Shloka 22

Kuṣṭha-bheda-lakṣaṇa-nidāna and Śvitra (Kilāsa) Prognosis

Devanagari script

प्रायेण चोर्ध्वकार्श्यञ्च कुण्डैः कण्डूपरैश्चितम् / रक्तैरलंशुका पाणिपादे कुर्याद्विपादिका

Transliteration

prāyeṇa cordhvakārśyañca kuṇḍaiḥ kaṇḍūparaiścitam / raktairalaṃśukā pāṇipāde kuryādvipādikā

Translation

غالبًا ما يُحدِث هزالًا في الجزء العلوي من الجسد، وتُوسَم البشرة ببثورٍ مرتفعةٍ مصحوبةٍ بالحِكّة. ومع آفاتٍ محمرّةٍ وتشققاتٍ يُحدِث «vipādikā» في اليدين والقدمين.

Word by Word

• प्रायेण: generally, for the most part
• प्रायेण: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्राय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययीभाव (क्रियाविशेषण) = adverb ‘generally/mostly’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय = conjunction ‘and’

• ऊर्ध्वकार्श्यम्: emaciation/leaning upward (wasting above)
• ऊर्ध्वकार्श्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक) + कार्श्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः = तत्पुरुष (‘upward emaciation/leaning’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय = conjunction ‘and’

• कुण्डैः: with pits/patches (lesions)
• कुण्डैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगभेद), तृतीया, बहुवचन = Instr pl

• कण्डूपरैः: with intense itching
• कण्डूपरैः: Visheshana (Qualifier of instrument/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कण्डू (प्रातिपदिक) + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; समासः = तत्पुरुष (‘itching-dominant’); विशेषण (कुण्डैः)

• चितम्: filled, covered
• चितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival complement/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चि (धातु) → चित (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त = ‘covered/filled’

• रक्तैः: red (spots)
• रक्तैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (अलंशुका)

• अलंशुका: (a condition) with abundant pustules/scales
• अलंशुका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अलम् (अव्यय) + शुका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः = अव्ययीभाव (अलम् + शुका) ‘having sufficient/abundant pustules/scales’ (रोगलक्षण)

• पाणिपादे: in the hands and feet
• पाणिपादे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक) + पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास; द्विवचन-एकवचनस्थाने (समाहारद्वन्द्व) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन = Loc sg ‘in hands and feet’

• कुर्यात्: should cause, produces
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन = ‘should cause/produce’

• विपादिका: vipādikā (a skin disease of hands/feet)
• विपादिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग) + पाद (प्रातिपदिक) + णी (स्त्रीप्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Nom sg; रोगनाम

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (narrating to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.164.21 (preceding lakshana); Garuda Purana 1.164.23-25 (further varieties/complications)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

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

The text uses precise symptom-descriptions to link ethical causality (karma) with tangible suffering, encouraging restraint and dharmic conduct.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

By portraying suffering as karmically conditioned, it frames embodied experience as a field where past actions ripen, shaping one’s fate and future journey.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat illness with compassion and medical care while also reflecting on conduct—truthfulness, non-harm, and self-discipline—so future suffering is reduced.