Shloka 42

Dhanvantari’s Therapeutics: Jvara to Vraṇa

Fever, GI Disorders, Bleeding, Respiratory, Urinary, Swelling, and Wound Care

Devanagari script

शुण्ठीगोक्षुरकक्वाथः सामवातार्तिशूलनुत् / दशमूलामृतैरण्डरास्नानागरदारुभिः

Transliteration

śuṇṭhīgokṣurakakvāthaḥ sāmavātārtiśūlanut / daśamūlāmṛtairaṇḍarāsnānāgaradārubhiḥ

Translation

Ein Dekokt aus trockenem Ingwer und gokṣura lindert Schmerz und Kolik, die aus vāta entstehen. Es soll zusammen mit daśamūla, guḍūcī (amṛtā), Rizinus (eraṇḍa), rāsnā, trockenem Ingwer und dāru (Deodarholz) bereitet werden.

Word by Word

• शुण्ठीगोक्षुरकक्वाथः: a decoction of dry ginger and gokṣuraka
• शुण्ठीगोक्षुरकक्वाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुण्ठी (प्रातिपदिक) + गोक्षुरक (प्रातिपदिक) + क्वाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (षष्ठी/उपपद-निर्देशार्थः)

• सामवातार्तिशूलनुत्: removing pain and colic due to vāta with āma
• सामवातार्तिशूलनुत्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साम (प्रातिपदिक) + वात (प्रातिपदिक) + आर्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + शूल (प्रातिपदिक) + नुत् (कृदन्त; √नुद् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः; ‘नुत्’ = नुद्-धातोः कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (कर्तरि/विशेषण)

• दशमूलामृतैरण्डरास्नानागरदारुभिः: with daśamūla, amṛtā (guḍūcī), castor, rāsnā, dry ginger, and dāru
• दशमूलामृतैरण्डरास्नानागरदारुभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशमूल (प्रातिपदिक) + अमृता/गुडूची (प्रातिपदिक) + एरण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + रास्ना (प्रातिपदिक) + नागर/शुण्ठी (प्रातिपदिक) + दारु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग-समाहार-द्वन्द्व (औषध-द्रव्यसमूह), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘-भिः’

Speaker

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

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Preservation of health through right remedies supports one’s capacity for dharma and sādhana.

Vedantic Theme: Śarīra as instrument (sādhana) for puruṣārthas; balance of guṇas/doṣas enabling sattva.

Application: Use a vāta-pacifying kvātha with śuṇṭhī, gokṣura, daśamūla, guḍūcī, eraṇḍa, rāsnā, nāgara, dāru under competent guidance; attend to vāta-aggravating diet/lifestyle.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.170 (Ayurveda/Chikitsā section, vāta-śūla remedies context)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of vāta-pain remedies in the Garuda Purana?

This verse preserves practical Ayurvedic formulations within the Purana, showing that dharma literature also transmits health-supporting remedies for vāta-type pain and colic.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It does not address afterlife doctrine here; the focus is a therapeutic recipe, presented within Vishnu’s instructional discourse to Garuda.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

It highlights a classical approach—using warming and vāta-pacifying herbs (like śuṇṭhī, daśamūla, castor)—but any use should be guided by a qualified Ayurvedic practitioner.