Shloka 27

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

Devanagari script

सर्वपर्वास्थिहृन्नाभीपायुवङ्क्षणशूलवान् / गुदेनस्त्रवता पित्तं बलाकोदरसन्निभम्

Transliteration

sarvaparvāsthihṛnnābhīpāyuvaṅkṣaṇaśūlavān / gudenastravatā pittaṃ balākodarasannibham

Translation

అతనికి ప్రతి సంధి, ఎముకలోనే కాక హృదయం, నాభి, పాయువు, వంక్షణం వరకు చీల్చే నొప్పి ఉంటుంది. అతని గుదం నుండి నిరంతరం పిత్తం స్రవిస్తుంది; అది కొంగ పొట్టలోని పసుపు ద్రవంలా కనిపిస్తుంది.

Word by Word

• सर्व-पर्व-अस्थि-हृत्-नाभि-पायु-वङ्क्षण-शूलवान्: having pains in all joints, bones, heart, navel, anus, and groin
• सर्व-पर्व-अस्थि-हृत्-नाभि-पायु-वङ्क्षण-शूलवान्: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक) + हृत् (प्रातिपदिक) + नाभि (प्रातिपदिक) + पायु (प्रातिपदिक) + वङ्क्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + शूलवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (locational/relational determinative) with ‘शूलवत्’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (having pain in all joints, bones, heart, navel, anus, and groin)

• गुदेन: from/through the anus
• गुदेन: Apadana/Adhikarana (Source/Location nuance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• स्रवता: oozing; flowing
• स्रवता: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्रव (धातु) → स्रवत् (कृदन्त; शतृ)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (flowing/oozing)

• पित्तम्: bile
• पित्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• बलाक-उदर-सन्निभम्: resembling a crane’s belly (i.e., whitish/shape-like)
• बलाक-उदर-सन्निभम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलाक (प्रातिपदिक) + उदर (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्निभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (resembling the belly of a crane/heron)

Speaker

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

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Pitta

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Severe pāpa yields pervasive śūla (stabbing pain) and grotesque bodily corruption; the body becomes the theatre of retribution.

Vedantic Theme: Duḥkha as karmic maturation; the impermanent body’s vulnerability urges dispassion (vairāgya) and ethical correction.

Application: Let the vivid consequence imagery strengthen resolve against theft/adharma; cultivate repentance and corrective action before consequences harden.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: raudra

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.156.23–27 (culminating severity of symptoms)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda
• Yama

FAQs

What is the importance of punishments described in the Garuda Purana?

This verse uses vivid bodily torment to teach that adharma has concrete karmic consequences, encouraging restraint, purity, and repentance before death.

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

In the Preta Kanda narrative, Vishnu explains to Garuda that the jīva, bound by karma, experiences intense suffering in Yama’s domain; such descriptions function as moral instruction and warning.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Live by dharma—avoid harmful actions, practice truthfulness and self-control, and perform sincere atonement and charity—so one’s karmic load does not mature into severe post-death suffering.