concurrence (of the three humours), and dreadful cholera, O good lady: by the divisions and subdivisions of these, sixty-four ailments are taught.
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BvP 1 16.34
मृत्युकन्यासुताश्चैते जरा तस्याश्च कन्यका ।। जरा च भ्रातृभिः सार्द्धं शश्वद् भ्रमति भूतलम्
mṛtyukanyāsutāścaite jarā tasyāśca kanyakā || jarā ca bhrātṛbhiḥ sārddhaṃ śaśvad bhramati bhūtalam
These are the sons of Death's daughter, and Old Age is her daughter; and Old Age together with her brothers roams the earth's surface constantly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.35
एते चोपायवेत्तारं न गच्छन्ति च संयतम्।। पलायन्ते च तं दृष्ट्वा वैनतेयमिवोरगाः
ete copāyavettāraṃ na gacchanti ca saṃyatam|| palāyante ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā vainateyamivoragāḥ
And these do not approach one who knows the remedy and is self-controlled; on seeing him they flee, as snakes (flee) the son of Vinatā (Garuḍa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.36
चक्षुर्जलं च व्यायामः पादाधस्तैलमर्दनम् ।। कर्णयोर्मूर्ध्नि तैलं च जराव्याधिविनाशनम्
cakṣurjalaṃ ca vyāyāmaḥ pādādhastailamardanam || karṇayormūrdhni tailaṃ ca jarāvyādhivināśanam
Water for the eyes, exercise, rubbing of oil under the feet, and oil in the ears and on the head: (these are) destroyers of old age and disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.37
वसन्ते भ्रमणं वह्निसेवां स्वल्पां करोति यः ।। बालां च सेवते काले जरा तं नोपगच्छति
vasante bhramaṇaṃ vahnisevāṃ svalpāṃ karoti yaḥ || bālāṃ ca sevate kāle jarā taṃ nopagacchati
He who in spring takes walks and makes only slight use of fire, and enjoys a young woman at the (proper) season — old age does not come upon him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.38
खातशीतोदकस्नायी सेवते चन्दनद्रवम् नोपयाति जरा तं च निदाघेऽनिलसेवकम्
khātaśītodakasnāyī sevate candanadravam nopayāti jarā taṃ ca nidāghe'nilasevakam
He who bathes in the cool water of a dug pond, uses sandal-paste liquid, and resorts to the breeze in the hot season — old age does not approach him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.39
प्रावृष्युष्णोदकस्नायी घनतोयं न सेवते ।। समये च समाहारी जरा तं नोपगच्छति
prāvṛṣyuṣṇodakasnāyī ghanatoyaṃ na sevate || samaye ca samāhārī jarā taṃ nopagacchati
He who in the rainy season bathes in warm water, does not use cloud-water (rain-water), and eats moderately at the (proper) time — old age does not come upon him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.41
खातस्नायी च हेमन्ते काले वह्निं च सेवते ।। भुङ्क्ते नवान्नमुष्णं च जरा तं नोपगच्छति
khātasnāyī ca hemante kāle vahniṃ ca sevate || bhuṅkte navānnamuṣṇaṃ ca jarā taṃ nopagacchati
And in the cold season (hemanta) he who bathes in water from a dug pool (or well), and resorts to fire at the (proper) time, and eats fresh grain, and hot (food) — old age does not come upon him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.42
शिशिरेंऽशुकवह्निं च नवोष्णान्नं च सेवते ।। यश्च वोष्णोदकस्नायी जरा तं नोपगच्छति
śiśireṃ'śukavahniṃ ca navoṣṇānnaṃ ca sevate || yaśca voṣṇodakasnāyī jarā taṃ nopagacchati
In the cool season (he) makes use of clothing and fire, and of fresh warm food; and whoever bathes in warm water — old age does not come upon him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.43
सद्योमांसं नवान्नं च बालास्त्रीक्षीरभोजनम्।। घृतं च सेवते यो हि जरा तं नोपगच्छति
sadyomāṃsaṃ navānnaṃ ca bālāstrīkṣīrabhojanam|| ghṛtaṃ ca sevate yo hi jarā taṃ nopagacchati
Fresh meat, new grain, and the enjoyment of a young woman, of milk, and of food, and ghee — whoever partakes of these, old age does not come upon him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 16.44
