Shloka 32

Prameha-Nidāna-Lakṣaṇa-Bheda: Etiology, Signs, Varieties, and Complications of Meha

Devanagari script

विदारीकन्दवद्वृत्ता कठिना च विदारिका / विद्रधेर्लक्षणैर्युक्ता ज्ञेया विद्रधिका तु सा

Transliteration

vidārīkandavadvṛttā kaṭhinā ca vidārikā / vidradherlakṣaṇairyuktā jñeyā vidradhikā tu sā

Translation

Vidārikā is round like the vidārī tuber and is hard; when it bears the signs of vidradhi (an abscess), it should be known as vidradhikā.

Word by Word

• विदारीकन्दवत्: like a vidārī-tuber
• विदारीकन्दवत्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विदारी (प्रातिपदिक) + कन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-प्रयोगः; ‘-वत्’ तद्धितान्त-विशेषणम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गे अव्ययवत् (indeclinable-like comparative)

• वृत्ता: round
• वृत्ता: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (fem. nom. sg.)

• कठिना: hard
• कठिना: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कठिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (fem. nom. sg.)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• विदारिका: vidārikā (a type of swelling/boil)
• विदारिका: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदारिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (fem. nom. sg.)

• विद्रधेः: of an abscess/boil
• विद्रधेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्रधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (gen. sg.)

• लक्षणैः: with characteristics/signs
• लक्षणैः: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन (instr. pl.)

• युक्ता: endowed (with)
• युक्ता: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (PPP: ‘endowed/connected’)

• ज्ञेया: to be known/recognized
• ज्ञेया: Kriya-visheshana / Vidheya (Predicative adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) → ज्ञेय (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भाव्य/अनियत-कर्मणि कृदन्तः (gerundive: ‘to be known’)

• विद्रधिका: vidradhikā (abscess-type lesion)
• विद्रधिका: Vidheya-nama (Predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्रधि (प्रातिपदिक) + क (तद्धित) → विद्रधिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (fem. nom. sg.)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• सा: that (one)
• सा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun: ‘she/that’)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in instruction to Garuda)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Upamāna and lakṣaṇa-sāmānya: identifying lesions by resemblance (tuber-like roundness, hardness) and by shared signs with vidradhi (abscess).

Vedantic Theme: Sāmānya–viśeṣa discernment: recognizing commonality and difference to guide right action.

Application: Diagnose vidārikā by tuber-like round, hard swelling; diagnose vidradhikā when pīḍikā bears the characteristic signs of vidradhi (abscess).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.159: vidradhi/vidārikā/pīḍikā terminology and doṣa-medhas correlations in adjacent verses

Characters & Entities

• Putriṇī
• Vidārī
• Pitta
• Medas

FAQs

What is the importance of pitta and medas in this Garuda Purana verse?

The verse links disease-type and severity to constitution: fat-dominant bodies (medas) tend toward certain painful lesions, while pitta-excess produces rapid-onset types.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

This section is medical rather than eschatological; it explains bodily pathology through doṣa and tissue (medas), not the soul’s journey.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

As a traditional takeaway: rapid, inflamed lesions suggest pitta aggravation, while chronic, hard-to-bear lesions may correlate with metabolic/adipose factors—seek timely care and balance diet/heat factors.