Shloka 11

Krimi-nidāna: Types of External and Internal Parasites and Their Symptoms

Devanagari script

पक्वाशये पुरीषोत्था जायन्ते ऽथोविसर्पिणः / वृद्धास्ते स्युर्भवेयुश्च ते यदामाशयोन्मुखाः

Transliteration

pakvāśaye purīṣotthā jāyante 'thovisarpiṇaḥ / vṛddhāste syurbhaveyuśca te yadāmāśayonmukhāḥ

Translation

En el pakvāśaya (intestino grueso) surgen gusanos nacidos de las heces y comienzan a reptar. Se fortalecen; y cuando se vuelven hacia el āmāśaya (estómago), se activan y manifiestan sus efectos.

Word by Word

• pakva-āśaye: in the large intestine (pakvāśaya)
• pakva-āśaye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakva (प्रातिपदिक) + āśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: पक्वः आśयः (पक्वाशयः)

• purīṣa-utthāḥ: arising from feces
• purīṣa-utthāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: purīṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + uttha (√sthā/√utthā, कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कृदन्त: उत्थ (उत्पन्न) — पुरीषात् उत्थाः

• jāyante: are born/arise
• jāyante: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (जन् धातु, प्रादुर्भावे/जन्मनि)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• atho: then/and
• atho: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atho (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/and then)

• visarpiṇaḥ: creeping/spreading
• visarpiṇaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: visarpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (विसर्प-स्वभावाः)

• vṛddhāḥ: grown/advanced
• vṛddhāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vṛddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• syuḥ: would be/may become
• syuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु, भवति)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• bhaveyuḥ: would occur/come to be
• bhaveyuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु, सत्तायाम्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• yadā: when
• yadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• āmāśaya-unmukhāḥ: turned toward the stomach
• āmāśaya-unmukhāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āmāśaya (प्रातिपदिक) + unmukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: आमाशय-उन्मुखाः (आमाशयाभिमुखाः)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (narrating to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Neglect of purity and right regimen allows harmful forces to proliferate; effects manifest when latent causes ‘turn upward’.

Vedantic Theme: Deha is a mutable, impure aggregate; discernment (viveka) reduces attachment and prompts right conduct.

Application: Attend to digestion and elimination; avoid habits that create āma/impurity; seek corrective regimen early before escalation.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Geographic Context

Type: internal-body

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.165.12 (manifest signs via breath/belching); Garuda Purana 1.165.14 (symptom list)

Characters & Entities

• Garuda
• Krimi (worms)

FAQs

What is the importance of krimi (worms) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse uses krimi as a concrete image of bodily impurity and suffering, showing how internal conditions can become active and produce distress.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Indirectly: by emphasizing embodied suffering, it supports the text’s broader teaching that karma binds the jīva to physical conditions and their painful consequences.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Cultivate purity of food and conduct, and treat the body as a field of discipline—reducing causes of harm (excess, negligence) that lead to suffering.