Shloka 41

Vidradhi–Gulma Nidāna

Causes and Signs of Abscess and Abdominal Mass

Devanagari script

गुलम इत्युच्यते बस्तिनाभिहृत्पार्श्वसंश्रयः / वातजन्ये शिरः शूलज्वर प्लीहान्त्रकूजनम्

Transliteration

gulama ityucyate bastinābhihṛtpārśvasaṃśrayaḥ / vātajanye śiraḥ śūlajvara plīhāntrakūjanam

Translation

يُقال إن «الغُلما (gulma)» كتلةٌ صلبةٌ متورّمةٌ تستقرّ حول المثانة والسُّرّة ومنطقة القلب وجانبي الجسد. فإذا نشأت من «ڤاتا (vāta)» أحدثت صداعًا ومغصًا وحُمّى واضطراب الطحال وقرقرةً في الأمعاء.

Word by Word

• गुल्मः: abdominal tumor; gulma
• गुल्मः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुल्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• इति: thus; called
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-शब्दः, अव्यय, उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक-निपात (quotative particle)

• उच्यते: is said; is called
• उच्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• बस्ति-नाभि-हृत्-पार्श्व-संश्रयः: one located in the bladder/navel/heart/side region
• बस्ति-नाभि-हृत्-पार्श्व-संश्रयः: Visheshya (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बस्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + नाभि (प्रातिपदिक) + हृत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक) + संश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (basti-nābhi-hṛt-pārśva-—in/at the region of bladder, navel, heart, side)

• वातजन्ये: in (a condition) caused by vāta
• वातजन्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वातजन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; वात-जन्य = वातात् जन्यः (vāta-caused)

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Sambandha (Item in list/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• शूलज्वरः: pain and fever
• शूलज्वरः: Sambandha (Item in list/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (pain and fever)

• प्लीहा-अन्त्र-कूजनम्: rumbling/noise in spleen and intestines
• प्लीहा-अन्त्र-कूजनम्: Sambandha (Item in list/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्लीहा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + कूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kūjana of spleen/intestines)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Roga-lakṣaṇa-jñāna: defining gulma by anatomical seat and vāta-prakopa symptoms.

Vedantic Theme: Deha as anitya upādhi; suffering arises in prakṛti’s guṇic/doshic movements, prompting viveka.

Application: Use symptom-cluster recognition (site + vāta signs like śūla, kūjana) to triage and seek appropriate vaidya care; attend to vāta-pacifying regimen.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.160 (Ayurveda/roga-nidāna section): vāta/pitta/kapha-based differential signs for gulma and related śūla-jvara states

Characters & Entities

• Vata

FAQs

What is the importance of gulma in the Garuda Purana?

This verse defines gulma as a localized internal mass and lists its vāta-origin symptoms, showing the text’s practical, diagnostic approach to bodily disorders alongside spiritual instruction.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It does not directly describe the soul’s journey; instead, it gives a technical description of disease (gulma), reflecting the Garuda Purana’s inclusion of health knowledge relevant to sustaining dharmic life.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use it as a traditional symptom checklist—abdominal mass with vāta-type signs like colicky pain, headache, fever, and intestinal rumbling warrants timely medical evaluation (and, for practitioners, vāta-balancing diet and routine under expert guidance).