Shloka 55

Anupāna and the Doṣa-Effects of Foods, Waters, Dairy, Oils, and Preparations

Devanagari script

वातानुलोमनी लघ्वी पेया वस्तिविशोधनी / सतक्रदाडिमव्योषा सगुडा मधुपिप्पली

Transliteration

vātānulomanī laghvī peyā vastiviśodhanī / satakradāḍimavyoṣā saguḍā madhupippalī

Translation

Peyā (thin rice porridge) is light, sets vāta in its proper downward course, and cleanses the bladder and urinary passages. Cooked with buttermilk, pomegranate, and the pungent triad (dry ginger, black pepper, long pepper), and blended with jaggery, honey, and pippalī, it becomes especially beneficial.

Word by Word

• वातानुलोमनी: promoting downward movement of vāta (carminative)
• वातानुलोमनी: Visheshana (Adjectival predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुलोमन (प्रातिपदिक; √लुम्/√लू? ‘अनुलोम’ भाव)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—वातस्य अनुलोमनी (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• लघ्वी: light (easy to digest)
• लघ्वी: Visheshana (Adjectival predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लघु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पेया: rice gruel (peyā)
• पेया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पेया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वस्तिविशोधनी: cleansing the bladder/urinary tract
• वस्तिविशोधनी: Visheshana (Adjectival predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + विशोधन (प्रातिपदिक; √शुध् धातु, णिच्/भाव)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—वस्तेः विशोधनी (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• सतक्रदाडिमव्योषा: containing buttermilk, pomegranate, and trikatu
• सतक्रदाडिमव्योषा: Visheshana (Adjectival predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-पूर्वपद ‘with’) + तक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + दाडिम (प्रातिपदिक) + व्योष (प्रातिपदिक; त्रिकटु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—तक्र-दाडिम-व्योषैः सह युक्ता

• सगुडा: with jaggery
• सगुडा: Visheshana (Adjectival predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-पूर्वपद ‘with’) + गुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—गुडेन सह युक्ता

• मधुपिप्पली: pippalī with honey (honey-pippalī preparation)
• मधुपिप्पली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक) + पिप्पली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—मधुना (युक्ता) पिप्पली / मधोः पिप्पली (सम्बन्ध-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

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

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Saṃyoga (proper combination) enhances efficacy; gentle foods can become targeted medicine through intelligent additions.

Vedantic Theme: Skill in action (kauśala): applying knowledge to daily acts like eating as a form of disciplined living.

Application: Use light peyā for vāta regulation and urinary cleansing; enhance with takra, dāḍima, trikaṭu, plus guḍa, madhu, and pippalī as indicated (and as tolerated).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.169 (peyā/maṇḍa/pāyasa/kṛśarā formulations and doṣa effects)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of vāta-anulomana in Garuda Purana diet guidance?

This verse treats proper vāta movement as key to health; peyā is praised for restoring vāta’s normal flow and preventing digestive and eliminative imbalance.

How does this verse describe a therapeutic preparation of peyā?

It lists specific additives—takra, dāḍima, vyoṣa, plus guda, madhu, and pippalī—indicating a targeted, medicinal-style porridge rather than plain food.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use light, spice-balanced gruels to support digestion and elimination, and avoid heavy meals when vāta or digestive irregularity is present.