Shloka 25

Kuṣṭha-bheda-lakṣaṇa-nidāna and Śvitra (Kilāsa) Prognosis

Devanagari script

सादहकक्लेदरुजं प्रायशः सर्वजन्म च / रक्ताक्तमण्डलं पाण्डु कण्डूदाहरुजान्वितम्

Transliteration

sādahakakledarujaṃ prāyaśaḥ sarvajanma ca / raktāktamaṇḍalaṃ pāṇḍu kaṇḍūdāharujānvitam

Translation

Il s’accompagne le plus souvent de brûlure, de suintement et de douleur, et l’on dit qu’il naît de causes multiples. La plaque paraît pâle, avec un anneau comme enduit de sang, et s’accompagne de démangeaison, de brûlure et de douleur lancinante.

Word by Word

• सादहकक्लेदरुजम्: with burning, oozing and pain
• सादहकक्लेदरुजम्: Visheshana (Adjectival complement/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (सह) + दाह (प्रातिपदिक) + क (प्रातिपदिक) + क्लेद (प्रातिपदिक) + रुज्/रुजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः = तत्पुरुष (सह-लक्षण) ‘with burning, itching(?), oozing, pain’

• प्रायशः: mostly, generally
• प्रायशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रायशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = ‘mostly, usually’

• सर्वजन्म: present from birth / in all births
• सर्वजन्म: Visheshana (Adjectival complement/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः = तत्पुरुष (‘in all births/always congenital’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• रक्ताक्तमण्डलम्: a patch smeared red/blood-tinged
• रक्ताक्तमण्डलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + आक्त (कृदन्त; अञ्ज्/अक्त) + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः = तत्पुरुष (‘patch smeared with blood/redness’)

• पाण्डु: pale, whitish
• पाण्डु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाण्डु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• कण्डूदाह: itching and burning
• कण्डूदाह: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्डू (प्रातिपदिक) + दाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहारद्वन्द्व; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन = Acc/Nom sg ‘itching and burning’

• रुज: pain
• रुज: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (लक्षणरूपेण)

• अन्वितम्: accompanied by, associated with
• अन्वितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival complement/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वि (उपसर्ग) + इ (धातु) → अन्वित (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त = ‘endowed with/associated with’

Speaker

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

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Mixed

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.164.24 (dadru definition)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of describing disease symptoms in the Garuda Purana?

This verse functions as roga-lakṣaṇa (symptomatology), helping a listener recognize conditions by signs like itching, burning, oozing, and discoloration—supporting dharmic living through health-awareness and proper conduct.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Here the focus is not the afterlife path but embodied suffering: it highlights how pain and bodily afflictions are experienced in life, a common Purāṇic theme that encourages ethical restraint and disciplined living.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat it as an observational checklist—persistent itching, burning, oozing, and circular discoloration warrant timely care and lifestyle correction, alongside cultivating self-control and cleanliness.