Shloka 2

Causes and Signs of Hṛdroga

Heart Disease) and Tṛṣṇā (Pathological Thirst

Devanagari script

वातेन शून्यातात्यर्थं भुज्यते रोरुदीति च / भिद्यते शुष्यते स्तब्धं हृदयं शून्यता भ्रमः

Transliteration

vātena śūnyātātyarthaṃ bhujyate rorudīti ca / bhidyate śuṣyate stabdhaṃ hṛdayaṃ śūnyatā bhramaḥ

Translation

ヴァータ（vāta）に打たれると、彼は極度の空虚を覚え、苦しみ、叫び泣く。裂かれるかのように感じ、枯れ、こわばり—心は痺れて鈍くなる。空虚と迷妄が彼を覆い尽くす。

Word by Word

• वातेन: by vāta
• वातेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• शून्यता: emptiness
• शून्यता: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शून्यता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘emptiness’

• अत्यर्थम्: excessively
• अत्यर्थम्: Visheshana (Adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यर्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• भुज्यते: is oppressed/afflicted
• भुज्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (is afflicted/pressed)

• रोरुदीति: cries repeatedly
• रोरुदीति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; पुनरुक्त-धातुरूप (intensive/iterative style)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात

• भिद्यते: is split/pierced
• भिद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भिद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (is split/pained)

• शुष्यते: dries up
• शुष्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शुष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (dries up)

• स्तब्धम्: stiff, rigid
• स्तब्धम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तब्ध (कृदन्त; √स्तभ्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; PPP ‘stiff’

• हृदयम्: heart
• हृदयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शून्यता: emptiness
• शून्यता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शून्यता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भ्रमः: dizziness, confusion
• भ्रमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Vāta-type hṛdroga presents as śūnyatā (emptiness), splitting pain, drying/withering, stiffness, numbness, and भ्रम; mind and body symptoms co-arise.

Vedantic Theme: Duḥkha-darśana (clear seeing of suffering) prompting dispassion; the mind’s भ्रम is shown as contingent on bodily imbalance.

Application: Recognize vāta-dominant cardiac distress signs (emptiness, severe pain, rigidity, numbness, dizziness/delusion) and seek stabilizing, unctuous, warming care promptly.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.154.1 (chapter framing of hṛdroga nidāna/lakṣaṇa); Garuda Purana 1.153.10 (vāta aggravation as causal factor in severe symptoms)

Characters & Entities

• Garuda
• Vata (wind)

FAQs

What is the importance of describing vāta (wind) affliction in the Garuda Purana?

This verse frames post-death suffering as subtle-body distress—vāta-like forces produce emptiness, rigidity, and confusion, explaining why the departed is portrayed as anguished and disoriented.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul after death?

It highlights the preta’s vulnerable condition immediately after death: intense inner emptiness, fear, and mental delusion, indicating a transitional phase where the subtle body undergoes painful instability.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

It encourages compassionate, timely support for the departed through prescribed śrāddha and pinda-related duties, and reminds the living to cultivate steadiness and dharma to reduce fear and confusion at life’s end.