Shloka 15

Rajayakshma Nidana: Causes, Pathogenesis, Symptoms, and Prognosis

Devanagari script

स्थिते पार्श्वे च रुग्बोधे सन्धिस्थे भवति ज्वरः / रूपाण्यैकादशैतानि जायन्ते राजयक्ष्मणः

Transliteration

sthite pārśve ca rugbodhe sandhisthe bhavati jvaraḥ / rūpāṇyaikādaśaitāni jāyante rājayakṣmaṇaḥ

Translation

When the affliction settles in the side, pain arises; when it becomes established in the joints, fever is born. These are the eleven characteristic manifestations that appear in rājayakṣmā (consumption).

Word by Word

• स्थिते: when (it is) situated
• स्थिते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थि (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) — ‘स्थिते’ = ‘स्थिते (स्थाने/अवस्थायाम्)’

• पार्श्वे: in the side/flank
• पार्श्वे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• रुग्बोधे: in the awareness/perception of pain
• रुग्बोधे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुग् (प्रातिपदिक) + बोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्देश: ‘रुग्-’ = रोगस्य), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular)

• सन्धिस्थे: when located in the joints
• सन्धिस्थे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सन्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (धातु) → स्थ (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (‘सन्धौ स्थित’), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त

• भवति: arises/occurs
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• ज्वरः: fever
• ज्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• रूपाणि: symptoms/forms
• रूपाणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural)

• एकादश: eleven
• एकादश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादश (संख्याशब्द/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (रूपाणि इति विशेष्यस्य अन्वयः)

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• जायन्ते: are produced/arise
• जायन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद

• राजयक्ष्मणः: of consumption (rājayakṣmā)
• राजयक्ष्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजयक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (कर्मधारय/विशेषण-विशेष्यभाव: ‘राजा इव यक्ष्मा’/प्रसिद्धरोगनाम), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (teaching Garuda/Vinatā-putra in the Garuda Purana narrative frame)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Knowing disease-signs to preserve the body for righteous living and spiritual practice.

Vedantic Theme: Deha as anitya upādhi; prudent care supports sādhana while remembering impermanence.

Application: Use symptom-pattern recognition (side pain, joint fixation, fever) to identify rājayakṣmā early and seek regimen/therapy.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.152.16-19 (upadrava and doṣa-wise symptomatology of rājayakṣmā)

Characters & Entities

• Rajayakshma

FAQs

What is the importance of describing rājayakṣmā in the Garuda Purana?

This verse preserves a traditional diagnostic list—linking the disease’s location (side/joints) with key symptoms (pain/fever)—so a practitioner can recognize rājayakṣmā by its characteristic manifestations.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It does not address the afterlife directly; instead, it appears in a didactic section where Vishnu instructs Garuda on bodily conditions and their observable signs, emphasizing discernment and correct understanding of suffering in embodied life.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use it as a reminder to take persistent flank pain, joint-related systemic fever, and wasting symptoms seriously—seek timely medical evaluation while also adopting disciplined, sattvic routines that reduce harm and support recovery.