Shloka 60

Vidradhi–Gulma Nidāna

Causes and Signs of Abscess and Abdominal Mass

Devanagari script

पक्वशयोद्भवो ऽप्येवं वायुस्तीव्ररुजाश्रयात् / उद्गारबाहुल्यपुरीषबन्धतृप्त्यक्षमत्वान्त्रविकूजनानि

Transliteration

pakvaśayodbhavo 'pyevaṃ vāyustīvrarujāśrayāt / udgārabāhulyapurīṣabandhatṛptyakṣamatvāntravikūjanāni

Translation

وكذلك إذا نشأ «فايو» (ريحُ البدن) من الأمعاء الغليظة واستقرّ في موضع ألمٍ شديد، أحدث كثرةَ التجشؤ، واحتباسَ البراز (الإمساك)، وعدمَ القدرة على الإحساس بالشبع بعد الأكل، وأصواتَ القَرْقَرة داخل الأمعاء.

Word by Word

• पक्वशयोद्भवः: arising from the colon (pakvaśaya)
• पक्वशयोद्भवः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पक्वशय + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वायोः); समासः—पक्वशयात् उद्भवः

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारबोधक अव्यय (thus/in this manner)

• वायुः: vāta/wind (bodily air)
• वायुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तीव्ररुजाश्रयात्: from (its) seat of severe pain
• तीव्ररुजाश्रयात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीव्र + रुज् + आश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; समासः—तीव्रायाः रुजः आश्रयः (seat of severe pain)

• उद्गारबाहुल्यपुरीषबन्धतृप्त्यक्षमत्वान्त्रविकूजनानि: frequent belching, constipation, (false) satiety, inability (to digest/act), and intestinal gurgling
• उद्गारबाहुल्यपुरीषबन्धतृप्त्यक्षमत्वान्त्रविकूजनानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्गार + बाहुल्य + पुरीष + बन्ध + तृप्ति + अक्षमत्/अक्षमता + अन्त्र + विकूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (enumerative collective): उद्गारबाहुल्यं, पुरीषबन्धः, तृप्ति, अक्षमतत्वम्, अन्त्रविकूजनम्

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in instruction to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Vāyu arising from the large intestine, when lodged in severe pain, causes belching, stool obstruction, lack of satiety, and intestinal rumbling

Vedantic Theme: Instrumental care: maintaining the body’s functional harmony supports higher pursuits; imbalance of prana/apana disrupts lived experience

Application: Identify pakvashaya-vata involvement when belching + constipation + unsatiated feeling + gut rumbling co-occur; prioritize restoring elimination and vata regulation

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa

Geographic Context

Type: body (pakvashaya/large intestine; gastrointestinal tract)

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.160.58 (anāha defined by vata obstruction); Garuda Purana 1.160.56-57 (gulma variants and systemic signs)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of vāyu (vāta) described in the Garuda Purana?

This verse highlights vāyu as a governing bodily force whose disturbance—especially from the pakvaśaya (colon)—manifests as recognizable digestive and pain-related symptoms.

How does this verse explain the signs of a disorder in the body?

It gives a diagnostic pattern: when vāyu is aggravated and associated with severe pain, it presents through belching, constipation, lack of satiety, and intestinal gurgling—signs pointing to a colon-origin vāta disturbance.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use the symptom-cluster as a caution to address digestive regulation and reduce aggravating habits (irregular eating, dryness, stress), seeking appropriate traditional or medical guidance when persistent pain and constipation occur.