Shloka 39

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

Devanagari script

पिच्छिलाः स्तिमिताः श्लक्ष्णाः कण्ड्वाढ्याः स्पर्शनप्रियाः / करीरपनसास्थ्याभास्तथा गोस्तनसन्निभाः

Transliteration

picchilāḥ stimitāḥ ślakṣṇāḥ kaṇḍvāḍhyāḥ sparśanapriyāḥ / karīrapanasāsthyābhāstathā gostanasannibhāḥ

Translation

पिच्छिलाः स्तिमिताः श्लक्ष्णाः कण्ड्वाढ्याः स्पर्शनप्रियाः; करीरपनसास्थ्याभाः गोस्तनसन्निभाः च दृश्यन्ते।

Word by Word

• picchilāḥ: slimy
• picchilāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: picchila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• stimitāḥ: motionless/benumbed
• stimitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √स्तिम् (धातु) क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• ślakṣṇāḥ: smooth
• ślakṣṇāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ślakṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• kaṇḍu-āḍhyāḥ: full of itching
• kaṇḍu-āḍhyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kaṇḍu (प्रातिपदिक) + āḍhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kaṇḍvā āḍhyāḥ = ‘rich in itching’)

• sparśana-priyāḥ: fond of touch
• sparśana-priyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sparśana (प्रातिपदिक) + priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (sparśanaṃ priyaṃ yeṣām = ‘fond of touch’)

• karīra-panasa-asthi-ābhāḥ: having an appearance like karīra/jackfruit-seed/bone
• karīra-panasa-asthi-ābhāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: karīra (प्रातिपदिक) + panasa (प्रातिपदिक) + asthi (प्रातिपदिक) + ābhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (karīra/panasa-asthi-ābhāḥ = ‘having the appearance like karīra/jackfruit-seed/bone’)

• tathā: likewise/also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—समुच्चय/उपमानार्थक (also/likewise)

• go-stana-sannibhāḥ: resembling a cow’s teat/udder
• go-stana-sannibhāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक) + stana (प्रातिपदिक) + sannibha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (go-stana-sannibhāḥ = ‘resembling a cow’s udder/teat’)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Kapha

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Upamana (analogy) as a tool of medical knowledge: describing lesions by familiar plant/animal forms to aid identification.

Vedantic Theme: Pramana-vyavahara: knowledge in the world proceeds via comparison and shared experience.

Application: When communicating symptoms, use concrete analogies (texture, shape, resemblance) to improve clinical history-taking and patient understanding.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.156.38-42: kapha-vikara symptom continuum; this verse supplies upamana-lakshana

Characters & Entities

• Lord Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of such bodily descriptions in the Garuda Purana?

This verse uses vivid physical traits—slimy, itching, touch-seeking forms—to concretely portray karmic suffering, making the consequences of adharma psychologically and ethically compelling.

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

In the Vishnu–Garuda dialogue, the after-death journey includes experiencing results of karma through specific embodied conditions; here, sensory discomfort and distorted forms illustrate that post-mortem experience is felt and tangible, not merely symbolic.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Cultivate self-restraint and purity in conduct, reduce harm and indulgence, and follow dharmic living and prescribed rites with sincerity—so that one’s future experience is shaped by calmer, sattvic karma rather than painful reactions.