Shloka 34

Devanagari script

पिडिकास्ता भवेयुः स्याद्दोषोद्रेको यथायथम् / प्रमेहेण विनाप्येता जायन्ते दुष्टमेदसः

Transliteration

piḍikāstā bhaveyuḥ syāddoṣodreko yathāyatham / prameheṇa vināpyetā jāyante duṣṭamedasaḥ

Translation

Such pīḍikā (boils) arise according to the degree of aggravation of the bodily doṣas; even without prameha, they can develop due to vitiated medas (fat).

Word by Word

• पिडिकाः: pustules
• पिडिकाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिडिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (fem. nom. pl.)

• ताः: those
• ताः: Anvaya (Correlative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun: ‘those’)

• भवेयुः: may be/should be
• भवेयुः: Kriya (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम् (may be/should be)

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (would be)

• दोषोद्रेकः: aggravation of humors (doṣas)
• दोषोद्रेकः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्रेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (दोषाणाम् उद्रेकः)

• यथायथम्: as appropriate/in due manner
• यथायथम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्ययीभाव-समासः; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: according to each/accordingly)

• प्रमेहेण: by/with prameha (diabetes/urinary disorder)
• प्रमेहेण: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन (instr. sg.)

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (Prepositional relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गार्थक-निपात (preposition-like: ‘without’)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: even/also)

• एताः: these
• एताः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun: ‘these’)

• जायन्ते: arise/are produced
• जायन्ते: Kriya (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम् (are born/arise)

• दुष्टमेदसः: having vitiated fat
• दुष्टमेदसः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + मेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (दुष्टं मेदः यस्याः) विशेषण (fem. nom. pl.)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Mixed

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Multifactorial causation: doṣa-udreka gradations produce disease; absence of a named disorder (prameha) does not preclude pathology when medas is दूष्ट (vitiated).

Vedantic Theme: Avoiding false negation: non-presence of one condition is not proof of health; look to underlying causes (hetu) and substrates (dhātu).

Application: Evaluate doṣa aggravation and medas quality; do not rule out such eruptions merely because prameha is not diagnosed; address metabolic/fat tissue derangement.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.159: prameha/medas and doṣa aggravation discussed in contiguous verses

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of doṣa aggravation (doṣodreka) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse uses the Ayurvedic framework: illness manifests according to the intensity and pattern of doṣa imbalance, showing that causes are graded and not one-size-fits-all.

Does this verse link boils only to prameha (diabetes-like disorder)?

No— it explicitly says boils can arise even without prameha, pointing to duṣṭa medas (vitiated fat tissue) and doṣa disturbance as independent causes.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat recurring skin eruptions as a systemic imbalance (diet, lifestyle, metabolism), not merely a surface issue—aim to reduce doṣa aggravation and support healthy medas through disciplined habits.