Shloka 9

Devanagari script

शतपुष्पं देवदारु मांसी शैलेयकं बला / चन्दनं तगरं कुष्टं मनः शिला ज्योतिष्मती

Transliteration

śatapuṣpaṃ devadāru māṃsī śaileyakaṃ balā / candanaṃ tagaraṃ kuṣṭaṃ manaḥ śilā jyotiṣmatī

Translation

Śatapushpa, devadāru, māṃsī, śaileyaka, balā; sandalwood (candana), tagara, kuṣṭha, manaḥśilā (realgar), and jyotiṣmatī—these are the ingredients for the formulation being taught.

Word by Word

• शतपुष्पम्: śatapuṣpa (dill/anise; drug)
• शतपुष्पम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (name of a drug; lit. ‘hundred-flowered’)

• देवदारु: devadāru (deodar)
• देवदारु: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + दारु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (name of deodar)

• मांसी: māṃsī (spikenard)
• मांसी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (name of a drug)

• शैलेयकम्: śaileyaka (lichen/drug)
• शैलेयकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैलेयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (name of a drug)

• बला: balā (Sida cordifolia)
• बला: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (name of a drug)

• चन्दनम्: sandalwood
• चन्दनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तगरम्: tagara (valerian)
• तगरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कुष्टम्: kuṣṭha (costus)
• कुष्टम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (drug: kuṣṭha)

• मनःशिला: manaḥśilā (realgar)
• मनःशिला: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनः (प्रातिपदिक) + शिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (mineral: realgar)

• ज्योतिष्मती: jyotiṣmatī (drug/plant)
• ज्योतिष्मती: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिष्मती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (name of a plant/drug)

Speaker

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

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Knowledge of dravya-guṇa (materia medica) and correct selection of ingredients is foundational to healing.

Vedantic Theme: Vidya applied to sustain the body as a support for higher aims; discernment (viveka) in choosing inputs.

Application: Assemble the listed ingredients for the formulation; ensure authenticity and proper identification of each dravya.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: forest/mountain pharmacopeia (implied)

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.174: dravya-saṅgraha lists for sneha/ghṛta preparations

Characters & Entities

• Lord Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of listing these herbs in Garuda Purana?

This verse functions as an ingredient inventory for a classical-style medicinal preparation, showing that Garuda Purana also preserves practical healing knowledge alongside spiritual instruction.

How does this verse relate to the Garuda Purana’s broader teachings?

Within the Vishnu–Garuda dialogue, the text sometimes shifts from afterlife doctrine to dharma and wellbeing; here it introduces materia medica for a therapeutic formulation.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use it as a textual reference for identifying traditional ingredients; actual preparation and dosing should be done only under qualified Ayurvedic guidance, especially where mineral substances are involved.