Shloka 37

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

Devanagari script

सोष्माणो द्रवनीलोष्णपीतरक्तामवर्चसः / यवमध्या हरित्पीतहारिद्रत्वङ्नखादयः

Transliteration

soṣmāṇo dravanīloṣṇapītaraktāmavarcasaḥ / yavamadhyā haritpītahāridratvaṅnakhādayaḥ

Translation

వారు ఉష్ణతతో కూడి ద్రవస్రావముతో ఉంటారు; నీలవర్ణ ఉష్ణతతో వారి కాంతి పసుపు, ఎరుపు మరియు ‘ఆమ’ (అపక్వ) వర్ణవికారంలా కనిపిస్తుంది. వారి నడుము యవగింజలా సన్నగా ఉంటుంది; చర్మం, గోర్లు మొదలైనవి పచ్చటి-పసుపు మరియు పసుపు-పసుపు (హరిద్ర) వర్ణంగా కనిపిస్తాయి।

Word by Word

• स: with
• स: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स- (पूर्वपद)
• Form: उपसर्ग/सह-भावार्थक पूर्वपद (with-) used in compound formation

• उष्माणः: heats, feverish heat
• उष्माणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Masculine nominative plural; ‘heat’

• सोष्माणः: having heat/fever
• सोष्माणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स- + उष्मन् (समस्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘having heat’

• द्रव: liquid, runny
• द्रव: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; (compound member) ‘liquid/flowing’

• नील: blue/dark
• नील: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नील (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; (compound member)

• उष्ण: hot
• उष्ण: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; (compound member) ‘hot’

• पीत: yellow
• पीत: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; (compound member)

• रक्त: red
• रक्त: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; (compound member)

• आम: undigested, raw
• आम: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; (compound member) ‘raw/undigested’

• वर्चसः: stools/excreta
• वर्चसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Neuter nominative plural; ‘faeces/excreta’

• द्रवनीलोष्णपीतरक्तामवर्चसः: having runny dark hot yellow/red āma-like stools
• द्रवनीलोष्णपीतरक्तामवर्चसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रव + नील + उष्ण + पीत + रक्त + आम + वर्चस् (समस्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग? here agrees with वर्चसः (नपुंसक प्रथमा बहुवचन); ‘having stools that are runny, dark, hot, yellow/red, and with āma’

• यव: barley
• यव: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: यव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (compound member) ‘barley’

• मध्य: middle
• मध्य: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; (compound member) ‘middle’

• यवमध्याः: having a barley-like middle (waist)
• यवमध्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यव + मध्य (समस्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘having a barley-like middle/waist’

• हरित्: green
• हरित्: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; (compound member) ‘green’

• पीत: yellow
• पीत: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; (compound member)

• हारिद्र: turmeric-colored
• हारिद्र: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हारिद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; (compound member) ‘turmeric-colored’

• त्वङ्: skin
• त्वङ्: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वच्/त्वङ् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; (compound member) ‘skin’

• नख: nail
• नख: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: नख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (compound member) ‘nail’

• आदयः: and so on (etc.)
• आदयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘and others etc.’

• हरित्पीतहारिद्रत्वङ्नखादयः: green/yellow/turmeric-colored skin, nails, etc.
• हरित्पीतहारिद्रत्वङ्नखादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरित् + पीत + हारिद्र + त्वङ् + नख + आदि (समस्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास (समाहार/इतरेतर); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘green/yellow/turmeric-colored skin and nails etc.’

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Pretakalpa Layer

Afterlife Stage: Naraka

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Pitta

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Karma ripens into ‘āmā’ (raw/undigested) states—impurity and incompletion—seen as discoloration and weakness.

Vedantic Theme: Samsara as repeated embodiment with doṣa/āmā-like bondage; prompts purification and turning toward moksha.

Application: Pursue inner ‘digestion’ of impulses—ethical discipline, truthful living, and devotional remembrance to prevent ‘raw’ karmic residues.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.156: continuation of symptom series (āmavarcasa, haridra-varṇa, emaciation)

Characters & Entities

• Lord Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of bodily signs described in Garuda Purana?

This verse treats external features—heat, discoloration, skin and nail color—as meaningful indicators of an internal condition (a morbid/‘āma’ state), used in the text’s diagnostic-style descriptions.

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

Indirectly: it focuses on embodied signs rather than the post-death journey, but in Garuda Purana such descriptions often frame how one’s condition (health/imbalance shaped by actions) is read as a consequence of karma while living.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat persistent heat, abnormal discoloration, and changes in skin/nails as warnings to correct lifestyle and seek proper care—while also using the reminder to live ethically and avoid causes of harm that lead to suffering.