भुङ्क्ते सदन्नं क्षुत्काले तृष्णायां पीयते जलम् ।। नित्यं भुङ्क्ते च ताम्बूलं जरा तं नोपगच्छति
bhuṅkte sadannaṃ kṣutkāle tṛṣṇāyāṃ pīyate jalam || nityaṃ bhuṅkte ca tāmbūlaṃ jarā taṃ nopagacchati
He who eats good food at the time of hunger, and drinks water when thirsty, and daily chews betel — old age does not come upon him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.45
दधि हैयङ्गवीनं च नवनीतं तथा गुडम् ।। नित्यं भुङ्क्ते संयमी यो जरा तं नोपगच्छति
dadhi haiyaṅgavīnaṃ ca navanītaṃ tathā guḍam || nityaṃ bhuṅkte saṃyamī yo jarā taṃ nopagacchati
Curd, butter made from yesterday's milk, and likewise fresh butter and jaggery — whoever, being self-controlled, eats (these) daily, old age does not come upon him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.46
शुष्कमांसं स्त्रियं वृद्धां बालार्कं तरुणं दधि ।। संसेवन्ते जरा याति प्रहृष्टा भ्रातृभिः सह
śuṣkamāṃsaṃ striyaṃ vṛddhāṃ bālārkaṃ taruṇaṃ dadhi || saṃsevante jarā yāti prahṛṣṭā bhrātṛbhiḥ saha
Dried meat, an aged woman, the newly risen sun, fresh curd — (those who) resort to (these), to them old age comes, delighted, together with its brothers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.47
रात्रौ ये दधि सेवन्ते पुंश्चलीश्च रजस्वलाः ।। तानुपैति जरा हृष्टा भ्रातृभिः सह सुन्दरि
rātrau ye dadhi sevante puṃścalīśca rajasvalāḥ || tānupaiti jarā hṛṣṭā bhrātṛbhiḥ saha sundari
Those who consume curds at night, and (resort to) unchaste women and women in their menses — to them, O lovely one, old age comes delighted, along with her brothers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.48
रजस्वला च कुलटा चावीरा जारदूतिका ।। शूद्रयाजकपत्नी या ऋतुहीना च या सति
rajasvalā ca kulaṭā cāvīrā jāradūtikā || śūdrayājakapatnī yā ṛtuhīnā ca yā sati
A woman in her menses, an unchaste woman, one without a husband (or without sons), a go-between for adulterers, the wife of one who performs sacrifices for Śūdras, and she who is past her monthly courses, O virtuous lady —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 16.49
यो हि तासामन्नभोजी ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्तु सः ।। तेन पापेन सार्द्धं सा जरा तमुपगच्छति
yo hi tāsāmannabhojī brahmahatyāṃ labhettu saḥ || tena pāpena sārddhaṃ sā jarā tamupagacchati
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 1 16.51
पापेन जायते व्याधिः पापेन जायते जरा ।। पापेन जायते दैन्यं दुःखं शोको भयङ्करः
pāpena jāyate vyādhiḥ pāpena jāyate jarā || pāpena jāyate dainyaṃ duḥkhaṃ śoko bhayaṅkaraḥ
From sin disease arises, from sin old age arises; from sin arise wretchedness, suffering, and terrifying grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.52
तस्मात्पापं महावैरं दोषबीजममङ्गलम् ।। भारते सततं सन्तो नाचरन्ति भयातुराः
tasmātpāpaṃ mahāvairaṃ doṣabījamamaṅgalam || bhārate satataṃ santo nācaranti bhayāturāḥ
Therefore sin is a great enemy, the seed of faults, inauspicious; in Bhārata the good, stricken with fear (of it), never practice it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.53
स्वधर्माचारयुक्तं च दीक्षितं हरिसेवकम् ।। गुरुदेवातिथीनां च भक्तं सक्तं तपःसु च
svadharmācārayuktaṃ ca dīkṣitaṃ harisevakam || gurudevātithīnāṃ ca bhaktaṃ saktaṃ tapaḥsu ca
(A man) engaged in the practice of his own duty, initiated, a servant of Hari, devoted to teachers, gods and guests, and attached to austerities —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.54
व्रतोपवासयुक्तं च सदा तीर्थनिषेवकम् ।। रोगा द्रवन्ति तं दृष्ट्वा वैनतेयमिवोरगाः
vratopavāsayuktaṃ ca sadā tīrthaniṣevakam || rogā dravanti taṃ dṛṣṭvā vainateyamivoragāḥ
And (him who is) devoted to vows and fasts, always frequenting the sacred fords — diseases flee at the sight of him, as snakes (flee) at the sight of Garuda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.55
