Shloka 67

Treatment of Nāḍī-vraṇa, Bhagandara, Upadaṃśa, Fractures, Kuṣṭha/Śvitra, Āmlapitta, ENT–Eye Disorders, and Bleeding Conditions

Devanagari script

सूर्यावर्ते विधातव्यं नस्यकर्मादिभेषजम् / दशमूलीकषायं तु सर्पिः सैन्धवसंयुतम् / नस्यमङ्गविभेदघ्नं सूर्यावर्तशिरो ऽर्तिनुत्

Transliteration

sūryāvarte vidhātavyaṃ nasyakarmādibheṣajam / daśamūlīkaṣāyaṃ tu sarpiḥ saindhavasaṃyutam / nasyamaṅgavibhedaghnaṃ sūryāvartaśiro 'rtinut

Translation

sūryāvarta（太陽により誘発される頭痛）のときは、ナスヤ等の処置に用いる薬を施すべし。daśamūla の煎液にギーと saindhava（岩塩）を和し、ナスヤとして用いれば、四肢の裂けるような痛みを鎮め、sūryāvarta の頭痛を除く。

Word by Word

• सूर्यावर्ते: in sūryāvarta (a head disorder)
• सूर्यावर्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्यावर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास, पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; tatpurusha, masculine locative singular

• विधातव्यम्: should be prepared/done
• विधातव्यम्: Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधातव्य (कृदन्त; √धा धातु, विधा-उपसर्ग)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (कर्तव्य/विधातव्य), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; gerundive, neuter nom/acc sg

• नस्यकर्मादिभेषजम्: medicine for nasya-procedure etc.
• नस्यकर्मादिभेषजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नस्यकर्म + आदि + भेषज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (नस्यकर्म-आदि-भेषज), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; tatpurusha, neuter nom/acc sg

• दशमूलीकषायम्: decoction of daśamūlī (ten roots)
• दशमूलीकषायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशमूली + कषाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (दशमूल्या कषायः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; tatpurusha, masculine accusative singular

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषण/विरोधार्थक निपात (emphatic/contrast particle)

• सर्पिः: ghee
• सर्पिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्पिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; neuter nominative singular

• सैन्धवसंयुतम्: mixed with rock-salt
• सैन्धवसंयुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सैन्धव + संयुत (कृदन्त; √युज् धातु)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (सैन्धवेन संयुतम्), भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; tatpurusha, past participle, neuter nom/acc sg

• नस्यम्: nasal therapy
• नस्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; neuter nom/acc sg

• अङ्गविभेदघ्नम्: destroying splitting-pain of the limbs
• अङ्गविभेदघ्नम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अङ्गविभेद + घ्न (कृदन्त; √हन् धातु)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; घ्न (कृदन्त-प्रत्ययान्त) ‘destroying’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; tatpurusha, neuter nom/acc sg

• सूर्यावर्तशिरःअर्तिनुत्: dispelling head-pain of sūryāvarta
• सूर्यावर्तशिरःअर्तिनुत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्यावर्त + शिरस् + अर्ति + नुत् (कृदन्त; √नुद् धातु)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमास; नुत् (कृदन्त) ‘driving away’; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (विशेषणरूपेण); multi-member tatpurusha, nominative singular (as predicate adjective)

Speaker

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

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Condition-specific treatment and procedural medicine (nasya) as disciplined care; matching remedy to pathology.

Vedantic Theme: Skill in action (kauśala) and appropriate means; alleviating duḥkha at the embodied level.

Application: For sūryāvarta, administer nasya and related therapies; use daśamūla decoction mixed with ghee and rock-salt as nasya to relieve splitting limb pains and sūryāvarta head pain.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.171 (sūryāvarta and nasya protocols)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of nasya in Garuda Purana?

The verse treats nasya as a key therapy for head-related disorders, showing that the text transmits practical health guidance alongside spiritual instruction.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It does not describe the soul’s journey; it belongs to a therapeutic chapter focused on bodily ailments and their treatments.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

It points to classical Ayurvedic logic for head pain—nasal therapy using daśamūla with ghee and saindhava—best applied under professional supervision.