Shloka 14

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

Devanagari script

वङ्भेदशूलविष्टम्भकार्श्यपारुष्यपाण्डुताः / रोमहर्षाग्निसदनं गुदकण्डूंर्विमार्गगाः

Transliteration

vaṅbhedaśūlaviṣṭambhakārśyapāruṣyapāṇḍutāḥ / romaharṣāgnisadanaṃ gudakaṇḍūṃrvimārgagāḥ

Translation

Parmi leurs effets : douleurs comme fendant les membres, coliques et obstruction (constipation), amaigrissement, rugosité du corps ou de la peau, pâleur, hérissement des poils, sensation de brûlure, démangeaison de la région anale, et mouvements ou fonctions anormaux, sortant de leur juste voie.

Word by Word

• vaṅ-bheda-śūla-viṣṭambha-kārśya-pāruṣya-pāṇḍutāḥ: splitting pain, colic, obstruction, emaciation, roughness, pallor, etc.
• vaṅ-bheda-śūla-viṣṭambha-kārśya-pāruṣya-pāṇḍutāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṅ (प्रातिपदिक) + bheda (प्रातिपदिक) + śūla (प्रातिपदिक) + viṣṭambha (प्रातिपदिक) + kārśya (प्रातिपदिक) + pāruṣya (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇḍutā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; रोग-लक्षण-समुच्चय-द्वन्द्व (वङ्भेद इत्यादयः)

• roma-harṣa-agni-sadanam: gooseflesh and burning sensation (lit. seat of fire)
• roma-harṣa-agni-sadanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roma (प्रातिपदिक) + harṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + agni (प्रातिपदिक) + sadana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: रोमहरषः (रोमहर्षः) अग्निसदनं (अग्नि-आश्रयः/दाहस्थानम्)

• guda-kaṇḍūm: itching of the anus
• guda-kaṇḍūm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guda (प्रातिपदिक) + kaṇḍū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: गुदस्य कण्डूः

• vimārga-gāḥ: moving in wrong paths (aberrant)
• vimārga-gāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimārga (प्रातिपदिक) + √gam (गम् धातु, गत्यर्थे)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कृदन्त: ग (गत) — विमार्गं गच्छन्ति/गता इति

Speaker

Dhanvantari (as the medical instructor within the Purāṇic discourse)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Embodied pain and dysfunction are concrete ‘phala’ that compel correction and humility.

Vedantic Theme: Duhkha-darśana leading to vairagya; body’s instability underscores the search for the stable Self.

Application: Respond to symptoms with timely care, restraint, and purification of habits; use suffering to deepen discernment and compassion.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa

Geographic Context

Type: internal-body

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.165.11-13 (etiology and types of krimi)

Characters & Entities

• Dhanvantari

FAQs

What is the importance of Vāta symptoms in the Garuda Purana?

This verse lists hallmark signs of Vāta aggravation—pain, obstruction, dryness, and irregular movement—helping identify imbalance and guiding corrective regimen.

How does this verse explain the body’s disorder process?

By emphasizing obstruction, misdirected function (vimārga-gāḥ), and dryness/emaciation, it frames disease as disturbed movement and depleted tissues—classic Vāta pathology.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use the symptom-cluster (pain + constipation/obstruction + dryness + burning/itching) as a prompt to seek Ayurvedic evaluation and adopt grounding, lubricating routines rather than drying, irregular habits.