Shloka 31

Prāṇeśvara Garuḍa-Mantra: Timing (Velā), Nāga-Grahas, Nyāsa, Haṃsa-Rite, and Viṣa-Cikitsā

Devanagari script

विषमृद्धिं न व्रजेच्च उष्णं पिबति यो घृतम् / पञ्चाङ्गं तु शिरीषस्य मूलं गृञ्जनजं तथा

Transliteration

viṣamṛddhiṃ na vrajecca uṣṇaṃ pibati yo ghṛtam / pañcāṅgaṃ tu śirīṣasya mūlaṃ gṛñjanajaṃ tathā

Translation

यो घृतम् उष्णं पिबति स विषमृद्धिं न व्रजेत्। शिरीषस्य पञ्चाङ्गं तथा गृञ्जनजं मूलं च औषधं स्मृतम्॥

Word by Word

• viṣa-mṛddhim: increase of poison
• viṣa-mṛddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + mṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (विषस्य मृद्धिः)

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• vrajet: should go/occur
• vrajet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (व्रज् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• uṣṇam: warm/hot
• uṣṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• pibati: drinks
• pibati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pā (पा धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case/nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम

• ghṛtam: ghee
• ghṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन

• pañca-aṅgam: five parts/limbs (fivefold portion)
• pañca-aṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; समासः द्विगुः (पञ्च अङ्गानि यस्य तत्)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• śirīṣasya: of śirīṣa (Albizia lebbeck)
• śirīṣasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śirīṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), एकवचन

• mūlam: root
• mūlam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन

• gṛñjana-jam: born from/derived from gṛñjana (carrot-like plant)
• gṛñjana-jam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gṛñjana (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (गृञ्जनात् जातम्)

• tathā: likewise/also
• tathā: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: तुल्य/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

Speaker

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

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Maintenance of bodily equilibrium through proper intake; prevention is part of righteous living.

Vedantic Theme: Body as instrument (karaṇa) for dharma; sustaining it supports higher aims.

Application: Warm ghee intake is said to prevent harmful imbalance; additionally employ pañcāṅga of śirīṣa and gṛñjana root as remedies (context: viṣa/roga management).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.19.30 on lepa with ghṛta; Garuda Purana 1.19.32 on lepa/pāna and mantra

FAQs

What is the importance of health remedies in the Garuda Purana?

This verse shows that the Garuda Purana also preserves practical conduct-guidance, including simple medicinal prescriptions (like warm ghee and herbs) to prevent harmful bodily imbalance.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Indirectly: by emphasizing bodily balance and disciplined living, it supports dharmic life, which the Garuda Purana treats as foundational for one’s post-death condition and karmic trajectory.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

It encourages preventive care through simple, traditional diet-herb measures and a balanced lifestyle; any herbal use should be aligned with competent Ayurvedic guidance.