Shloka 48

Devanagari script

पुरीषं वातविष्णूत्रसंगं कुर्वीत दारुणम्? / तेन तीव्रा रुजा कोष्ठपृष्ठहृत्पार्श्वगा भवेत्

Transliteration

purīṣaṃ vātaviṣṇūtrasaṃgaṃ kurvīta dāruṇam? / tena tīvrā rujā koṣṭhapṛṣṭhahṛtpārśvagā bhavet

Translation

Apabila najis tersekat dengan teruk kerana gerak vāta (vāyu) terganggu dan laluan usus menyempit, timbullah sakit yang amat kuat, merebak ke perut, belakang, kawasan jantung dan kedua-dua sisi rusuk.

Word by Word

• पुरीषम्: feces, stool
• पुरीषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरीष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• वात-विṣṇūtra-सङ्गम्: obstruction/impaction related to vāta and viṣṇūtra
• वात-विṣṇūtra-सङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक) + विष्णूत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/सम्बन्ध-तत्पुरुषः (वात/विष्णूत्र-सम्बन्धी सङ्गः)

• कुर्वीत: would cause / should make
• कुर्वीत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दारुणम्: severe, dreadful
• दारुणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पुरीषम्/सङ्गम्)

• तेन: by that, thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तीव्रा: intense
• तीव्रा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (रुजा)

• रुजा: pain
• रुजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुज्/रुजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कोष्ठ-पृष्ठ-हृत्-पार्श्व-गा: located in the abdomen, back, heart and sides
• कोष्ठ-पृष्ठ-हृत्-पार्श्व-गा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + हृत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √गम्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः/बहुपदसमासः; विशेषणम् (रुजा)

• भवेत्: would be / may occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (teaching Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Care of the body through recognizing vāta-aggravated obstruction and its systemic pain-patterns.

Vedantic Theme: Deha as an instrument (sādhana) requiring maintenance; suffering arises with imbalance in prakṛti’s guṇic/ doṣic functions.

Application: Identify constipation with vāta constriction and seek timely correction (diet, hydration, vāta-pacifying regimen) before pain generalizes.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.156.49; Garuda Purana 1.156.50; Garuda Purana 1.156.51; Garuda Purana 1.156.52

Characters & Entities

• Vata

FAQs

What is the importance of vāta-related obstruction in this Garuda Purana verse?

This verse highlights that disturbed vāta can create severe obstruction in the bowel passage, producing intense, spreading pain—showing how imbalance in subtle/bodily forces manifests as suffering.

How does this verse explain the experience of suffering described in the Garuda Purana?

It describes suffering in concrete physiological terms—obstruction and intense pain across vital regions—used in the Purana as a didactic way to understand the gravity of distress and the need for dharmic living and discipline.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Maintain disciplined habits that reduce vāta aggravation—regular routine, appropriate diet, hydration, and timely elimination—while treating bodily pain as a prompt for corrective, ethical, and balanced living.