Shloka 14

Causes and Signs of Hṛdroga

Heart Disease) and Tṛṣṇā (Pathological Thirst

Devanagari script

रक्तेक्षणत्वं सततं शोषो दाहो ऽतिधूमकः / कफो रसाद्विकुपितस्तोयवाहिषु मारुतः

Transliteration

raktekṣaṇatvaṃ satataṃ śoṣo dāho 'tidhūmakaḥ / kapho rasādvikupitastoyavāhiṣu mārutaḥ

Translation

കണ്ണുകളിൽ നിരന്തരം ചുവപ്പ്, വരൾച്ച, ദാഹം, പുകപോലെയുള്ള ഭാരത്വം അനുഭവപ്പെടുന്നു. രസധാതുവിന്റെ വികാരത്തിൽ കഫം പ്രകോപ്പിക്കുന്നു; ജലവാഹ സ്രോതസ്സുകളിൽ പ്രാണവായു (വായു)യും വ്യതിചലിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• रक्त: red/blood-like
• रक्त: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ईक्षणत्वम्: state of seeing/appearance of eyes
• ईक्षणत्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + त्व (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; भाववाचक (abstract noun)

• सततम्: constantly
• सततम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• शोषः: drying/consumption
• शोषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• दाहः: burning sensation
• दाहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• अतिधूमकः: excessive smokiness/fume-like condition
• अतिधूमकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अति (अव्यय) + धूमक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; उपसर्जनपूर्वपद-तत्पुरुष (अति-पूर्वक)

• कफः: kapha (phlegm)
• कफः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कफ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• रसात्: from rasa (chyle/essence)
• रसात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case/अपादान), एकवचन

• विकुपितः: aggravated/deranged
• विकुपितः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + कुप् (धातु) → कुपित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे (past participle)

• तोयवाहिषु: in the water-carrying channels
• तोयवाहिषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक) + वाहि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case/अधिकरण), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तोयस्य वाहि = water-carrying channels)

• मारुतः: vāta/wind
• मारुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

Speaker

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

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Pitta

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Harmony of doṣa and dhātu sustains clarity and capacity for dharmic action.

Vedantic Theme: Mind-body instrument (antaḥkaraṇa supported by prāṇa); disturbance of prāṇa-vāyu clouds discernment.

Application: Treat inflammatory dryness and burning as warning signs; address rasa disturbance and vāyu dysregulation with cooling, unctuous, and channel-supporting measures.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: raudra

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.154 (srotas/doṣa pathology sequence)

Characters & Entities

• Kapha
• Rasa
• Maruta (Vayu/Vata)

FAQs

What is the importance of doṣa imbalance in Garuda Purana?

This verse frames illness through doṣic disturbance—kapha, rasa (bodily fluid), and maruta/vāyu—showing that suffering is read as a functional imbalance of the body’s inner channels.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Indirectly: by detailing bodily signs and inner-channel disturbance, it emphasizes that embodied experience (including pain and debility) is conditioned by the body’s subtle-functional processes, which the text often links to karmic and dharmic living in surrounding teachings.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use it as a traditional checklist of warning signs—persistent eye redness, dryness, burning, and phlegm with fluid dysregulation—prompting timely care, disciplined diet/lifestyle, and mindful conduct aligned with dharma.