Shloka 60

Dhanvantari’s Therapeutics: Jvara to Vraṇa

Fever, GI Disorders, Bleeding, Respiratory, Urinary, Swelling, and Wound Care

Devanagari script

यवश्यामाकभोजी स्यास्थौल्यकृन्मधुवारिणा / उष्णमन्नं समण्डं वा पिबन्कृशतनुर्भवेत्

Transliteration

yavaśyāmākabhojī syāsthaulyakṛnmadhuvāriṇā / uṣṇamannaṃ samaṇḍaṃ vā pibankṛśatanurbhavet

Translation

One who eats yava (barley) and śyāmāka (millet) and drinks honey-water—though these tend to promote stoutness—becomes lean-bodied by drinking warm rice-gruel or warm broth (samanda) as a drink.

Word by Word

• यव-श्यामाक-भोजी: one who eats barley and millet
• यव-श्यामाक-भोजी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यव (प्रातिपदिक) + श्यामाक (प्रातिपदिक) + भोजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘-भोजी’ = भक्षणशीलः (one who eats)

• स्यात्: should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• स्थौल्य-कृत्: causing obesity
• स्थौल्य-कृत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थौल्यम् (प्रातिपदिक) + कृ (धातु) → कृत् (प्रातिपदिक; agent/doing)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (यव-श्यामाक-भोजी)

• मधु-वारिणा: with honey-water
• मधु-वारिणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक) + वारि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण

• उष्णम्: warm/hot
• उष्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (अन्नम्)

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्म

• समण्डम्: with gruel (manda)
• समण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + मण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (अन्नम्); ‘मण्ड’ = rice-gruel water/thin gruel

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• पिबन्: drinking
• पिबन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु) → पिबत् (कृदन्त, शतृ)
• Form: वर्तमानकालिक कृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• कृश-तनुः: having a lean body
• कृश-तनुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृश (प्रातिपदिक) + तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (कर्ता)

• भवेत्: would become/should become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in dialogue with Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Appropriate regimen (yukti) can reverse expected effects; context and method matter more than single ingredients.

Vedantic Theme: Prakṛti operates through conditional causality; wise discrimination (viveka) in embodied life.

Application: Diet outcomes depend on preparation, temperature, and accompanying intake; adopt warm, light gruels/broths when aiming for leanness, with individualized assessment.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.170 (diet/meda-kṣaya and sthūlya-kṛśa guidance)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of diet guidance in the Garuda Purana?

This verse shows that the Garuda Purana also preserves practical dharmic living through dietetic rules, linking food choices and digestion to bodily balance.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Indirectly: by teaching bodily discipline and moderation, it supports a sattvic, regulated life that is traditionally considered supportive of spiritual practice.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Prefer simple grains like barley/millet and use warm, light liquids to support digestion; apply with medical discretion, especially for metabolic conditions.