Shloka 17

Raktapitta Nidāna and Cikitsā: Causes, Signs, Srotas-Spread, and Śodhana Priority

Devanagari script

उपद्रवाश्च विकृतिं फलतस्तेषु साधितम्

Transliteration

upadravāśca vikṛtiṃ phalatasteṣu sādhitam

Translation

ในกรณีของเขา ความกำเริบและความวิปริตย่อมบังเกิดขึ้นแน่นอน อันเป็นผล (ผลกรรม) แห่งการกระทำของตน

Word by Word

• उपद्रवाः: complications/disturbances
• उपद्रवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपद्रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

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

• विकृतिम्: disorder/abnormality
• विकृतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• फलतः: as a result/therefrom
• फलतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: फलतः (अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-अन्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: 'as a result/from the fruit')

• तेषु: in those (cases)
• तेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• साधितम्: is established/produced
• साधितम्: Vidhaya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधित (साध् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), विधेय-विशेषण

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Upadravas (complications) and vikṛti (distortions) arise as phala (results) of one’s actions—karmaphala operating through experience.

Vedantic Theme: Karma as a binding causal chain within saṃsāra; suffering as a pedagogic consequence prompting discrimination (viveka).

Application: Cultivate ethical conduct and corrective habits; interpret recurring afflictions as signals to reform actions, diet, and conduct, and to undertake appropriate remedies and atonements.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana Pretakalpa (general karmaphala doctrine, though not explicitly invoked here); Garuda Purana 1.148–1.149 (linking bodily vikṛti with causes and outcomes)

FAQs

What is the importance of karmaphala (फलतः) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse states that afflictions and abnormal conditions arise specifically as the fruit of one’s actions, reinforcing the Garuda Purana’s karma-based moral causality.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

By linking suffering to karmic results, it implies the jīva’s post-death and embodied experiences are shaped by prior deeds, which determine the conditions encountered in subsequent states.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Practice dharma and self-restraint, since harmful actions can mature into future disturbances and adverse conditions; cultivate ethical conduct to reduce negative karmic outcomes.