Shloka 21

Atīsāra (Diarrhoea) and Grahaṇī-doṣa: Causes, Prodromal Signs, Doṣa-wise Symptoms, and Major-Disease Status

Devanagari script

पार्श्वोरुवङ्क्षणग्रीवारुजा तीक्ष्णविषूचिका / रुग्णेषु वृद्धिः सर्वषु क्षुत्तृष्णापरिहर्त्रिका

Transliteration

pārśvoruvaṅkṣaṇagrīvārujā tīkṣṇaviṣūcikā / rugṇeṣu vṛddhiḥ sarvaṣu kṣuttṛṣṇāparihartrikā

Translation

Timbul sakit pada sisi tubuh, paha, pangkal paha dan leher, disertai penderitaan tajam seperti visūcikā (seakan kolera). Pada yang sudah sakit, penyakit bertambah berat; dan bagi semua, lapar serta dahaga yang tidak henti-henti, sukar dihalang.

Word by Word

• पार्श्वोरुवङ्क्षणग्रीवारुजा: pain in the sides, thighs, groin, and neck
• पार्श्वोरुवङ्क्षणग्रीवारुजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व + ऊरु + वङ्क्षण + ग्रीवा + रुजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—बहुपद-द्वन्द्वः/समाहारः (पार्श्व-ऊरु-वङ्क्षण-ग्रीवा-रुजा)

• तीक्ष्णविषूचिका: acute cholera-like disorder
• तीक्ष्णविषूचिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीक्ष्ण + विषूचिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (तीक्ष्णा विषूचिका)

• रुग्णेषु: among the sick
• रुग्णेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुग्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्यतः), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• वृद्धिः: increase/aggravation
• वृद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सर्वेषु: in all (cases/conditions)
• सर्वेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; विशेषण-प्रयोगः

• क्षुत्तृष्णापरिहर्त्रिका: non-relief of hunger and thirst
• क्षुत्तृष्णापरिहर्त्रिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुत् + तृष्णा + परिहर्त्रिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (क्षुत्-तृष्णयोः परिहर्त्रिका = hunger & thirst not being relieved/warded off)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Disease amplifies in the vulnerable; unchecked imbalance produces cascading suffering and compulsive drives (hunger/thirst).

Vedantic Theme: Duhkha-darshana (clear seeing of embodied suffering) as impetus for disciplined living.

Application: Treat severe multi-site pain with acute diarrheal/cholera-like presentation as an emergency; protect the already ill from worsening through timely care, hydration, and appropriate regimen.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: raudra

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.157.19-20 (progression of systemic symptoms); Garuda Purana 1.157.23 (bowel distress and repeated evacuation)

Characters & Entities

• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of describing hunger, thirst, and pain in the Garuda Purana?

This verse highlights the intense, unavoidable distress linked with the post-death condition and karmic consequence, emphasizing why righteous living and prescribed rites for the departed are valued in the text.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul after death?

It portrays the embodied suffering experienced in the transitional post-death state (preta-like condition), where the being undergoes bodily-type torments such as pain, disease, and unrelieved hunger and thirst.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Live with restraint and dharma to reduce harmful karmic outcomes, and perform sincere remembrance and appropriate ancestral rites with compassion for the departed.