Shloka 60

Vidradhi–Gulma Nidāna

Causes and Signs of Abscess and Abdominal Mass

Devanagari script

पक्वशयोद्भवो ऽप्येवं वायुस्तीव्ररुजाश्रयात् / उद्गारबाहुल्यपुरीषबन्धतृप्त्यक्षमत्वान्त्रविकूजनानि

Transliteration

pakvaśayodbhavo 'pyevaṃ vāyustīvrarujāśrayāt / udgārabāhulyapurīṣabandhatṛptyakṣamatvāntravikūjanāni

Translation

అలాగే పక్వాశయమునుండి ఉద్భవించిన వాయువు తీవ్రమైన వేదనలో ఆశ్రయించినప్పుడు, అధిక ఉద్గారములు, పూరీషబంధము (మలావరోధము), భోజనానంతరం తృప్తి కలగకపోవడం, మరియు ఆంత్ర వికూజనములు కలుగజేయును.

Word by Word

• पक्वशयोद्भवः: arising from the colon (pakvaśaya)
• पक्वशयोद्भवः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पक्वशय + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वायोः); समासः—पक्वशयात् उद्भवः

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारबोधक अव्यय (thus/in this manner)

• वायुः: vāta/wind (bodily air)
• वायुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तीव्ररुजाश्रयात्: from (its) seat of severe pain
• तीव्ररुजाश्रयात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीव्र + रुज् + आश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; समासः—तीव्रायाः रुजः आश्रयः (seat of severe pain)

• उद्गारबाहुल्यपुरीषबन्धतृप्त्यक्षमत्वान्त्रविकूजनानि: frequent belching, constipation, (false) satiety, inability (to digest/act), and intestinal gurgling
• उद्गारबाहुल्यपुरीषबन्धतृप्त्यक्षमत्वान्त्रविकूजनानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्गार + बाहुल्य + पुरीष + बन्ध + तृप्ति + अक्षमत्/अक्षमता + अन्त्र + विकूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (enumerative collective): उद्गारबाहुल्यं, पुरीषबन्धः, तृप्ति, अक्षमतत्वम्, अन्त्रविकूजनम्

Speaker

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

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Vāyu arising from the large intestine, when lodged in severe pain, causes belching, stool obstruction, lack of satiety, and intestinal rumbling

Vedantic Theme: Instrumental care: maintaining the body’s functional harmony supports higher pursuits; imbalance of prana/apana disrupts lived experience

Application: Identify pakvashaya-vata involvement when belching + constipation + unsatiated feeling + gut rumbling co-occur; prioritize restoring elimination and vata regulation

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa

Geographic Context

Type: body (pakvashaya/large intestine; gastrointestinal tract)

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.160.58 (anāha defined by vata obstruction); Garuda Purana 1.160.56-57 (gulma variants and systemic signs)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of vāyu (vāta) described in the Garuda Purana?

This verse highlights vāyu as a governing bodily force whose disturbance—especially from the pakvaśaya (colon)—manifests as recognizable digestive and pain-related symptoms.

How does this verse explain the signs of a disorder in the body?

It gives a diagnostic pattern: when vāyu is aggravated and associated with severe pain, it presents through belching, constipation, lack of satiety, and intestinal gurgling—signs pointing to a colon-origin vāta disturbance.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use the symptom-cluster as a caution to address digestive regulation and reduce aggravating habits (irregular eating, dryness, stress), seeking appropriate traditional or medical guidance when persistent pain and constipation occur.