Shloka 12

Dhanvantari’s Therapeutics: Jvara to Vraṇa

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

Devanagari script

नागरातिविषामुस्तभूनिम्बामृतवत्सकैः / सर्वज्वरहरः क्वथः सर्वातीसारनाशनः

Transliteration

nāgarātiviṣāmustabhūnimbāmṛtavatsakaiḥ / sarvajvaraharaḥ kvathaḥ sarvātīsāranāśanaḥ

Translation

सोंठ, अतिविषा, मुस्ता, भूनिंब, गुडूची (अमृता) और वत्सक से बनाया गया काढ़ा सब प्रकार के ज्वर को हरता है और समस्त अतिसार का नाश करता है।

Word by Word

• नागर: dry ginger
• नागर: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (ingredient-name used in compound)

• अतिविषा: ativishā (Aconitum heterophyllum)
• अतिविषा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिविषा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (ingredient-name used in compound)

• मुस्त: musta (Cyperus rotundus)
• मुस्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (ingredient-name used in compound)

• भू-निम्ब: bhūnimba (earth-neem)
• भू-निम्ब: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू + निम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भूः/भूमेः निम्बः)

• अमृत: amṛta/guḍūcī
• अमृत: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (ingredient-name used in compound)

• वत्सकैः: with vatsaka (Holarrhena antidysenterica)
• वत्सकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्सक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• सर्व-ज्वर-हरः: remover of all fevers
• सर्व-ज्वर-हरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + ज्वर + हर (हृ धातु, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां ज्वराणां हरः)

• क्वथः: decoction
• क्वथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्वथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सर्व-अतीसार-नाशनः: destroyer of all diarrhoea
• सर्व-अतीसार-नाशनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + अतीसार + नाशन (नश् धातु, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वस्य अतीसारस्य नाशनः)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in dialogue with Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Preservation of the body through right remedies supports dharma and spiritual practice; suffering is met with informed, sattvic intervention.

Vedantic Theme: Deha as sādhana-upakaraṇa (instrument for pursuit of puruṣārthas); compassion expressed as practical knowledge.

Application: Prepare a kvātha (decoction) with śuṇṭhī (dry ginger), ativishā, mustā, bhū-nimba, guḍūcī (amṛtā), and vatsaka; use for fever and diarrhoeal disorders under competent guidance.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.170 (Ayurveda/roga-cikitsā context; atisāra-jvara remedies in adjacent verses)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

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

This verse shows the Purana’s practical role: alongside spiritual teaching, it preserves therapeutic guidance (kvatha formulas) for common diseases like fever and atisāra.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Indirectly: by emphasizing health and disease-management, it supports dharmic living; it is not a description of the preta-journey or Yama’s path in this specific verse.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

It highlights a classical decoction approach using recognized anti-fever and anti-diarrhoeal herbs; modern use should follow qualified Ayurvedic/medical supervision.