Shloka 51

Devanagari script

प्राणादीनाञ्च पञ्चानां पित्तमावरणं मिथः / पित्तादीनामावसतिर्मिश्राणां मिश्रितैश्च तैः

Transliteration

prāṇādīnāñca pañcānāṃ pittamāvaraṇaṃ mithaḥ / pittādīnāmāvasatirmiśrāṇāṃ miśritaiśca taiḥ

Translation

Among the five vital winds beginning with prāṇa, pitta can mutually produce āvaraṇa. Likewise, in combined disorders, pitta and the other doṣas reside together, mixed with one another.

Word by Word

• प्राणादीनाम्: of prāṇa and the others
• प्राणादीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; आदि-समास (प्राण-आदि = prāṇa and others)

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

• पञ्चानाम्: of the five
• पञ्चानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण (qualifying प्राणादीनाम्)

• पित्तम्: pitta
• पित्तम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• आवरणम्: occlusion, obstruction
• आवरणम्: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-नाम (predicate noun)

• मिथः: mutually, among themselves
• मिथः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), परस्पर-अर्थ (mutually)

• पित्तादीनाम्: of pitta and the others
• पित्तादीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-समूह, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; आदि-समास (pitta and others)

• आवसतिः: abiding/occurrence; state of being lodged
• आवसतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवसति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मिश्राणाम्: of mixed (conditions)
• मिश्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मिश्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-समूह, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying पित्तादीनाम्)

• मिश्रितैः: by/with the mixed (ones)
• मिश्रितैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मिश्रित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; मिश्र्/मिश्रय् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used adjectivally), पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

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

• तैः: by those
• तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in discourse to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Pitta

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Doṣa-vāyu interplay: pitta can obstruct among the five vāyus; in saṃsarga (mixed conditions), pitta and others cohabit in combined patterns.

Vedantic Theme: Interdependence within prakṛti; guṇa/doṣa interactions producing manifold effects (vaicitrya) in the embodied field.

Application: Do not treat vāta in isolation: evaluate pitta’s role in āvaraṇa and anticipate mixed presentations requiring combined therapeutic logic.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.167.52 (mixed doṣas become mixed in many ways; recognition by signs); Garuda Purana 1.167.50 (diagnosis by seats and functions)

Characters & Entities

• Prana
• Five Vayus
• Pitta
• Doshas

FAQs

What is the importance of pitta-āvaraṇa in the Garuda Purana?

This verse states that not only vāyu-to-vāyu obstruction occurs; pitta can also cover the vital winds, and mixed states can coexist—expanding how complex disorders are understood.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It focuses on embodied physiology rather than the after-death journey, but it clarifies how prāṇa-based systems can be disturbed—background knowledge for how vitality wanes at life’s end.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Recognize that symptoms may come from combined imbalances (mixed doṣas), so one-size-fits-all remedies are less effective than addressing the dominant covering factor.