Shloka 1

Strīroga–Prasūti–Bāla Cikitsā, Viṣa-haraṇa, Rasāyana, Ṛtucaryā, Pañcakarma-saṅgraha

Devanagari script

नामैकसप्तत्युत्तरशततमो ऽध्यायः धन्वन्तरिरुवाच / स्त्रीरोगादिचिकित्सां च वक्ष्ये सुश्रुत तच्छृणु / योनिव्यापत्सु भूयिष्टं शस्यते कर्म वातजित्

Transliteration

nāmaikasaptatyuttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ dhanvantariruvāca / strīrogādicikitsāṃ ca vakṣye suśruta tacchṛṇu / yonivyāpatsu bhūyiṣṭaṃ śasyate karma vātajit

Translation

Dhanvantari sprach: „Dies ist das hundert-zweiundsiebzigste Kapitel. O Suśruta, höre: Ich werde die Behandlung der Frauenleiden und verwandter Zustände darlegen. Bei yoni-vyāpats (Störungen von Gebärmutter und Scheide) werden besonders die Maßnahmen empfohlen, die vāta besänftigen.“

Word by Word

• nāma: (entitled)
• nāma: None (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शीर्षक-निर्देशक (name/entitled)

• eka-saptati-uttara-śata-tamaḥ: 171st
• eka-saptati-uttara-śata-tamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + saptati (प्रातिपदिक) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक) + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-समास (ordinal): ‘one-hundred-and-seventy-first’ (100 + 71)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dhanvantariḥ: Dhanvantari
• dhanvantariḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanvantari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु √वच्)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• strī-roga-ādi-cikitsām: treatment of women’s diseases etc.
• strī-roga-ādi-cikitsām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक) + roga (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + cikitsā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (strīrogādeḥ cikitsā)

• ca: and
• ca: None (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• vakṣye: I will explain
• vakṣye: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु √वच्)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• suśruta: O Suśruta
• suśruta: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suśruta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tat: that (teaching)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śṛṇu: listen
• śṛṇu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु √श्रु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yoni-vyāpat-su: in disorders of the yoni (gynecological disorders)
• yoni-vyāpat-su: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoni (प्रातिपदिक) + vyāpat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (yoner vyāpadaḥ)

• bhūyiṣṭam: most (especially)
• bhūyiṣṭam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūyiṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अतिशयार्थक (superlative-like) ‘most/very much’

• śasyate: is recommended
• śasyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śaṃs (धातु √शंस्)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• karma: procedure/therapy
• karma: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vāta-jit: vāta-subduing
• vāta-jit: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāta (प्रातिपदिक) + jit (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from √ji)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कृदन्त: ‘vātaṃ jayati’ (one that conquers vāta)

Speaker

Dhanvantari

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Systematic medical knowledge: classification of yoni-vyāpats and primacy of vāta-pacifying therapy in such disorders.

Vedantic Theme: Right knowledge (yathārtha-jñāna) applied to embodied life; order and discernment (viveka) in action.

Application: In yoni disorders, prioritize vāta-śamana approaches (diet, lifestyle, therapies) as the guiding principle, then tailor to presentation.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: textual-dialogic setting (guru-śiṣya)

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.172 (Strīroga-cikitsā chapter opening); Garuda Purana 1.171 (preceding therapeutic section)

Characters & Entities

• Dhanvantari
• Suśruta
• Vāta

FAQs

What is the importance of vāta-pacifying therapy in Garuda Purana’s medical sections?

This verse sets the clinical principle that many yoni disorders are vāta-dominant, so treatments should primarily aim to pacify vāta.

How does this verse fit the Garuda Purana’s usual Vishnu–Garuda dialogue?

Here the speaker is Dhanvantari addressing Suśruta, indicating a compiled instructional (Ayurvedic) passage embedded within the Purana rather than the afterlife dialogue.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use it as a traditional guideline: when studying classical gynecological complaints, assess vāta-aggravation and prioritize vāta-balancing diet and therapies under qualified care.