Shloka 34

Arśa-nidāna: Causes, Prodrome, Doṣa-types, and Complications of Hemorrhoids

Devanagari script

कृष्णत्वग्बद्धविण्मूत्रनेत्रवक्त्रश्च जायते / गुल्मप्लीहोदराष्ठीलासंभवस्तस्य चैव हि

Transliteration

kṛṣṇatvagbaddhaviṇmūtranetravaktraśca jāyate / gulmaplīhodarāṣṭhīlāsaṃbhavastasya caiva hi

Translation

يولد بجلد مسود، وعيناه وفمه مسدودان بالبراز والبول؛ وبالفعل تظهر لديه الأورام، واضطرابات الطحال، وتورم البطن (الاستسقاء)، وحصوات بولية مؤلمة.

Word by Word

• कृष्ण: black
• कृष्ण: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; (compound member) ‘black’

• त्वक्: skin
• त्वक्: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वच्/त्वक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (compound member) ‘skin’

• बद्ध: obstructed
• बद्ध: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; (compound member) ‘bound/obstructed’

• विण्: stool
• विण्: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: विण्/विट् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (compound member) ‘faeces’

• मूत्र: urine
• मूत्र: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (compound member) ‘urine’

• नेत्र: eye
• नेत्र: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (compound member) ‘eye’

• वक्त्र: mouth/face
• वक्त्र: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (compound member) ‘mouth/face’

• कृष्णत्वग्बद्धविण्मूत्रनेत्रवक्त्रः: one having black skin and obstructed stool/urine, with affected eyes and mouth
• कृष्णत्वग्बद्धविण्मूत्रनेत्रवक्त्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण + त्वक् + बद्ध + विण् + मूत्र + नेत्र + वक्त्र (समस्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘whose skin..., stool/urine..., eyes and mouth are ...’ (descriptive of person)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• जायते: is born/arises
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present middle 3sg

• गुल्म: abdominal tumor/lump
• गुल्म: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुल्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (compound member)

• प्लीह: spleen (disease/enlargement)
• प्लीह: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्लीहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (compound member)

• उदर: abdomen/dropsy
• उदर: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (compound member)

• आष्ठीला: āṣṭhīlā (a hard abdominal mass)
• आष्ठीला: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: आष्ठीला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (compound member)

• संभवः: arising, occurrence
• संभवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्- (उपसर्ग) + भू (धातु) + घञ् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘arising/origin’

• गुल्मप्लीहोदराष्ठीलासंभवः: occurrence of gulma, spleen disorder, abdominal disease and āṣṭhīlā
• गुल्मप्लीहोदराष्ठीलासंभवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुल्म + प्लीह + उदर + आष्ठीला + संभव (समस्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (समाहार/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘occurrence of gulma, splenic disorder, udar(a), āṣṭhīlā’

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; Genitive singular (of him/of that)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; causal/emphatic)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Pretakalpa Layer

Afterlife Stage: Naraka

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Mixed

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Pāpa can fructify as defective birth and systemic illness, not merely external punishment.

Vedantic Theme: Samsaric embodiment as a field of karma; recognition of duḥkha as impetus toward dispassion and dharmic living.

Application: Choose non-harm, cleanliness, truthfulness, and restraint; support health and ethical living as part of dharma to avoid self-created suffering.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana Pretakalpa: lists of pāpa-to-roga/duḥkha-janma correspondences (nearby verses in 1.156)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of karmic disease descriptions in the Garuda Purana?

This verse links specific bodily afflictions to prior wrongdoing, reinforcing the Garuda Purana theme that karma bears tangible results across death, afterlife states, and rebirth.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul in Garuda Purana?

By showing that the jīva carries karmic impressions that manifest as suffering in embodied life, it supports the text’s broader account of moral causality operating through the subtle-to-gross transition.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use it as a reminder to avoid harmful actions, cultivate purity and restraint, and adopt dharmic living and repentance (prāyaścitta) to reduce future suffering.