Shloka 7

Anupāna and the Doṣa-Effects of Foods, Waters, Dairy, Oils, and Preparations

Devanagari script

रक्तपित्तज्वरोन्माथो शीतो ग्राही मकुष्ठकः / पुंस्त्वासृक्कफपित्तघ्नश्चणको वातलः स्मृतः

Transliteration

raktapittajvaronmātho śīto grāhī makuṣṭhakaḥ / puṃstvāsṛkkaphapittaghnaścaṇako vātalaḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

મકુષ્ઠક શીતળ અને ગ્રાહી છે; તે રક્તપિત્ત, જ્વર તથા ભ્રમ‑ઉન્માથ જેવા વિકારોને શમાવે છે. ચણક પુંસ્ત્વવર્ધક છે, રક્ત‑કફ‑પિત્તઘ્ન પણ છે; છતાં તેને વાતવર્ધક કહેવાય છે.

Word by Word

• रक्तपित्तज्वरोन्माथः: (a pulse/food) causing/related to raktapitta-fever-delirium
• रक्तपित्तज्वरोन्माथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + पित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + उन्माथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—(रक्त-पित्त-ज्वर)-उन्माथः (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-प्रधान)

• शीतः: cold (in potency)
• शीतः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• ग्राही: absorbent; constipating
• ग्राही: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (ग्रहणशीलः)

• मकुष्ठकः: makuṣṭhaka (a kind of pulse/seed)
• मकुष्ठकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मकुष्ठक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पुंस्त्वासृक्कफपित्तघ्नः: alleviating impotence, blood disorders, kapha and pitta
• पुंस्त्वासृक्कफपित्तघ्नः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुंस्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + असृक् (प्रातिपदिक) + कफ (प्रातिपदिक) + पित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + घ्न (कृदन्त; √हन् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—(पुंस्त्व-असृक्-कफ-पित्त)-घ्नः (तत्पुरुष; ‘घ्न’=हननकर्ता)

• चणकः: chickpea (caṇaka)
• चणकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चणक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वातलः: increasing vāta
• वातलः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वातल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• स्मृतः: is said/considered
• स्मृतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु) + त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘is said/considered’

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata/Pitta/Kapha

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Right use of food-medicines according to guṇa and doṣa to sustain the body as an instrument of dharma.

Vedantic Theme: Deha as sādhana; moderation and discernment (viveka) in sense-objects.

Application: Use makuṣṭhaka for raktapitta/fever/vertigo-like agitation and for binding effect; use chickpea for strength/virility and kapha-pitta-blood issues, but counterbalance its vāta-aggravating tendency with unctuous/warming preparations.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.169 (dravya-guṇa/āhāra-varga context)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What does this verse say about chickpea (caṇaka) in the Garuda Purana?

It describes chickpea as virility-promoting and helpful against blood/kapha/pitta disorders, but notes that it can aggravate vāta.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It does so through dharmic living: regulating diet to reduce disease and agitation is presented as part of maintaining steadiness for right conduct and spiritual aims.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

If you are vāta-prone (dryness, bloating, restlessness), take chickpea with balancing preparations; cooling, binding foods are traditionally preferred in heat/bleeding and looseness.