Shloka 7

Netra–Nāsa–Mukha Cikitsā, Vraṇa/Bhasma Prayoga, Jvara–Vāta Remedies, and Protective/Uccāṭana Procedures

Devanagari script

तिमिरं पटलं हन्ति पिचिटं च महौषधम् / त्रिकटु त्रिफलां चैव करं जस्य फलानि च

Transliteration

timiraṃ paṭalaṃ hanti piciṭaṃ ca mahauṣadham / trikaṭu triphalāṃ caiva karaṃ jasya phalāni ca

Translation

هذا المركّب الدوائي العظيم يزيل عتمة البصر (تيمِرا)، والغشاء الذي يغشي العين كالساد، وداء piciṭa المؤلم المُهيِّج. ويُحضَّر من تريكَتو، وتريفَلا، ومن ثمار الكَرَنْجَة أيضًا.

Word by Word

• तिमिरम्: darkness (of vision), cataract-like dimness
• तिमिरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिमिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• पटलम्: film/opacity (on the eye)
• पटलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पटल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हन्ति: destroys, removes
• हन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पिचिटम्: pterygium/eye-growth (piciṭa)
• पिचिटम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिचिट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• महौषधम्: the great medicine
• महौषधम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् + औषध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महदौषधम्)

• त्रिकटु: trikaṭu (three pungent drugs)
• त्रिकटु: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + कटु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (three pungents)

• त्रिफलाम्: triphala (three fruits)
• त्रिफलाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• करम्: hand; (here) a drug-name ‘kara’ (uncertain)
• करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जस्य: of jasya (a plant-name; uncertain)
• जस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• फलानि: fruits
• फलानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in discourse to Garuda)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Care of the body and senses through right remedies is a supportive limb of righteous living.

Vedantic Theme: Śarīra as an instrument (sādhana) for dharma and higher pursuits; maintenance enables spiritual practice.

Application: Use a compound including trikatu, triphala, and karañja fruits as indicated for timira/patala/piciṭa-type eye disorders (under competent guidance).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.177.8-11 (continuation of ocular therapeutics/añjana/lepa/pāna remedies)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of timira and patala in Garuda Purana medical verses?

They name specific eye pathologies (vision-dimming and an ocular film), indicating the text’s technical Ayurvedic vocabulary and its concern for preventing blindness.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It does not; the verse is a medical listing of ingredients and claimed effects for eye conditions, not an afterlife or Yama-related teaching.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

It points to classical compound logic—warming pungents (trikatu) plus rasayana-like triphala—yet eye treatments are sensitive, so use only under professional Ayurvedic guidance.