Shloka 15

Aśva–Gaja Āyurveda: Marks, Defects, Wounds, Doṣa-Therapy, and Protective Rites

Devanagari script

मातुलुङ्गरसोपेतं मांसीनां रसकेन वा / सद्यो दद्यात्तत्र नस्यमन्यैर्वातैः सुसंयुतैः

Transliteration

mātuluṅgarasopetaṃ māṃsīnāṃ rasakena vā / sadyo dadyāttatra nasyamanyairvātaiḥ susaṃyutaiḥ

Translation

يُمزَج بعصير الماتولونغا (الأترجّ)، أو بعصارة māṃsī (السنبلة/الناردين) المستخرجة، ثم يُجرى فورًا علاج الأنف (nasya) في ذلك الموضع، مع ضمّ مكوّنات أخرى مُلائمة تُسكّن «فاتا».

Word by Word

• मातुलुङ्ग-रस-उपेतम्: mixed with citron (mātuluṅga) juice
• मातुलुङ्ग-रस-उपेतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मातुलुङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + रस (प्रातिपदिक) + उपेत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √इ ‘to go’ with उप- → उपेत ‘endowed with’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘मातुलुङ्गरस-युक्तम्’

• मांसीनाम्: of māṃsī (spikenard)
• मांसीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• रसकेन: with a juice/extract (rasaka)
• रसकेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रसक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Sambandha (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb: immediately)

• दद्यात्: should give/administer
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there/in that case
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: there/in that case)

• नस्यम्: nasal medication (nasya)
• नस्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अन्यैः: with other
• अन्यैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• वातैः: with vāta-remedies/airs (vāta)
• वातैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• सु-संयुतैः: well combined
• सु-संयुतैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + सं-युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √युज् ‘to join’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त—‘well-combined’

Speaker

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

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Timely intervention (sadya) and correct route of administration (nasya) tailored to vata conditions.

Vedantic Theme: Skillful means (upaya-kaushalya) in embodied maintenance; right action at the right time.

Application: Administer nasya promptly using mātuluṅga juice or māṃsī juice, combined with other vata-pacifying ingredients, under expert supervision.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.201 (nasya and vata-shamana measures; sequential therapeutic instructions)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of nasya in the Garuda Purana?

This verse presents nasya as an immediate, targeted therapy, emphasizing properly compounded vāta-pacifying ingredients and specific herbal juices (citron or māṃsī) as vehicles.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It does not address the soul’s journey here; instead, it belongs to the Garuda Purana’s practical instructional sections that include health and therapeutic guidance alongside dharma and afterlife topics.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

It highlights that nasal therapies should be timely and formulated to the condition (here, vāta). In modern practice, nasya should be done only under qualified Ayurvedic/medical supervision.