Shloka 22

Treatment of Nāḍī-vraṇa, Bhagandara, Upadaṃśa, Fractures, Kuṣṭha/Śvitra, Āmlapitta, ENT–Eye Disorders, and Bleeding Conditions

Devanagari script

उष्णो पीता वागुजी च कुष्ठजित्क्षीरभोजनः / तिलाज्यत्रिफलाक्षौद्रव्योषभल्लातशर्कराः / वृष्याः सप्त समा मेध्याः कष्ठहाः कामचारिणः

Transliteration

uṣṇo pītā vāgujī ca kuṣṭhajitkṣīrabhojanaḥ / tilājyatriphalākṣaudravyoṣabhallātaśarkarāḥ / vṛṣyāḥ sapta samā medhyāḥ kaṣṭhahāḥ kāmacāriṇaḥ

Translation

వేడిగా త్రాగి, వాగుజీతో కలిసి సేవిస్తే—ఇది కుష్ఠజిత్; ఆహారంగా పాలు ఉండాలి। నువ్వులు, నెయ్యి, త్రిఫల, తేనె, వ్యోష (త్రికటు), భల్లాత, చక్కెర—ఈ ఏడు సమ, వృష్య, మేధ్య, కష్టహర, బలవర్ధకాలు।

Word by Word

• उष्णः: hot (in potency)
• उष्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पीता: drunk; taken orally
• पीता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत (कृदन्त, √पा ‘to drink’, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (used adjectivally: ‘when drunk’)

• वागुजी: vāgujī (a preparation)
• वागुजी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वागुजी (प्रातिपदिक; medicinal preparation)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• कुष्ठजित्क्षीरभोजनः: one who overcomes skin-disease and whose diet is milk
• कुष्ठजित्क्षीरभोजनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + जित् (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; from √जि ‘to conquer’) + क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक) + भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (‘one whose food is milk’ and ‘who conquers kuṣṭha’); internal compounds: कुष्ठजित् (उपपद-तत्पुरुष) + क्षीरभोजन (तत्पुरुष)

• तिल: sesame
• तिल: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound)

• आज्य: ghee
• आज्य: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound)

• त्रिफला: triphala (three-fruit formula)
• त्रिफला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या) + फला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound); द्विगु (त्रयः फलाः यस्याः)

• क्षौद्र: honey
• क्षौद्र: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound)

• व्योष: trikatu (dry ginger, pepper, long pepper)
• व्योष: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘trikatu’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound)

• भल्लात: marking nut (bhallātaka)
• भल्लात: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्लात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound)

• शर्कराः: sugars; sugar
• शर्कराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्करा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• वृष्याः: aphrodisiac; virility-promoting
• वृष्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (समूहस्य)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या, अव्ययवत्)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral), प्रथमा, बहुवचनार्थे (qualifying the group)

• समाः: equal; balanced
• समाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मेध्याः: purifying; wholesome
• मेध्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• कष्ठहाः: removing hardship/disease; pain-destroying
• कष्ठहाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + ह (प्रातिपदिक; from √हन् ‘to destroy’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (कष्ठं हन्ति)

• कामचारिणः: moving as desired; acting at will
• कामचारिणः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + चारिन् (प्रातिपदिक; from √चर्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (कामेन/कामे चारिणः)

Speaker

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

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Pathya-niyama (right diet and regimen) as essential to healing; cultivation of ojas and clarity supports righteous living.

Vedantic Theme: Sattva-enhancement (medhya) as a support for contemplation; moderation and disciplined intake.

Application: Follow a warm-drunk preparation with vāgujī; keep milk as diet; employ the seven supportive substances (tila, ājya, triphalā, kṣaudra, vyoṣa, bhallāta, śarkarā) as strengthening/medhya/vṛṣya supports per appropriate formulation and supervision.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.171 (internal regimens for kuṣṭha; pathya/apathya logic implied)

Characters & Entities

• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of this dietary formula in the Garuda Purana?

It frames healing as disciplined regimen: warm intake, supportive diet (milk), and a defined set of seven ingredients described as tonic, medhya, and kuṣṭha-conquering.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

By advocating self-regulation (ahara and medicine), it reflects Purāṇic teaching that bodily order supports dharma and steadiness of mind—preconditions for higher spiritual pursuits.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat it as a classical formulation list; because ingredients like bhallātaka can be irritant/toxic if misused, modern use should be only under qualified Ayurvedic supervision.