Shloka 12

Mantra-Pūta Auṣadhi-Prayoga: Roots, Amulets, and Protections from Disease and Graha/Bhūta Affliction

Devanagari script

नारिकेलस्य वै पुष्पं छागक्षीरेण संयुतम् / पिबेच्च त्रिविधस्तस्य रक्तवातो विनश्यति

Transliteration

nārikelasya vai puṣpaṃ chāgakṣīreṇa saṃyutam / pibecca trividhastasya raktavāto vinaśyati

Translation

Man trinke die Blüte der Kokospalme, vermischt mit Ziegenmilch; dadurch wird die Störung raktavāta (verdorbenes Blut und vāta) in ihren dreifachen Erscheinungsformen vernichtet.

Word by Word

• नारिकेलस्य: of coconut
• नारिकेलस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारिकेल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• पुष्पम्: flower
• पुष्पम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• छागक्षीरेण: with goat’s milk
• छागक्षीरेण: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छागक्षीर (प्रातिपदिक: छाग + क्षीर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (छागस्य क्षीरम्)

• संयुतम्: mixed/combined
• संयुतम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying पुष्पम्): ‘mixed’

• पिबेत्: should drink
• पिबेत्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘should drink’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (and)

• त्रिविधः: threefold
• त्रिविधः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिविध (प्रातिपदिक: त्रि + विध)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; द्विगु/संख्यापूर्वक-समास (‘threefold’); विशेषण (of रक्तवातः)

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of him/of that)

• रक्तवातः: raktavāta (blood-related vāta disorder)
• रक्तवातः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्तवात (प्रातिपदिक: रक्त + वात)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (‘रक्तः वातः’ / vāta associated with blood)

• विनश्यति: is destroyed
• विनश्यति: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘perishes’

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in instruction to Garuda, as part of the Garuda Purana’s teaching dialogue)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Doṣa-balancing through appropriate substances and combinations; targeted remedy for a named condition.

Vedantic Theme: Harmony (sāmya) in the body-mind instrument supports higher pursuits; health as a means, not an end.

Application: Use coconut blossom with goat’s milk as a drink to alleviate raktavāta in its threefold presentation.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.189 (doṣa/roga-specific formulations)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of raktavāta remedies in the Garuda Purana?

This verse shows that the Garuda Purana also preserves practical therapeutic guidance, presenting simple formulations to pacify complex vāta conditions associated with blood (raktavāta).

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It does not directly discuss the afterlife; instead, it supports dharmic living by maintaining bodily health, which is treated as a prerequisite for performing rites and duties taught elsewhere in the Purana.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

As a traditional reference, it points to diet-based remedies for vāta-blood imbalance; in modern practice, use it as historical guidance and consult a qualified Ayurvedic practitioner before applying such formulations.