Shloka 22

Treatment of Nāḍī-vraṇa, Bhagandara, Upadaṃśa, Fractures, Kuṣṭha/Śvitra, Āmlapitta, ENT–Eye Disorders, and Bleeding Conditions

Devanagari script

उष्णो पीता वागुजी च कुष्ठजित्क्षीरभोजनः / तिलाज्यत्रिफलाक्षौद्रव्योषभल्लातशर्कराः / वृष्याः सप्त समा मेध्याः कष्ठहाः कामचारिणः

Transliteration

uṣṇo pītā vāgujī ca kuṣṭhajitkṣīrabhojanaḥ / tilājyatriphalākṣaudravyoṣabhallātaśarkarāḥ / vṛṣyāḥ sapta samā medhyāḥ kaṣṭhahāḥ kāmacāriṇaḥ

Translation

يُؤخذ دافئًا ويُشرب مع ڤاغوجي؛ فهذا النظام قاهرٌ لِكُشْṭha، ويكون اللبنُ غذاءه. السِّمسم، والسمن (غِي)، وتريفَلا، والعسل، وڤيوṣa (الثلاثة الحارّة)، وبھلّاطا، والسكر—هذه السبعة مُقوِّية مُرمِّمة، تُصفّي الذهن، ترفع الشدّة والمرض، وتدعم الحيوية السليمة.

Word by Word

• उष्णः: hot (in potency)
• उष्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पीता: drunk; taken orally
• पीता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत (कृदन्त, √पा ‘to drink’, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (used adjectivally: ‘when drunk’)

• वागुजी: vāgujī (a preparation)
• वागुजी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वागुजी (प्रातिपदिक; medicinal preparation)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• कुष्ठजित्क्षीरभोजनः: one who overcomes skin-disease and whose diet is milk
• कुष्ठजित्क्षीरभोजनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + जित् (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; from √जि ‘to conquer’) + क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक) + भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (‘one whose food is milk’ and ‘who conquers kuṣṭha’); internal compounds: कुष्ठजित् (उपपद-तत्पुरुष) + क्षीरभोजन (तत्पुरुष)

• तिल: sesame
• तिल: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound)

• आज्य: ghee
• आज्य: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound)

• त्रिफला: triphala (three-fruit formula)
• त्रिफला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या) + फला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound); द्विगु (त्रयः फलाः यस्याः)

• क्षौद्र: honey
• क्षौद्र: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound)

• व्योष: trikatu (dry ginger, pepper, long pepper)
• व्योष: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘trikatu’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound)

• भल्लात: marking nut (bhallātaka)
• भल्लात: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्लात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound)

• शर्कराः: sugars; sugar
• शर्कराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्करा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• वृष्याः: aphrodisiac; virility-promoting
• वृष्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (समूहस्य)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या, अव्ययवत्)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral), प्रथमा, बहुवचनार्थे (qualifying the group)

• समाः: equal; balanced
• समाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मेध्याः: purifying; wholesome
• मेध्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• कष्ठहाः: removing hardship/disease; pain-destroying
• कष्ठहाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + ह (प्रातिपदिक; from √हन् ‘to destroy’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (कष्ठं हन्ति)

• कामचारिणः: moving as desired; acting at will
• कामचारिणः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + चारिन् (प्रातिपदिक; from √चर्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (कामेन/कामे चारिणः)

Speaker

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

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Pathya-niyama (right diet and regimen) as essential to healing; cultivation of ojas and clarity supports righteous living.

Vedantic Theme: Sattva-enhancement (medhya) as a support for contemplation; moderation and disciplined intake.

Application: Follow a warm-drunk preparation with vāgujī; keep milk as diet; employ the seven supportive substances (tila, ājya, triphalā, kṣaudra, vyoṣa, bhallāta, śarkarā) as strengthening/medhya/vṛṣya supports per appropriate formulation and supervision.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.171 (internal regimens for kuṣṭha; pathya/apathya logic implied)

Characters & Entities

• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of this dietary formula in the Garuda Purana?

It frames healing as disciplined regimen: warm intake, supportive diet (milk), and a defined set of seven ingredients described as tonic, medhya, and kuṣṭha-conquering.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

By advocating self-regulation (ahara and medicine), it reflects Purāṇic teaching that bodily order supports dharma and steadiness of mind—preconditions for higher spiritual pursuits.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat it as a classical formulation list; because ingredients like bhallātaka can be irritant/toxic if misused, modern use should be only under qualified Ayurvedic supervision.