Shloka 22

Atīsāra (Diarrhoea) and Grahaṇī-doṣa: Causes, Prodromal Signs, Doṣa-wise Symptoms, and Major-Disease Status

Devanagari script

जीर्णेजीर्यति चाध्मानं भुक्ते स्वास्थ्यं समश्नुते / वाताद्धृद्रोगगुल्मार्शःप्लीहपाण्डुरशङ्किताः

Transliteration

jīrṇejīryati cādhmānaṃ bhukte svāsthyaṃ samaśnute / vātāddhṛdrogagulmārśaḥplīhapāṇḍuraśaṅkitāḥ

Translation

前の食が消化されれば、腹の膨満もまた鎮まる。しかるべき時に食すれば安寧を得る。さもなくば、乱れたヴァータより、心臓の病、腹中の腫塊（グルマ）、痔、脾の障り、そして蒼白・虚弱（貧血様）の危険が生ずる。

Word by Word

• जीर्णे: when (food) is digested
• जीर्णे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘जीर्णे (अन्ने)’ इति सन्दर्भे

• जीर्यति: is digested
• जीर्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जॄ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• आध्मानम्: bloating/distension
• आध्मानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आध्मान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भुक्ते: when (food) is eaten
• भुक्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्/लुङ्-प्रयोगसदृशः ‘भुक्ते’ इति क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-रूपं; व्यवहारतः क्त-प्रत्यय (Kridanta) इव—परन्तु पदरूपेण ‘भुक्ते (अन्ने)’ = सप्तमी एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (भुक्त)

• स्वास्थ्यम्: health
• स्वास्थ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वास्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समश्नुते: attains/obtains
• समश्नुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; उपसर्गः सम्

• वातात्: from vāta (wind disorder)
• वातात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• हृद्रोगगुल्मार्शःप्लीहपाण्डुरशङ्किताः: suspected/afflicted with heart-disease, abdominal tumor, piles, spleen disorder, and jaundice
• हृद्रोगगुल्मार्शःप्लीहपाण्डुरशङ्किताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृद्रोग + गुल्म + अर्शस् + प्लीह + पाण्डु + शङ्कित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—बहुपद-द्वन्द्वः (हृद्रोग-गुल्म-अर्शस्-प्लीह-पाण्डु) + ‘शङ्कित’ (suspected/afflicted) विशेषण; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘शङ्कित’

Speaker

Lord Viṣṇu (teaching Garuḍa)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Right timing and measure in eating sustains health; violation invites vāta disorders and chronic disease.

Vedantic Theme: Mitāhāra as sādhana-support (bodily discipline supporting higher aims).

Application: Eat when the previous meal is digested; avoid irregular eating. Maintain routine to prevent vāta-provoked heart disease, gulma, hemorrhoids, spleen disorders, and pallor/weakness.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.157.20 (vāta involvement); Garuda Purana 1.157.19-23 (digestive symptom chain)

Characters & Entities

• Vāta

FAQs

What is the importance of digestion (jīrṇa) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse treats proper digestion as the basis of health: eating only after digestion reduces bloating and supports overall well-being.

How does this verse connect improper eating with disease?

It states that eating at the wrong time aggravates vāta, which then manifests as conditions like heart disease, gulma (abdominal masses), piles, spleen disorders, and pallor.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Allow the previous meal to digest before eating again; this supports digestive comfort and helps prevent vāta-type complaints such as gas, distension, and related weakness.