Shloka 57

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

Devanagari script

गण्डूपदस्य रूपाणि पिच्छिलानि मृदूनि च / व्यानो गृहीत्वा श्लेष्माणं करोत्यर्शस्त्वचो बहिः

Transliteration

gaṇḍūpadasya rūpāṇi picchilāni mṛdūni ca / vyāno gṛhītvā śleṣmāṇaṃ karotyarśastvaco bahiḥ

Translation

വ്യാനവായു ശ്ലേഷ്മം (കഫം) പിടിച്ചെടുത്തു ഗണ്ഡൂപദം (മണ്ണിര) പോലെയുള്ള പിച്ചിലവും മൃദുവുമായ രൂപങ്ങൾ സൃഷ്ടിച്ച്, ത്വക്കിന് പുറത്തേക്ക് തള്ളിനിൽക്കുന്ന അർശസ് ഉണ്ടാക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• गण्डूपदस्य: of an earthworm
• गण्डूपदस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण्डूपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• रूपाणि: forms / appearances
• रूपाणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• पिच्छिलानि: slimy
• पिच्छिलानि: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पिच्छिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (रूपाणि)

• मृदूनि: soft
• मृदूनि: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृदु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (रूपाणि)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थ

• व्यानः: Vyāna (a vital wind)
• व्यानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; प्राणवायुविशेषः

• गृहीत्वा: having taken / seizing
• गृहीत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) → गृहीत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having taken)

• श्लेष्माणम्: phlegm
• श्लेष्माणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्लेष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• करोति: makes / produces
• करोति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अर्शः: a pile / hemorrhoid
• अर्शः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्शस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• त्वचः: of the skin
• त्वचः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of the skin)

• बहिः: outside
• बहिः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (outside)

Speaker

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

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Kapha

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Pathogenesis of arśas: Vyāna vāyu, seizing kapha, produces slimy soft worm-like growths that protrude externally.

Vedantic Theme: Observation of doṣa-vāyu dynamics as part of embodied causality; dispassion (vairāgya) can arise from seeing the body’s mutable, impure processes.

Application: Address kapha accumulation and vāyu dysregulation (especially vyāna) through diet, movement, and therapies that reduce sliminess/congestion and normalize vāta flow.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.156: arśas-samprāpti involving vyāna and śleṣman; external/protruding type (bahir-arśas)

Characters & Entities

• Vyāna
• Śleṣman (Kapha)

FAQs

What is the importance of Vyāna and Kapha (śleṣman) in this Garuda Purana verse?

This verse links disease formation to subtle physiological principles: Vyāna-vāyu acting on kapha creates specific pathological manifestations, illustrating the Purana’s doṣa–vāyu based view of bodily disorders.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul in the Garuda Purana narrative?

Indirectly, it frames embodied suffering as part of the soul’s karmic experience in a physical body governed by vāyus and doṣas—showing how the jīva’s life in the body includes illness and its consequences.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat bodily health as dharmic stewardship: reduce kapha-aggravating habits, maintain balanced movement and circulation (Vyāna-related), and seek appropriate medical/Ayurvedic guidance rather than ignoring early symptoms.