Shloka 25

Arśa-nidāna: Causes, Prodrome, Doṣa-types, and Complications of Hemorrhoids

Devanagari script

तथा काशपिपासास्यवैरस्यश्वासपीनसैः / क्लमाङ्गभङ्गवमथुक्षवथुश्वयथुज्वरैः

Transliteration

tathā kāśapipāsāsyavairasyaśvāsapīnasaiḥ / klamāṅgabhaṅgavamathukṣavathuśvayathujvaraiḥ

Translation

അതുപോലെ അവന് ചുമ, ദാഹം, വായ് വരണ്ടുപോകൽ, രുചിനാശം, ശ്വാസകഷ്ടം, പീനസം (ജലദോഷം) എന്നിവ വരും; കൂടാതെ ക്ഷീണം, ശരീരവേദന, ഛർദ്ദി, തുമ്മൽ, വീക്കം, ജ്വരം എന്നിവയും ഉണ്ടാകും.

Word by Word

• तथा: and likewise; also
• तथा: Sambandha (Linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चय-वाचक (adverb/conjunctive)

• काश-पिपासा-आस्य-वैरस्य-श्वास-पीनसैः: by cough, thirst, dryness of mouth, tastelessness, breathlessness, and catarrh
• काश-पिपासा-आस्य-वैरस्य-श्वास-पीनसैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश (प्रातिपदिक) + पिपासा (प्रातिपदिक) + आस्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वैरस्य (प्रातिपदिक) + श्वास (प्रातिपदिक) + पीनस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व (enumerative copulative); पुं/नपुंसक-समूहार्थ, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; ‘-ैः’

• क्लम-अङ्ग-भङ्ग-वमथु-क्षवथु-श्वयथु-ज्वरैः: by fatigue, body-ache/breaking of limbs, nausea, sneezing, swelling, and fever
• क्लम-अङ्ग-भङ्ग-वमथु-क्षवथु-श्वयथु-ज्वरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लम (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + भङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + वमथु (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षवथु (प्रातिपदिक) + श्वयथु (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व; तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; रोग-समूह-निर्देश

Speaker

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

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Sin ripens as multi-system affliction—breath, taste, fluids, and strength are disturbed together.

Vedantic Theme: Interdependence of prāṇa and mind under karma; suffering as a didactic mirror prompting ethical correction.

Application: Use illness as a prompt for self-examination and reform; cultivate disciplined living and ethical restraint to avoid causes of harm.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.156.23–27 (symptom catalogue as karmic consequence)

Characters & Entities

• Garuda (Vinata-putra)

FAQs

What is the importance of listing diseases in the Garuda Purana?

This verse functions as a scriptural catalog of afflictions, emphasizing that embodied suffering can manifest in many forms and is to be understood within the Purana’s broader karma-based moral framework.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

By highlighting bodily misery—cough, thirst, breathlessness, fever, swelling—it underscores that the jiva’s journey is shaped by karmic residues that can express as tangible suffering during embodied existence (and in related descriptions of post-death consequences in the text).

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use the teaching as a prompt for dharmic living—truthfulness, restraint, charity, and non-harm—while responding to illness with responsible care, prayer, and corrective conduct rather than fatalism.