Shloka 115

Devanagari script

क्षारोदश्च तथा मूत्रे क्षारे क्षीरोदसागरः / सुरोदधिश्च श्लेष्मस्थः मज्जायां घृतसागरः

Transliteration

kṣārodaśca tathā mūtre kṣāre kṣīrodasāgaraḥ / surodadhiśca śleṣmasthaḥ majjāyāṃ ghṛtasāgaraḥ

Translation

In urine there is likewise a “salt-ocean”; in bile is the Milk-Ocean. In phlegm abides the ocean of surā, the intoxicating liquor, and in the marrow is the ocean of ghee.

Word by Word

• क्षार-उदः: salt(-water) ocean
• क्षार-उदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षार (प्रातिपदिक) + उद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समासः (क्षारस्य उदः/उदधिः)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• मूत्रे: in urine
• मूत्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• क्षारे: in alkali/salt
• क्षारे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• क्षीर-उद-सागरः: milk-ocean
• क्षीर-उद-सागरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक) + उद (प्रातिपदिक) + सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (क्षीरस्य उदः सागरः)

• सुर-उदधिः: liquor-ocean
• सुर-उदधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरा (प्रातिपदिक) + उदधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सुरायाः उदधिः)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• श्लेष्म-स्थः: situated in phlegm
• श्लेष्म-स्थः: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्लेष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (श्लेष्मणि स्थितः)

• मज्जायाम्: in marrow
• मज्जायाम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मज्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• घृत-सागरः: ghee-ocean
• घृत-सागरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक) + सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (घृतस्य सागरः)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (narrating to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Mixed

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The sapta-samudra motif is internalized: bodily fluids correspond to cosmic oceans.

Vedantic Theme: Phenomenal cosmos as a projection/analogy within embodied experience; encourages disidentification from the body’s secretions.

Application: Mindful reflection on impermanence and composition of the body; cultivate vairāgya by seeing ‘oceans’ as mere fluids.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa

Geographic Context

Type: samudra (mythic oceans) mapped to bodily fluids

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 2.32.113–116 (dvīpa/samudra and rasa mappings)

Characters & Entities

• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of describing ‘oceans’ within bodily fluids in the Garuda Purana?

This verse uses microcosm–macrocosm symbolism: inner bodily substances are mapped to vast cosmic oceans, teaching that the body is a miniature universe and that post-death teachings also involve subtle, metaphysical correspondences.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul after death?

Indirectly, it frames the Garuda Purana’s afterlife narrative by presenting a cosmological anatomy—suggesting that the departed being’s experience is tied to subtle structures and symbolic ‘worlds’ associated with bodily elements.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat the body as sacred and purposeful: cultivate purity, moderation, and discipline, since the text portrays the body as a living cosmos that supports dharma and prepares one for the afterlife journey.