Shloka 36

Udara-roga Nidāna: Causes, Doṣa-Types, Spleen/Liver Enlargement, and Udakodara

Devanagari script

उद्रिक्ते दोषरूपे च व्याप्ते च श्वासतृट्भ्रमैः / छिद्रोदरमिदं प्राहुः परिस्त्रावीति चापरे

Transliteration

udrikte doṣarūpe ca vyāpte ca śvāsatṛṭbhramaiḥ / chidrodaramidaṃ prāhuḥ paristrāvīti cāpare

Translation

إذا اشتدّت الدوشا (الأخلاط) اشتدادًا مفرطًا، وسرى الداء مع ضيق النفس، والعطش الشديد، والدوار، سُمّيت هذه العِلّة «تشِدْرودَرا»؛ ويسمّيها آخرون أيضًا «بَرِسترَاوِي» أي «النازّة».

Word by Word

• udrikte: when excessive/overflowing
• udrikte: Adhikarana (Location/Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udrikta (प्रातिपदिक; √ric/√reñc? ‘to overflow’ → उ+द्रिक्त, past passive participle used adjectivally)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying doṣarūpe)

• doṣa-rūpe: in the form of doṣa (humoral disorder)
• doṣa-rūpe: Adhikarana (Location/Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: doṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (दोषस्य रूपम् = form of doṣa)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• vyāpte: when pervaded/spread
• vyāpte: Adhikarana (Location/Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyāpta (प्रातिपदिक; √vyāp + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying doṣarūpe)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• śvāsa-tṛṭ-bhramaiḥ: by dyspnea, thirst, and dizziness
• śvāsa-tṛṭ-bhramaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śvāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + tṛṭ (प्रातिपदिक) + bhrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (श्वासश्च तृष्णा च भ्रमाश्च)

• chidra-udaram: ‘chidrodara’ (a disease: perforated/porous abdomen)
• chidra-udaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: chidra (प्रातिपदिक) + udara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (छिद्रं उदरम् = perforated/with-holes abdomen)

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• prāhuḥ: they have said/call
• prāhuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• paristrāvī: ‘paristrāvī’ (one that oozes all around; disease-name)
• paristrāvī: Pratipadya (Predicate nominal/प्रत्ययार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pari√stru (धातु) + णिनि/इन् (कृदन्त प्रत्यय) → strāvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (disease-name/agent-noun)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-प्रयोग अव्यय (quotative)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• apare: others (people/authorities)
• apare: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Mixed

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Lakshana-based classification: when doshas are excessively aggravated and specific symptom clusters appear, the condition is defined and named (chidrodara/paristravi).

Vedantic Theme: Pramana in practice: knowledge through signs (linga) and inference (anumana) applied to embodied life.

Application: Track symptom triad (shvasa, trishna, bhrama) with abdominal pathology; recognize severity implied by ‘chidra’/‘paristrava’ and seek timely intervention.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.161: nomenclature of udaravyadhi subtypes (chidrodara, paristravi) and their lakshanas

Characters & Entities

• Doṣas

FAQs

What is the importance of describing diseases like Chidrodara in the Garuda Purana?

This verse catalogs forms of suffering (here, an abdominal disorder marked by breathlessness, thirst, and dizziness) to underscore the reality of torment tied to embodied existence and karmic consequences.

How does this verse explain suffering in the soul’s journey after death?

By naming specific symptom-clusters and disease-terms (Chidrodara/Paristrāvī), the text frames post-death experience as tangible affliction connected to one’s karmic conditioning, not merely abstract fear.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Live with restraint and ethical discipline to reduce harmful karma, and approach death-rites (śrāddha, charity, remembrance) with sincerity—using the teaching as motivation for dharmic living rather than panic.