Shloka 44
Arśa-nidāna: Causes, Prodrome, Doṣa-types, and Complications of Hemorrhoids
वटप्रसेहसदृशाः गुञ्जाविद्रुमसन्निभाः / ते ऽत्यर्थं दुष्टमुष्णं च गाढविष्टंभपीडिताः
vaṭaprasehasadṛśāḥ guñjāvidrumasannibhāḥ / te 'tyarthaṃ duṣṭamuṣṇaṃ ca gāḍhaviṣṭaṃbhapīḍitāḥ
Sie erscheinen wie die harzige Ausscheidung eines Banyanbaums, ähneln dem roten Guñjā-Samen und Korallen in der Farbe; und sie werden schwer gequält – geplagt von schwerer Verstopfung und von fauliger, brennender Hitze.
Lord Vishnu (narrating to Garuda/Vinata-putra)
Concept: Suffering becomes intensified when internal heat and obstruction compound; the body mirrors accumulated faults.
Vedantic Theme: Duḥkha as pariṇāma of guṇa-doṣa entanglement; the need to disentangle through right conduct.
Application: Treat obstruction early (diet, hydration, medical care); avoid habits that generate internal heat and foulness.
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.156.43 (appearance of growths); Garuda Purana 1.156.45 (bleeding and blood-wasting); Garuda Purana 1.156.47 (vāyu obstruction mechanism)
FAQs
This verse illustrates how karmic impurity manifests as concrete suffering in the preta condition—internal heat, foulness, and painful obstruction—making the moral causality of actions vivid and memorable.
It reflects the soul’s post-death experience through a subtle, suffering state (preta), where the consequences of wrongdoing are felt as bodily-like afflictions before further judgment and destinations are reached.
Live with restraint and purity (diet, conduct, truthfulness), avoid harmful actions that create ‘inner heat’ and corruption, and support dharmic rites/charity done with sincerity for the well-being of departed relatives.