Shloka 33

Dhanvantari’s Therapeutics: Jvara to Vraṇa

Fever, GI Disorders, Bleeding, Respiratory, Urinary, Swelling, and Wound Care

Devanagari script

विडङ्गत्रिलाचूर्णं छर्दिहृन्मधुना सह / आम्रजम्बूकषायं वा पिबोन्माक्षिकसंयुतम्

Transliteration

viḍaṅgatrilācūrṇaṃ chardihṛnmadhunā saha / āmrajambūkaṣāyaṃ vā pibonmākṣikasaṃyutam

Translation

ઉલટી અને હૃદયની અસ્વસ્થતા શમાવવા વિદંગ તથા ત્રિલા ચુર્ણ મધ સાથે પીવું. અથવા આંબા અને જાંબુ (જામુન) નો કષાય મધ મિશ્ર કરી પીવો.

Word by Word

• विडङ्गत्रिलाचूर्णम्: powder of viḍaṅga and trilā
• विडङ्गत्रिलाचूर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विडङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रिला (प्रातिपदिक) + चूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विडङ्ग-त्रिला-चूर्णम् = विडङ्गस्य त्रिलायाश्च चूर्णम् (समाहार/निर्देश-तत्पुरुष)

• छर्दिहृत्: removing vomiting
• छर्दिहृत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छर्दि (प्रातिपदिक) + हृत् (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक, √हृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (विशेषणरूपेण); छर्दिं हरति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्राय)

• मधुना: with honey
• मधुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-शब्दः, सहार्थक अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable)

• आम्रजम्बूकषायम्: decoction of mango and jambū
• आम्रजम्बूकषायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आम्र (प्रातिपदिक) + जम्बू (प्रातिपदिक) + कषाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; आम्र-जम्बू-कषायः = आम्रस्य जम्ब्वाश्च कषायः (निर्देश-तत्पुरुष)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात

• पिबेत्: should drink
• पिबेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; पाठभेद: पिबोन् = पिबेत् (sandhi/metrical)

• माक्षिकसंयुतम्: mixed with honey/bee-product
• माक्षिकसंयुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: माक्षिक (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुक्त (कृदन्त, √युज्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; माक्षिकेन संयुक्तम् (instrumental-tatpurusha), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

Speaker

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

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Kapha

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Attentive care of digestion and the heart-region as support for clarity and duty.

Vedantic Theme: Prana and manas steadied by balanced ahara-aushadha; bodily harmony supports sattva.

Application: For vomiting/heart-discomfort: take vidanga+trila powder with honey; or drink mango-jambu decoction with honey.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.170 (digestive and systemic remedies; honey as anupana)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of Ayurvedic remedies in the Garuda Purana?

This verse shows the Purana also preserves practical therapeutic guidance—linking dharmic life with maintaining health through simple formulations like powders and decoctions.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Indirectly: by emphasizing bodily well-being, it supports the broader Purana theme that a disciplined, healthy life enables proper dharma, ritual performance, and mental steadiness.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

It highlights a traditional approach—using measured herbal powders/decoctions with honey for nausea-like conditions—best applied today with qualified Ayurvedic guidance.