Shloka 14

Causes and Signs of Hṛdroga

Heart Disease) and Tṛṣṇā (Pathological Thirst

Devanagari script

रक्तेक्षणत्वं सततं शोषो दाहो ऽतिधूमकः / कफो रसाद्विकुपितस्तोयवाहिषु मारुतः

Transliteration

raktekṣaṇatvaṃ satataṃ śoṣo dāho 'tidhūmakaḥ / kapho rasādvikupitastoyavāhiṣu mārutaḥ

Translation

Terdapat kemerahan mata yang berterusan, kekeringan, rasa terbakar, dan seolah-olah diselubungi asap yang pekat. Kahak (kapha) menjadi bertambah kerana gangguan pada rasa (cecair tubuh), dan vāyu (angin hayat) menjadi kacau dalam saluran yang membawa air dan bendalir.

Word by Word

• रक्त: red/blood-like
• रक्त: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ईक्षणत्वम्: state of seeing/appearance of eyes
• ईक्षणत्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + त्व (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; भाववाचक (abstract noun)

• सततम्: constantly
• सततम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• शोषः: drying/consumption
• शोषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• दाहः: burning sensation
• दाहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• अतिधूमकः: excessive smokiness/fume-like condition
• अतिधूमकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अति (अव्यय) + धूमक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; उपसर्जनपूर्वपद-तत्पुरुष (अति-पूर्वक)

• कफः: kapha (phlegm)
• कफः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कफ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• रसात्: from rasa (chyle/essence)
• रसात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case/अपादान), एकवचन

• विकुपितः: aggravated/deranged
• विकुपितः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + कुप् (धातु) → कुपित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे (past participle)

• तोयवाहिषु: in the water-carrying channels
• तोयवाहिषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक) + वाहि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case/अधिकरण), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तोयस्य वाहि = water-carrying channels)

• मारुतः: vāta/wind
• मारुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

Speaker

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

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Pitta

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Harmony of doṣa and dhātu sustains clarity and capacity for dharmic action.

Vedantic Theme: Mind-body instrument (antaḥkaraṇa supported by prāṇa); disturbance of prāṇa-vāyu clouds discernment.

Application: Treat inflammatory dryness and burning as warning signs; address rasa disturbance and vāyu dysregulation with cooling, unctuous, and channel-supporting measures.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: raudra

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.154 (srotas/doṣa pathology sequence)

Characters & Entities

• Kapha
• Rasa
• Maruta (Vayu/Vata)

FAQs

What is the importance of doṣa imbalance in Garuda Purana?

This verse frames illness through doṣic disturbance—kapha, rasa (bodily fluid), and maruta/vāyu—showing that suffering is read as a functional imbalance of the body’s inner channels.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Indirectly: by detailing bodily signs and inner-channel disturbance, it emphasizes that embodied experience (including pain and debility) is conditioned by the body’s subtle-functional processes, which the text often links to karmic and dharmic living in surrounding teachings.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use it as a traditional checklist of warning signs—persistent eye redness, dryness, burning, and phlegm with fluid dysregulation—prompting timely care, disciplined diet/lifestyle, and mindful conduct aligned with dharma.