Shloka 13

Devanagari script

कण्टकार्या नागरस्य गुडूच्या पुष्करेण च / जग्ध्वा नागबलाचूर्णं श्वसकासादिनुद्भवेत्

Transliteration

kaṇṭakāryā nāgarasya guḍūcyā puṣkareṇa ca / jagdhvā nāgabalācūrṇaṃ śvasakāsādinudbhavet

Translation

With kaṇṭakārī, dry ginger, guḍūcī, and puṣkara; when nāgabala powder is consumed, it relieves breathlessness, cough, and related ailments.

Word by Word

• कण्टकार्या: with kaṇṭakārī (Solanum xanthocarpum)
• कण्टकार्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्टकारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• नागरस्य: of dry ginger (nāgara)
• नागरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• गुडूच्या: with guḍūcī (Tinospora cordifolia)
• गुडूच्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुडूची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• पुष्करेण: with puṣkara (lotus/puṣkara-root)
• पुष्करेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• जग्ध्वा: having eaten/consumed
• जग्ध्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भक्ष् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action)

• नागबलाचूर्णम्: powder of nāgabala
• नागबलाचूर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागबला (प्रातिपदिक) + चूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नागबलायाः चूर्णम्)

• श्वसकासादि: dyspnea, cough, etc.
• श्वसकासादि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वास (प्रातिपदिक) + कास (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (श्वासश्च कासश्च इत्यादि)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• उद्भवेत्: would arise/occur
• उद्भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

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

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Compassionate care and right application of remedies as a form of dharmic conduct (hitacharana).

Vedantic Theme: Sharira as an instrument (sadhana) to be maintained for dharma and devotion; practical upaya without metaphysical polemic.

Application: Use the stated combination (kaṇṭakārī, nāgara, guḍūcī, puṣkara) with nāgabala powder as a respiratory-support formulation for shvāsa/kāsa under competent guidance.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.175 (Ayurveda/roga-cikitsa section: jvara–shvasa–kasa remedies)

Characters & Entities

• Vata
• Kapha

FAQs

What is the importance of Śvāsa-Kāsa remedies in the Garuda Purana?

The verse preserves a respiratory-care formula—linking Purāṇic teaching with Ayurveda for managing cough and breathlessness, typically kapha-vāta dominant conditions.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It is a medical instruction rather than an afterlife teaching; its implied dharmic value is sustaining the body so rites, disciplines, and ethical duties can be maintained.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

It points to a classical chūrṇa-based approach for cough/breathlessness; use only with proper identification of herbs and professional Ayurvedic supervision.