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Shloka 32

Prameha-Nidāna-Lakṣaṇa-Bheda: Etiology, Signs, Varieties, and Complications of Meha

Devanagari script

विदारीकन्दवद्वृत्ता कठिना च विदारिका / विद्रधेर्लक्षणैर्युक्ता ज्ञेया विद्रधिका तु सा

Transliteration

vidārīkandavadvṛttā kaṭhinā ca vidārikā / vidradherlakṣaṇairyuktā jñeyā vidradhikā tu sā

Translation

যা বিদারীকন্দের মতো গোল ও কঠিন, তা ‘বিদারিকা’ নামে পরিচিত। আর যা বিদ্রধ (ফোঁড়া)-এর লক্ষণযুক্ত, তা ‘বিদ্রধিকা’ বলে জ্ঞেয়।

Word by Word
विदारीकन्दवत्like a vidārī-tuber
विदारीकन्दवत्:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootविदारी (प्रातिपदिक) + कन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित/प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत्-प्रयोगः; ‘-वत्’ तद्धितान्त-विशेषणम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गे अव्ययवत् (indeclinable-like comparative)
वृत्ताround
वृत्ता:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (fem. nom. sg.)
कठिनाhard
कठिना:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootकठिन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (fem. nom. sg.)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Coordinator)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
विदारिकाvidārikā (a type of swelling/boil)
विदारिका:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootविदारिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (fem. nom. sg.)
विद्रधेःof an abscess/boil
विद्रधेः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootविद्रधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (gen. sg.)
लक्षणैःwith characteristics/signs
लक्षणैः:
Karana (Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootलक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन (instr. pl.)
युक्ताendowed (with)
युक्ता:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootयुज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (PPP: ‘endowed/connected’)
ज्ञेयाto be known/recognized
ज्ञेया:
Kriya-visheshana / Vidheya (Predicative adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootज्ञा (धातु) → ज्ञेय (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भाव्य/अनियत-कर्मणि कृदन्तः (gerundive: ‘to be known’)
विद्रधिकाvidradhikā (abscess-type lesion)
विद्रधिका:
Vidheya-nama (Predicate noun)
TypeNoun
Rootविद्रधि (प्रातिपदिक) + क (तद्धित) → विद्रधिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (fem. nom. sg.)
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle)
साthat (one)
सा:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun: ‘she/that’)
Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in instruction to Garuda)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Upamāna and lakṣaṇa-sāmānya: identifying lesions by resemblance (tuber-like roundness, hardness) and by shared signs with vidradhi (abscess).

Vedantic Theme: Sāmānya–viśeṣa discernment: recognizing commonality and difference to guide right action.

Application: Diagnose vidārikā by tuber-like round, hard swelling; diagnose vidradhikā when pīḍikā bears the characteristic signs of vidradhi (abscess).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.159: vidradhi/vidārikā/pīḍikā terminology and doṣa-medhas correlations in adjacent verses

Characters & Entities
P
Putriṇī
V
Vidārī
P
Pitta
M
Medas

FAQs

The verse links disease-type and severity to constitution: fat-dominant bodies (medas) tend toward certain painful lesions, while pitta-excess produces rapid-onset types.

This section is medical rather than eschatological; it explains bodily pathology through doṣa and tissue (medas), not the soul’s journey.

As a traditional takeaway: rapid, inflamed lesions suggest pitta aggravation, while chronic, hard-to-bear lesions may correlate with metabolic/adipose factors—seek timely care and balance diet/heat factors.

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