एताञ्जरा न सेवेत व्याधिसंघश्च दुर्जयः ।। सर्वं बोध्यमसमये काले सर्वं ग्रसिष्यति
etāñjarā na seveta vyādhisaṃghaśca durjayaḥ || sarvaṃ bodhyamasamaye kāle sarvaṃ grasiṣyati
Old age does not attack these (men), nor the hard-to-conquer host of diseases. All this is to be understood as (applying) to the untimely (season); in (due) time it will devour everything.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 16.56
ज्वरस्य सर्वरोगाणां जनकः कथितः सति ।। पित्तश्लेष्मसमीराश्च ज्वरस्य जनकास्त्रयः
jvarasya sarvarogāṇāṃ janakaḥ kathitaḥ sati || pittaśleṣmasamīrāśca jvarasya janakāstrayaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 1 16.57
एते यथा सं चरन्ति स्वयं यान्ति च देहिषु ।। तमेव विविधोपायं साध्वि मत्तो निशामय
ete yathā saṃ caranti svayaṃ yānti ca dehiṣu || tameva vividhopāyaṃ sādhvi matto niśāmaya
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 1 16.58
क्षुधि जाज्वल्यमानायामाहाराभाव एव च ।। प्राणिनां जायते पित्तं चक्रे च मणिपूरके
kṣudhi jājvalyamānāyāmāhārābhāva eva ca || prāṇināṃ jāyate pittaṃ cakre ca maṇipūrake
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 1 16.59
तालबिल्वफलं भुक्त्वा जलपानं च तत्क्षणम् ।। तदेव तु भवेत्पित्तं सद्यः प्राणहरं परम्
tālabilvaphalaṃ bhuktvā jalapānaṃ ca tatkṣaṇam || tadeva tu bhavetpittaṃ sadyaḥ prāṇaharaṃ param
Having eaten the fruit of the palmyra or the bilva, and drunk water that very moment — that itself becomes bile, at once destroying life, in the highest degree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.61
सशर्करं च धान्याकं पिष्टं शीतोदकान्वितम् ।। चणकं सर्वगव्यं च दधितक्रविवर्जितम्
saśarkaraṃ ca dhānyākaṃ piṣṭaṃ śītodakānvitam || caṇakaṃ sarvagavyaṃ ca dadhitakravivarjitam
Coriander ground with sugar and mixed with cold water; chickpea, and everything from the cow except curds and buttermilk—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 16.62
बिल्वतालफलं पक्वं सर्वमैक्षवमेव च ।। आर्द्रकं मुद्गयूषं च तिलपिष्टं सशर्करम्
bilvatālaphalaṃ pakvaṃ sarvamaikṣavameva ca || ārdrakaṃ mudgayūṣaṃ ca tilapiṣṭaṃ saśarkaram
Ripe bilva and palm fruit, and everything made of sugarcane; fresh ginger, mung-bean broth, and sesame paste with sugar —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.63
पित्तक्षयकरं सद्यो बलपुष्टिप्रदं परम् ।। पित्तनाशं च तद्बीजमुक्तमन्यन्निबोध मे
pittakṣayakaraṃ sadyo balapuṣṭipradaṃ param || pittanāśaṃ ca tadbījamuktamanyannibodha me
(It) at once removes pitta and is supremely productive of strength and nourishment. The destroyer of pitta and its seed has been declared; learn from me the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 16.64
भोजनानन्तरं स्नानं जलपानं विना तृषा ।। तिलतैलं स्निग्धतैलं स्निग्धमामलकीद्रवम्
bhojanānantaraṃ snānaṃ jalapānaṃ vinā tṛṣā || tilatailaṃ snigdhatailaṃ snigdhamāmalakīdravam
Bathing right after eating; drinking water without thirst; sesame oil, unctuous oil, unctuous liquid of āmalakī;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.65
पर्य्युषितान्नं च तक्रं च पक्वं रम्भाफलं दधि ।। मेघाम्बु शर्करातोयं सुस्निग्धजलसेवनम्
paryyuṣitānnaṃ ca takraṃ ca pakvaṃ rambhāphalaṃ dadhi || meghāmbu śarkarātoyaṃ susnigdhajalasevanam
Stale food, buttermilk, ripe plantain fruit, curd, rainwater, sugar-water, the use of very unctuous water;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.66
नारिकेलोदकं रूक्षस्नानं पर्युषिते जले ।। तरुगुंजापक्वफलं सुपक्वं कर्क्कटीफलम्
nārikelodakaṃ rūkṣasnānaṃ paryuṣite jale || taruguṃjāpakvaphalaṃ supakvaṃ karkkaṭīphalam
Coconut water, a dry bath, (bathing) in stale water, the ripe fruit of the tree-guñjā, the well-ripened karkaṭī (cucumber) fruit;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 16.67
