Shloka 38

Treatment of Nāḍī-vraṇa, Bhagandara, Upadaṃśa, Fractures, Kuṣṭha/Śvitra, Āmlapitta, ENT–Eye Disorders, and Bleeding Conditions

Devanagari script

(इत्यम्लपित्तचिकित्सा) पिप्पल्यमृतभूनिम्बवासकारिष्टपर्पटैः / खदिरारिष्टकैः क्वाथो विस्फोटार्तिज्वरापहः

Transliteration

(ityamlapittacikitsā) pippalyamṛtabhūnimbavāsakāriṣṭaparpaṭaiḥ / khadirāriṣṭakaiḥ kvātho visphoṭārtijvarāpahaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ അമ്ലപിത്തചികിത്സ സമാപ്തം. പിപ്പലി, അമൃതാ (ഗുഡൂചി), ഭൂനിംബ, വാസക, അരിഷ്ട, പർപ്പട, ഖദിര-അരിഷ്ടക എന്നിവ ചേർത്ത ക്വാഥം വിസ്ഫോടം, വേദന, ജ്വരം എന്നിവ അകറ്റുന്നു.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative/end marker)

• अम्लपित्तचिकित्सा: treatment of acid-pitta
• अम्लपित्तचिकित्सा: Sambandha (Topic/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्लपित्तचिकित्सा (प्रातिपदिक; अम्लपित्त+चिकित्सा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; शीर्षक/विषयनाम

• पिप्पल्यमृतभूनिम्बवासकारिष्टपर्पटैः: with pippalī, guḍūcī, bhūnimba, vāsaka, ariṣṭa, and parpaṭa
• पिप्पल्यमृतभूनिम्बवासकारिष्टपर्पटैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिप्पल्यमृतभूनिम्बवासकारिष्टपर्पट (प्रातिपदिक; पिप्पली+अमृत+भूनिम्ब+वासक+अरिष्ट+पर्पट)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-समाहार, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; द्रव्यसमूहः—‘एतैः’

• खदिरारिष्टकैः: with khadira-ariṣṭaka
• खदिरारिष्टकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खदिरारिष्टक (प्रातिपदिक; खदिर+अरिष्टक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; द्रव्यनाम—‘with khadira-ariṣṭaka’

• क्वाथः: decoction
• क्वाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्वाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; औषधक्वाथ

• विस्फोटार्तिज्वरापहः: removing eruptions, pain, and fever
• विस्फोटार्तिज्वरापहः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्फोटार्तिज्वरापह (प्रातिपदिक; विस्फोट+आर्ति+ज्वर+अपह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण—‘removing’

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (teaching Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Mixed

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Systematic knowledge transmission: concluding one therapeutic topic and prescribing multi-herb decoction for related disorders; disciplined learning and application.

Vedantic Theme: Order (ṛta-like) in knowledge: classification, closure, and appropriate extension; embodied suffering addressed through right means.

Application: After concluding āmlapitta treatment, prepare kvātha with pippalī, guḍūcī, bhūnimba, vāsakā, ariṣṭa, parpaṭa, and khadira-ariṣṭaka for visphoṭa, pain, and fever.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.171.34-38 (āmlapitta-cikitsā; ‘iti’ closure marker)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of the kwātha (decoction) in this Garuda Purana verse?

It lists a multi-herb decoction aimed at pitta-type conditions—eruptions, pain, and fever—showing a formulary style of Ayurvedic therapeutics within the text.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

This verse is not part of the afterlife narrative; it is a therapeutic appendix-style instruction and contains no description of Yama’s realm or preta states.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

It indicates a traditional approach for fever/skin eruptions using bitter and cooling-support herbs in decoction form, suitable for study or guided clinical adaptation.