Shloka 12
Visarpa Nidāna-Lakṣaṇa
Causes, Types, and Prognosis of Rapidly Spreading Eruptive Disorders
हिक्काञ्च स गतो ऽवस्थामीदृशीं लभते नरः / क्वचिन्मर्मारतिग्रस्तो भूमिशय्यासनादिषु
hikkāñca sa gato 'vasthāmīdṛśīṃ labhate naraḥ / kvacinmarmāratigrasto bhūmiśayyāsanādiṣu
ويُؤخذُ كذلك بالفُواق، فيقعُ الرجلُ في مثل هذه الحال. وأحيانًا، إذ يُعذَّب بألمِ المَرْمَا، لا يجد راحةً لا على الأرض، ولا على الفراش، ولا على المقعد، ولا في نحو ذلك.
Lord Vishnu (in discourse to Garuda/Vinatā-putra)
Dosha: Vata
Concept: Systemic distress signs (hikkā) and positional intolerance indicate worsening internal derangement affecting prāṇa and marma.
Vedantic Theme: Duḥkha-darśana leading to dispassion; the body cannot be made a stable refuge.
Application: Treat hiccups and inability to rest as escalation; support prāṇa, reduce pain, and seek immediate medical attention.
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.163 (hikkā and marma-vedanā as complications in vīsarpa)
FAQs
They function as prognostic signs—hiccups, marma pain, and inability to rest indicate a severe, worsening condition.
It does not narrate post-death travel; it describes bodily crisis markers that, in traditional thought, may precede life-threatening decline.
Persistent hiccups with intense pain and inability to rest suggests serious illness—do not self-treat; seek urgent evaluation.