खातस्नानं च वर्षासु मूलकं श्लेष्मकारकम् ।। ब्रह्मरन्ध्रे च तज्जन्म महद्वीर्य्य विनाशनम्
khātasnānaṃ ca varṣāsu mūlakaṃ śleṣmakārakam || brahmarandhre ca tajjanma mahadvīryya vināśanam
And bathing in a dug pond in the rainy season, and radish, which produces phlegm; its birth is in the brahmarandhra, and it destroys great vigour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 16.68
वह्निस्वेदं भ्रष्टभङ्गं पक्वतैलविशेषकम् ।। भ्रमणं शुष्कभक्षं च शुष्कपक्वहरीतकी
vahnisvedaṃ bhraṣṭabhaṅgaṃ pakvatailaviśeṣakam || bhramaṇaṃ śuṣkabhakṣaṃ ca śuṣkapakvaharītakī
Sweating by fire, parched-and-broken grain, particular cooked oils, walking about, eating dry food, and dried ripe harītakī;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 16.69
पिण्डारकमपक्वं च रम्भा फलमपक्वकम् ।। वेसवारः सिन्धुवार अनाहारमपानकम्
piṇḍārakamapakvaṃ ca rambhā phalamapakvakam || vesavāraḥ sindhuvāra anāhāramapānakam
Unripe piṇḍāraka and unripe plantain fruit, vesavāra (spiced meat-paste), sindhuvāra, going without food and without drink —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 16.71
द्रव्याण्येतानि गान्धर्वि सद्यः श्लेष्महराणि च ।। बलपुष्टिकराण्येव वायुबीजं निशामय
dravyāṇyetāni gāndharvi sadyaḥ śleṣmaharāṇi ca || balapuṣṭikarāṇyeva vāyubījaṃ niśāmaya
These substances, O Gāndharvī, at once take away phlegm and are indeed productive of strength and nourishment. Now hear of the seed of wind (vāta).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.72
भोजनानन्तरं सद्यो गमनं धावनं तथा ।। छेदनं वह्नितापश्च शश्वद्भ्रमणमैथुनम्
bhojanānantaraṃ sadyo gamanaṃ dhāvanaṃ tathā || chedanaṃ vahnitāpaśca śaśvadbhramaṇamaithunam
Walking immediately after eating, and likewise running, cutting, the heat of fire, constant wandering about and sexual intercourse;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.73
वृद्धस्त्रीगमनं चैव मनःसन्ताप एव च ।। अतिरूक्षमनाहारं युद्धं कलहमेव च
vṛddhastrīgamanaṃ caiva manaḥsantāpa eva ca || atirūkṣamanāhāraṃ yuddhaṃ kalahameva ca
And going to an old woman, and likewise distress of mind, excessively dry food, fasting, fighting, and quarrelling;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.74
कटु वाक्यं भयं शोकः केवलं वायुकारणम् ।। आज्ञाख्यचक्रे तजन्म निशामय तदौषधम्
kaṭu vākyaṃ bhayaṃ śokaḥ kevalaṃ vāyukāraṇam || ājñākhyacakre tajanma niśāmaya tadauṣadham
Harsh speech, fear, grief — (all this) is solely a cause of wind. Its birth is in the wheel called ājñā. Now hear its remedy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.75
पक्वं रम्भाफलं चैव सबीजं शर्करोदकम् ।। नारिकेलोदकं चैव सद्यस्तक्रं सुपिष्टकम्
pakvaṃ rambhāphalaṃ caiva sabījaṃ śarkarodakam || nārikelodakaṃ caiva sadyastakraṃ supiṣṭakam
Ripe plantain fruit, and sugar-water with the seed (in it), and coconut water, fresh buttermilk, a good flour-paste;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 16.76
माहिषं दधि मिष्टं च केवलं वा सशर्करम् ।। सद्यः पर्य्युषितान्नं च सौवीरं शीतलोदकम्
māhiṣaṃ dadhi miṣṭaṃ ca kevalaṃ vā saśarkaram || sadyaḥ paryyuṣitānnaṃ ca sauvīraṃ śītalodakam
Buffalo curd, sweet or plain with sugar, food both fresh and stale, sauvīra (fermented gruel), cool water;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 16.77
पक्वतैलविशेषं च तिलतैलं च केवलम् ।। लांगलीतालखर्जूरमुष्णमामलकीद्रवम्
pakvatailaviśeṣaṃ ca tilatailaṃ ca kevalam || lāṃgalītālakharjūramuṣṇamāmalakīdravam
Particular cooked oils, and plain sesame oil, lāṅgalī, palmyra, date, warm liquid of āmalakī;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 16.78
शीतलोष्णोदकस्नानं सुस्निग्धचन्दनद्रवम् ।। स्निग्धपद्मपत्रतल्पं सुस्निग्धव्यजनानि च
