Jvara (fever)

In spite of the timely warnings and strict discipline in diet control, Apathyatā and the inimical diseases in group attack the body and become a stepping stone for the other diseases to follow. Among them, "Jvara" is the lord of all diseases, sinner, god of death, energy-sucker and fearful. It is the unconsciousness at the end of a life. It is the fatigue of the misdeeds of life. It is cruel one with many names in different forms of the living beings and it is known as Jvara in human beings.

It is very ferocious (VI. 56-7):

jvaro rogapatiḥ pāpmā mṛtyurojo'śano'ntakaḥ |
krodho dakṣādhvaradhvaṃsī rudrordhvanayanodbhavaḥ ||
janmāntayormohamayaḥ saṃtāpātmāpacārajaḥ |
vividhairnāmabhiḥ krūro nānāyoniṣu vartate ||

It never brings pleasant feelings in any one. Laziness, heaviness and horripilation would be there in whom it enters.

It creates tears in the eyes; the mouth yawns often; the vision is blocked; weaktess and thirst are felt (VI.61):

ālasyamaśmamayatāṃ pulakodgamaṃ ca gātre karoti na ratiṃ kvacidātanoti |
jātāśru jṛmbhayati dṛṣṭivighūrṇamalpaprāṇaṃ tamambu ca pipāsayate'nuvelam ||

Being a good ally of Yakṣmā, this fever brings a lot of problems to human beings, such as a desire for eating those foods which are sour, bitter and astringent.

A person attacked by this fever does not like sweets; does not listen to advice; the body gets twisted due to its effect; the jvara does not spare even young children from its cruel effects (VI.62):

yadbhakṣyamamlakaṭutiknamapekṣate tanna svādu khādati ca sūrkṣayate hitoktam |
jaṅghāṃ viveṣṭayati huṃkṛtimādadhāti bāleṣu na kvacana darśayate ruciṃ ca ||

Krodhana (anger), Arocaka (food-aversion) Ādhmāna (indigestion) arise from this fever (hence his sons) and Vāta, Pitta, Kapha, Sannipāta and Grahaṇī are the aides (wives) (VI.63):

krodhanārocakādhmānaistribhiḥ putrairupaidhate |
bhāryayā paṣcavidhayā grahaṇyabhidhayā saha ||