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Shloka 57

Arśa-nidāna: Causes, Prodrome, Doṣa-types, and Complications of Hemorrhoids

Devanagari script

गण्डूपदस्य रूपाणि पिच्छिलानि मृदूनि च / व्यानो गृहीत्वा श्लेष्माणं करोत्यर्शस्त्वचो बहिः

Transliteration

gaṇḍūpadasya rūpāṇi picchilāni mṛdūni ca / vyāno gṛhītvā śleṣmāṇaṃ karotyarśastvaco bahiḥ

Translation

Dengan mengambil kapha (lendir), arus hayat Vyāna membentuk rupa seperti cacing tanah—licin dan lembut—lalu menimbulkan arśas (buasir) yang menonjol keluar dari kulit.

Word by Word
गण्डूपदस्यof an earthworm
गण्डूपदस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootगण्डूपद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन
रूपाणिforms / appearances
रूपाणि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
पिच्छिलानिslimy
पिच्छिलानि:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपिच्छिल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (रूपाणि)
मृदूनिsoft
मृदूनि:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमृदु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (रूपाणि)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थ
व्यानःVyāna (a vital wind)
व्यानः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootव्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; प्राणवायुविशेषः
गृहीत्वाhaving taken / seizing
गृहीत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह् (धातु) → गृहीत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having taken)
श्लेष्माणम्phlegm
श्लेष्माणम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्लेष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
करोतिmakes / produces
करोति:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
अर्शःa pile / hemorrhoid
अर्शः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्शस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म
त्वचःof the skin
त्वचः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वच् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of the skin)
बहिःoutside
बहिः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootबहिः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (outside)
Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in instruction to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Kapha

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Pathogenesis of arśas: Vyāna vāyu, seizing kapha, produces slimy soft worm-like growths that protrude externally.

Vedantic Theme: Observation of doṣa-vāyu dynamics as part of embodied causality; dispassion (vairāgya) can arise from seeing the body’s mutable, impure processes.

Application: Address kapha accumulation and vāyu dysregulation (especially vyāna) through diet, movement, and therapies that reduce sliminess/congestion and normalize vāta flow.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.156: arśas-samprāpti involving vyāna and śleṣman; external/protruding type (bahir-arśas)

Characters & Entities
V
Vyāna
Ś
Śleṣman (Kapha)

FAQs

This verse links disease formation to subtle physiological principles: Vyāna-vāyu acting on kapha creates specific pathological manifestations, illustrating the Purana’s doṣa–vāyu based view of bodily disorders.

Indirectly, it frames embodied suffering as part of the soul’s karmic experience in a physical body governed by vāyus and doṣas—showing how the jīva’s life in the body includes illness and its consequences.

Treat bodily health as dharmic stewardship: reduce kapha-aggravating habits, maintain balanced movement and circulation (Vyāna-related), and seek appropriate medical/Ayurvedic guidance rather than ignoring early symptoms.

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