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Shloka 17

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

Devanagari script

चिरकृद् ग्रहणीदोषः सञ्चयांश्चोपवेशयेत् / अकस्माद्वारसुर्वेधमकस्मात्सन्धिनीमुहुः? / स चतुर्धा पृथग्दोषैः सन्निपाताच्च जायते

Transliteration

cirakṛd grahaṇīdoṣaḥ sañcayāṃścopaveśayet / akasmādvārasurvedhamakasmātsandhinīmuhuḥ? / sa caturdhā pṛthagdoṣaiḥ sannipātācca jāyate

Translation

«ဂြဟဏီ-ဒိုးရှ» (grahaṇī-doṣa) သည် ကြာရှည်ရောဂါဖြစ်လာကာ စုဆောင်းမှုများကို ဖြစ်စေပြီး၊ ရုတ်တရက် ပိတ်ဆို့ခြင်းများနှင့် မကြာခဏ ချုပ်ကပ်နာကျင်သည့် အူကြောတင်းကျပ်မှုတို့ကိုလည်း ထပ်တလဲလဲ ဖြစ်စေနိုင်သည်။ ၎င်းသည် အမျိုးအစား လေးမျိုးရှိ၍—ဒိုးရှများ တစ်မျိုးချင်းစီမှ သီးခြားဖြစ်လာခြင်းနှင့် ဒိုးရှသုံးမျိုး ပေါင်းစည်းပျက်ယွင်းခြင်း (sannipāta) မှလည်း ဖြစ်ပေါ်သည်။

Word by Word
चिरकृत्long-standing
चिरकृत्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootचिर-कृत् (प्रातिपदिक; चिर + कृत्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (long-done/long-standing)
ग्रहणीदोषःdisorder of grahaṇī
ग्रहणीदोषः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootग्रहणी-दोष (प्रातिपदिक; ग्रहणी + दोष)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (doṣa of grahaṇī)
सञ्चयान्accumulations
सञ्चयान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसञ्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक
उपवेशयेत्would cause to settle/produce
उपवेशयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउप-√विश् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) भावार्थः
अकस्मात्suddenly
अकस्मात्:
Sambandha (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअकस्मात् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (suddenly)
वारसुर्वेधम्vārasu-piercing (a sudden symptom/attack; technical)
वारसुर्वेधम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवारसु-वेध (प्रातिपदिक; वारसु + वेध)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (veadha relating to vārasu; technical term)
अकस्मात्suddenly
अकस्मात्:
Sambandha (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअकस्मात् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण
सन्धिनीम्constipating/obstructive state (sandhinī; technical)
सन्धिनीम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसन्धिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
मुहुःagain and again
मुहुः:
Sambandha (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमुहुः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (repeatedly)
सःit/that
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
चतुर्धाin fourfold manner
चतुर्धा:
Sambandha (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचतुर्धा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; संख्याविशेषण-क्रियाविशेषण (in four ways)
पृथक्separately
पृथक्:
Sambandha (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपृथक् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (separately)
दोषैःby doṣas (humours)
दोषैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदोष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन
सन्निपातात्from tridoṣa-combination (sannipāta)
सन्निपातात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootसन्निपात (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक
जायतेarises/is born
जायते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
Speaker

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

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Complex disorders require classification by underlying causes (doṣa-wise and combined) to guide treatment and prognosis.

Vedantic Theme: Order (ṛta-like) through discernment; mapping multiplicity to underlying principles.

Application: When symptoms are chronic with alternating obstruction and colic, consider grahaṇī; evaluate doṣa predominance vs sannipāta for tailored management.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.157.14 (grahaṇī as consequence of mismanaged atisāra); Garuda Purana 1.157.18 (systemic signs of chronic grahaṇī)

Characters & Entities
V
Vāta
P
Pitta
K
Kapha
S
Sannipāta (tridoṣa)

FAQs

This verse frames grahaṇī disorder as chronic and doṣa-based, emphasizing that long-term digestive imbalance leads to accumulation and recurrent acute episodes.

It reinforces the Purāṇic idea that disciplined living includes maintaining bodily balance; chronic imbalance (sañcaya) mirrors how unchecked habits accumulate consequences.

For recurring digestive instability, consider a doṣa-pattern approach (vāta/pitta/kapha or mixed) and focus on long-term correction rather than only episodic relief.

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