Shloka 42

Dhanvantari’s Therapeutics: Jvara to Vraṇa

Fever, GI Disorders, Bleeding, Respiratory, Urinary, Swelling, and Wound Care

Devanagari script

शुण्ठीगोक्षुरकक्वाथः सामवातार्तिशूलनुत् / दशमूलामृतैरण्डरास्नानागरदारुभिः

Transliteration

śuṇṭhīgokṣurakakvāthaḥ sāmavātārtiśūlanut / daśamūlāmṛtairaṇḍarāsnānāgaradārubhiḥ

Translation

शुण्ठीगोक्षुरयोः कृतः क्वाथः सामवातजन्यं शूलं वेदनां च शमयति। स दशमूलगुडूच्यामृतैरण्डरास्नाशुण्ठीनागरदारुभिः सह सिद्धः कर्तव्यः।

Word by Word

• शुण्ठीगोक्षुरकक्वाथः: a decoction of dry ginger and gokṣuraka
• शुण्ठीगोक्षुरकक्वाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुण्ठी (प्रातिपदिक) + गोक्षुरक (प्रातिपदिक) + क्वाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (षष्ठी/उपपद-निर्देशार्थः)

• सामवातार्तिशूलनुत्: removing pain and colic due to vāta with āma
• सामवातार्तिशूलनुत्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साम (प्रातिपदिक) + वात (प्रातिपदिक) + आर्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + शूल (प्रातिपदिक) + नुत् (कृदन्त; √नुद् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः; ‘नुत्’ = नुद्-धातोः कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (कर्तरि/विशेषण)

• दशमूलामृतैरण्डरास्नानागरदारुभिः: with daśamūla, amṛtā (guḍūcī), castor, rāsnā, dry ginger, and dāru
• दशमूलामृतैरण्डरास्नानागरदारुभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशमूल (प्रातिपदिक) + अमृता/गुडूची (प्रातिपदिक) + एरण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + रास्ना (प्रातिपदिक) + नागर/शुण्ठी (प्रातिपदिक) + दारु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग-समाहार-द्वन्द्व (औषध-द्रव्यसमूह), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘-भिः’

Speaker

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

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Preservation of health through right remedies supports one’s capacity for dharma and sādhana.

Vedantic Theme: Śarīra as instrument (sādhana) for puruṣārthas; balance of guṇas/doṣas enabling sattva.

Application: Use a vāta-pacifying kvātha with śuṇṭhī, gokṣura, daśamūla, guḍūcī, eraṇḍa, rāsnā, nāgara, dāru under competent guidance; attend to vāta-aggravating diet/lifestyle.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.170 (Ayurveda/Chikitsā section, vāta-śūla remedies context)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of vāta-pain remedies in the Garuda Purana?

This verse preserves practical Ayurvedic formulations within the Purana, showing that dharma literature also transmits health-supporting remedies for vāta-type pain and colic.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It does not address afterlife doctrine here; the focus is a therapeutic recipe, presented within Vishnu’s instructional discourse to Garuda.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

It highlights a classical approach—using warming and vāta-pacifying herbs (like śuṇṭhī, daśamūla, castor)—but any use should be guided by a qualified Ayurvedic practitioner.