Shloka 27

Bhaiṣajya-yogas: Digestive Modakas, Vāta-Śamana Oils, Karṇa-Roga Tailas, Kuṣṭha/Śvitra Applications, Vraṇa-Cikitsā, and Medhya Preparations

Devanagari script

विशाला करवीरञ्च अर्कक्षीरं शकृद्रसः / एषाञ्च कार्षिको भागो विषस्यार्धपलं भवेत्त्

Transliteration

viśālā karavīrañca arkakṣīraṃ śakṛdrasaḥ / eṣāñca kārṣiko bhāgo viṣasyārdhapalaṃ bhavett

Translation

വിശാലാ, കരവീര, അർക്കക്ഷീരം, ശകൃദ്രസം—ഇവയിൽ ഓരോന്നും ഒരു കാർഷികഭാഗം വീതം എടുക്കുക; വിഷത്തിന്റെ അളവ് അർദ്ധപലം ആകട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• विशाला: Viśālā (a plant/drug)
• विशाला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्रव्यनाम

• करवीरम्: oleander (karavīra)
• करवीरम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करवीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्रव्यनाम

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

• अर्कक्षीरम्: milk/latex of arka (Calotropis)
• अर्कक्षीरम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अर्कस्य क्षीरम्)

• शकृद्रसः: juice/extract of dung
• शकृद्रसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकृत् (प्रातिपदिक) + रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शकृतः रसः)

• एषाम्: of these
• एषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• कार्षिकः: of one karṣa (a weight measure)
• कार्षिकः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्षिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (भागस्य)

• भागः: portion/part
• भागः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विषस्य: of poison
• विषस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अर्धपलम्: half a pala (measure)
• अर्धपलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + पल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (अर्धं पलम्)

• भवेत्: should be/becomes
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in instruction to Garuda)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Yukti (proper measure and combination) in preparing potent medicines/poisons; discipline in dosage.

Vedantic Theme: Karma as right action guided by buddhi; restraint (niyama) in handling dangerous forces.

Application: Follow exact proportions; treat toxic substances as controlled therapeutics under competent guidance; avoid improvisation.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.192.28; Garuda Purana 1.192.29; Garuda Purana 1.192.30; Garuda Purana 1.192.31

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of dosage (kārṣa and pala) in this Garuda Purana verse?

This verse emphasizes precise traditional weight-measures—one kārṣa of each ingredient and half a pala of poison—showing that potency and harm depend on exact proportions.

How does this verse fit the Garuda–Vishnu dialogue in the Garuda Purana?

It reads as an instructional line where Vishnu gives technical, recipe-like proportions to Garuda, consistent with sections that list specific substances and their measured use.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat such formulations as historical textual data, not as do-it-yourself practice; the takeaway is ethical caution—avoid harmful substances and respect that powerful materials require strict knowledge and restraint.