Shloka 11

Hikkā-nidāna: Causes, Types, and the Grave Yamalā/Veginī Hiccup

Devanagari script

पक्राशयाच्च नाभेर्वा पूर्ववत्सा प्रवर्तते

Transliteration

pakrāśayācca nābhervā pūrvavatsā pravartate

Translation

പക്വാശയം (ആന്ത്രപ്രദേശം) നിന്നോ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ നാഭിയിൽ നിന്നോ, അത് മുൻപുപോലെ തന്നെ മുന്നോട്ട് നീങ്ങുന്നു।

Word by Word

• पक्राशयात्: from the receptacle of the intestines (abdomen)
• पक्राशयात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्र + आशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (पक्रस्य आशयः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• नाभेः: of the navel
• नाभेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (gen. sg.)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विकल्पार्थक (disjunctive particle)

• पूर्ववत्: as before
• पूर्ववत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्ववत् (अव्यय; पूर्व + वत्)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमान/रीतिवाचक (adverb: as before)

• सा: she/that (condition)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रवर्तते: arises; proceeds
• प्रवर्तते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Lord Vishnu

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Geographic Context

Type: bodily locus

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.151 (discussion of bodily origins/paths of a condition; continuity 'pūrvavat')

Characters & Entities

• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of the navel (nābhi) in Garuda Purana teachings?

This verse highlights the nābhi as a key internal locus from which a process continues “as before,” implying continuity of subtle functioning even after death.

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

Rather than describing external travel, it points to an internal continuation—movement or functioning associated with the digestive/navel region—supporting the Garuda Purana theme that the preta retains subtle operations.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

It encourages seriousness about antyeṣṭi rites and śrāddha: the text frames post-death experience as structured and continuous, so supportive rites and dharmic living are treated as consequential.