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Shloka 32

Prameha-Nidāna-Lakṣaṇa-Bheda: Etiology, Signs, Varieties, and Complications of Meha

Devanagari script

विदारीकन्दवद्वृत्ता कठिना च विदारिका / विद्रधेर्लक्षणैर्युक्ता ज्ञेया विद्रधिका तु सा

Transliteration

vidārīkandavadvṛttā kaṭhinā ca vidārikā / vidradherlakṣaṇairyuktā jñeyā vidradhikā tu sā

Translation

La vidārikā est ronde comme le tubercule de vidārī et dure. Si elle est pourvue des signes du vidradhi (abcès), il faut savoir qu’elle est alors vidradhikā.

Word by Word
विदारीकन्दवत्like a vidārī-tuber
विदारीकन्दवत्:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootविदारी (प्रातिपदिक) + कन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित/प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत्-प्रयोगः; ‘-वत्’ तद्धितान्त-विशेषणम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गे अव्ययवत् (indeclinable-like comparative)
वृत्ताround
वृत्ता:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (fem. nom. sg.)
कठिनाhard
कठिना:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootकठिन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (fem. nom. sg.)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Coordinator)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
विदारिकाvidārikā (a type of swelling/boil)
विदारिका:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootविदारिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (fem. nom. sg.)
विद्रधेःof an abscess/boil
विद्रधेः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootविद्रधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (gen. sg.)
लक्षणैःwith characteristics/signs
लक्षणैः:
Karana (Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootलक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन (instr. pl.)
युक्ताendowed (with)
युक्ता:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootयुज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (PPP: ‘endowed/connected’)
ज्ञेयाto be known/recognized
ज्ञेया:
Kriya-visheshana / Vidheya (Predicative adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootज्ञा (धातु) → ज्ञेय (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भाव्य/अनियत-कर्मणि कृदन्तः (gerundive: ‘to be known’)
विद्रधिकाvidradhikā (abscess-type lesion)
विद्रधिका:
Vidheya-nama (Predicate noun)
TypeNoun
Rootविद्रधि (प्रातिपदिक) + क (तद्धित) → विद्रधिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (fem. nom. sg.)
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle)
साthat (one)
सा:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun: ‘she/that’)
Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in instruction to Garuda)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Upamāna and lakṣaṇa-sāmānya: identifying lesions by resemblance (tuber-like roundness, hardness) and by shared signs with vidradhi (abscess).

Vedantic Theme: Sāmānya–viśeṣa discernment: recognizing commonality and difference to guide right action.

Application: Diagnose vidārikā by tuber-like round, hard swelling; diagnose vidradhikā when pīḍikā bears the characteristic signs of vidradhi (abscess).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.159: vidradhi/vidārikā/pīḍikā terminology and doṣa-medhas correlations in adjacent verses

Characters & Entities
P
Putriṇī
V
Vidārī
P
Pitta
M
Medas

FAQs

The verse links disease-type and severity to constitution: fat-dominant bodies (medas) tend toward certain painful lesions, while pitta-excess produces rapid-onset types.

This section is medical rather than eschatological; it explains bodily pathology through doṣa and tissue (medas), not the soul’s journey.

As a traditional takeaway: rapid, inflamed lesions suggest pitta aggravation, while chronic, hard-to-bear lesions may correlate with metabolic/adipose factors—seek timely care and balance diet/heat factors.

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