śītaloṣṇodakasnānaṃ susnigdhacandanadravam || snigdhapadmapatratalpaṃ susnigdhavyajanāni ca
Bathing in cool or warm water, very unctuous sandal paste, a couch of soft lotus leaves, and very smooth fans —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.79
एतत्ते कथितं वत्से सद्योवायुप्रणाशनम् ।। वायवस्त्रिविधाः पुंसां क्लेशसन्तापकामजाः
etatte kathitaṃ vatse sadyovāyupraṇāśanam || vāyavastrividhāḥ puṃsāṃ kleśasantāpakāmajāḥ
This, child, has been told to you as the immediate destroyer of wind. The winds of men are of three kinds, born of affliction, of burning (fever), and of desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 16.81
तन्त्राण्येतानि सर्वाणि व्याधिक्षयकराणि च ।। रसायनादयो येषु चोपायाश्च सुदुर्लभाः
tantrāṇyetāni sarvāṇi vyādhikṣayakarāṇi ca || rasāyanādayo yeṣu copāyāśca sudurlabhāḥ
All these are treatises that bring about the destruction of disease, in which the elixirs and the rest, and the means (of cure), are very hard to obtain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 16.82
न शक्तः कथितुं साध्वि यथार्थं वत्सरेण च ।। तेषां च सर्वतन्त्राणां कृतानां च विचक्षणैः
na śaktaḥ kathituṃ sādhvi yathārthaṃ vatsareṇa ca || teṣāṃ ca sarvatantrāṇāṃ kṛtānāṃ ca vicakṣaṇaiḥ
I am not able, virtuous lady, to tell (them) truly even in a year — of all those treatises composed by the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.83
केन रोगेण त्वत्कान्तो मृतः कथय शोभने ।। तदुपायं करिष्यामि येन जीवेदयं सति
kena rogeṇa tvatkānto mṛtaḥ kathaya śobhane || tadupāyaṃ kariṣyāmi yena jīvedayaṃ sati
By what disease did your beloved die? Tell (me), lovely one. I shall apply that means by which he may live, good lady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.84
सौतिरुवाच ।। ब्राह्मणस्य वचः श्रुत्वा कन्या चित्ररथस्य च ।। कथां कथितुमारेभे सा गान्धर्वी प्रहर्षिता
sautiruvāca || brāhmaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā kanyā citrarathasya ca || kathāṃ kathitumārebhe sā gāndharvī praharṣitā
The Sūta said: Having heard the brahmin's words, the daughter of Citraratha, that Gāndharvī, greatly delighted, began to tell her tale.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.85
मालावत्युवाच ।। योगेन प्राणांस्तत्याज ब्रह्मणः शापहेतुना ।। सभायां लज्जितः कान्तो मम विप्र निशामय
mālāvatyuvāca || yogena prāṇāṃstatyāja brahmaṇaḥ śāpahetunā || sabhāyāṃ lajjitaḥ kānto mama vipra niśāmaya
Mālāvatī said: By yoga he gave up his life-breaths, because of the brahman's curse; shamed in the assembly, (he was) my beloved — listen, brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.86
सर्वं श्रुतमपूर्वं च शुभाख्यानं मनोहरम् ।। भवेद्भवे कुतः केषां महल्लभ्यं विपद्विना
sarvaṃ śrutamapūrvaṃ ca śubhākhyānaṃ manoharam || bhavedbhave kutaḥ keṣāṃ mahallabhyaṃ vipadvinā
All has been heard, and it is unprecedented — an auspicious, charming narrative. In (this) world, from where and to whom would something so great come to be obtained without misfortune?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 16.87
अधुना मत्प्राणकान्तं देहि देहि विचक्षण ।। नत्वा वः स्वामिना सार्द्धं यास्यामि स्वगृहं प्रति
adhunā matprāṇakāntaṃ dehi dehi vicakṣaṇa || natvā vaḥ svāminā sārddhaṃ yāsyāmi svagṛhaṃ prati
Now give, give me the beloved of my life, O wise one; having bowed to you (all), I shall go home together with my husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 16.88
मालावतीवचः श्रुत्वा विप्ररूपी जनार्दनः ।। सभां जगाम देवानां शीघ्रं विप्रस्तदन्तिकात्
mālāvatīvacaḥ śrutvā viprarūpī janārdanaḥ || sabhāṃ jagāma devānāṃ śīghraṃ viprastadantikāt
Having heard Mālāvatī's words, Janārdana in the form of a brahman — the brahman went swiftly from her side to the assembly of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition