Shloka 12

Vāta-vyādhi Nidāna and Lakṣaṇa: Obstruction, Dhātu-Seating, and Major Neuromuscular Entities

Devanagari script

गुर्वङ्गन्तुद्यते ऽत्यर्थं दण्डमुष्टिहतं यथा / अस्थिस्थः सक्थिसन्ध्यस्थिशूलं तीव्रञ्च लक्षयेत्

Transliteration

gurvaṅgantudyate 'tyarthaṃ daṇḍamuṣṭihataṃ yathā / asthisthaḥ sakthisandhyasthiśūlaṃ tīvrañca lakṣayet

Translation

ദോഷം അസ്ഥികളിൽ പതിഞ്ഞാൽ അവയവങ്ങൾ ഭാരമായി തോന്നുകയും, ദണ്ഡമോ മുഷ്ടിയോ കൊണ്ട് അടിച്ചതുപോലെ കടുത്ത വേദന കുത്തിപ്പിടിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യും. തുടസന്ധികളിലും അസ്ഥികളിലും തീക്ഷ്ണ ശൂലം കാണപ്പെടും.

Word by Word

• गुरु-अङ्गम्: a heavy limb
• गुरु-अङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; (सन्दर्भे द्वितीया—उद्यते इत्यस्य कर्म); समासः—कर्मधारय (गुरुं अङ्गम्)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषबोधक अव्यय; particle

• उद्यते: is lifted/raised
• उद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √उद्-या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; Present indicative 3rd sg (is raised/moves upward)

• अत्यर्थम्: excessively
• अत्यर्थम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यर्थम् (अव्यय; अत्यर्थ)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय; adverb

• दण्ड-मुष्टि-हतम्: as if struck by a stick or fist
• दण्ड-मुष्टि-हतम्: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + मुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + हत (कृदन्त; √हन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (उपमानरूपेण); समासः—तत्पुरुष (दण्डेन मुष्ट्या वा हतम्)

• यथा: as/like
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानबोधक अव्यय; comparative particle

• अस्थि-स्थः: situated in the bone
• अस्थि-स्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (कृदन्त; √स्था)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहिर्वृत्तिविशेषण; समासः—सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (अस्थिषु स्थितः)

• सक्थि-सन्धि-अस्थि-शूलम्: pain in the thigh-joint bones
• सक्थि-सन्धि-अस्थि-शूलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सक्थि (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक) + शूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सक्थिसन्ध्यस्थिषु शूलम्)

• तीव्रम्: severe
• तीव्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (शूलम् इत्यस्य)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय; conjunction

• लक्षयेत्: should notice/diagnose
• लक्षयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; Optative 3rd sg (should observe/recognize)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Knowing the seat (āśraya) of disorder by its characteristic pain-quality and heaviness.

Vedantic Theme: Observation (sākṣitva) of sensations supports discrimination between knower and known; pain reveals the body’s conditioned nature.

Application: If pain feels like blunt-force striking with heaviness and deep bony/joint localization, treat as asthi-gata involvement and avoid overexertion; seek targeted therapy.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.166.11-15 (progression through dhātus and sites; vāta-type pain descriptors)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of bone-seated disease (asthi-gata roga) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse gives diagnostic markers—heaviness and stabbing pain like being struck—showing how the text preserves Ayurvedic-style tissue-based pathology for recognizing disease depth.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It does not directly describe the soul’s journey; instead, it teaches embodied suffering and diagnosis, implying that bodily conditions are observable states within worldly life (pravṛtti) rather than afterlife geography.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat persistent deep bone/joint pain and heaviness as a serious signal—seek qualified medical/Ayurvedic evaluation rather than ignoring it as ordinary fatigue.