Shloka 29

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

Devanagari script

गुदाङ्कुरा बह्वनिलाः शुष्काश्चिमचिमान्विताः / पीनाङ्गारारुणाः स्तब्धा विषमाः परुषाकराः

Transliteration

gudāṅkurā bahvanilāḥ śuṣkāścimacimānvitāḥ / pīnāṅgārāruṇāḥ stabdhā viṣamāḥ paruṣākarāḥ

Translation

गुदाङ्कुरा बह्वनिलाः शुष्काश्चिमचिमान्विताः; पीनाङ्गारारुणाः स्तब्धा विषमाः परुषाकराः।

Word by Word

• गुदाङ्कुराः: sprout-like (growths) at the anus
• गुदाङ्कुराः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुद + अङ्कुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गुदस्य अङ्कुराः) विशेषण (Masc Nom pl)

• बह्वनिलाः: with much wind/flatulence
• बह्वनिलाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु + अनिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (बहवः अनिलाः/वायवः यस्मिन्) विशेषण (Masc Nom pl)

• शुष्काः: dry
• शुष्काः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुष्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (Masc Nom pl)

• चिमचिमान्विताः: accompanied by tingling/prickling sensation
• चिमचिमान्विताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिमचिम + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (चिमचिमेन अन्विताः) विशेषण (Masc Nom pl; ‘accompanied by tingling/prickling’)

• पीनाङ्गारारुणाः: swollen and coal-red
• पीनाङ्गारारुणाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीन + अङ्गार + अरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुपद-कर्मधारय (पीनाः, अङ्गारारुणाः इव) विशेषण (Masc Nom pl)

• स्तब्धाः: stiff; immobile
• स्तब्धाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तब्ध (प्रातिपदिक; स्तम्भ् धातु-जन्य PPP)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) विशेषण (Masc Nom pl; ‘stiff/rigid’)

• विषमाः: uneven; irregular
• विषमाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (Masc Nom pl)

• परुषाकराः: having a rough form/texture
• परुषाकराः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परुष + आकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-सदृश (परुषः आकारः येषाम्) विशेषण (Masc Nom pl)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vainateya)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Disease manifests through specific loci (guda) and systemic derangements (vata aggravation, heat, rigidity).

Vedantic Theme: duhkha-darshana (clear seeing of suffering) prompting vairagya and careful conduct.

Application: Recognize red-hot inflammation, rigidity, and anal growths as serious signs; reduce aggravating factors (dryness, wind, irritant diet) and seek treatment early.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: raudra

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.156.28 (preceding signs); Garuda Purana 1.156.30-32 (morphology and systemic symptoms)

Characters & Entities

• Garuda
• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the importance of describing such bodily afflictions in the Garuda Purana?

This verse functions as a karmic warning: it depicts concrete forms of suffering that arise from wrongdoing, urging ethical restraint and timely religious duties (like śrāddha) to avoid or mitigate preta-state distress.

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

In the Garuda Purana’s preta narrative, the departed experiences consequences through a subtle-body-linked suffering; the verse lists specific tormenting conditions that accompany the soul’s post-death journey when burdened by adverse karma.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Live with self-control and cleanliness, avoid harmful actions that create severe karmic reactions, and perform prescribed family rites (śrāddha/pinda-dāna) with sincerity as a dharmic support for ancestors and as a reminder to live ethically.