Shloka 33

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

Devanagari script

तैरार्तो ग्रथितं स्तोकं सशब्दं सप्रवाहिकम् / रुक्फेनपिच्छानुगतं विबद्धमुपवेश्यते

Transliteration

tairārto grathitaṃ stokaṃ saśabdaṃ sapravāhikam / rukphenapicchānugataṃ vibaddhamupaveśyate

Translation

ผู้ถูกทรมานด้วยทุกขเวทนาเหล่านั้น ย่อมถ่ายอุจจาระเพียงเล็กน้อย เป็นก้อนติดขัด มีเสียงและมีอาการถ่ายไหลร่วมด้วย ปนเลือด ฟอง และเสมหะ; ถูกสภาพโรคผูกมัด จึงถูกบังคับให้นั่งอยู่ ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

• तैः: by/with them
• तैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (करण/सह), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural (by/with them)

• आर्तः: afflicted, distressed
• आर्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Masculine nominative singular; विशेषण (of the patient)

• ग्रथितम्: bound/knotted, compacted
• ग्रथितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; Past passive participle; agrees with मलम् (understood)

• स्तोकम्: scanty, little
• स्तोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; Neuter nom/acc singular; विशेषण

• सशब्दम्: with sound/noise
• सशब्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स- (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘having sound’

• सप्रवाहिकम्: with diarrhoeal flow
• सप्रवाहिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स- (पूर्वपद) + प्रवाहिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘having diarrhoeal flow’

• रुक्: pain
• रुक्: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Feminine nominative singular; (as first member in compound)

• फेन: foam
• फेन: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: फेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Masculine nominative singular; (compound member)

• पिच्छ: mucus, slimy matter
• पिच्छ: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिच्छ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (compound member)

• अनुगतम्: accompanied by
• अनुगतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु- (उपसर्ग) + गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘followed by/attended with’

• रुक्फेनपिच्छानुगतम्: attended with pain, foam and mucus
• रुक्फेनपिच्छानुगतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुक् + फेन + पिच्छ + अनुगत (समस्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (समाहार/सम्बन्ध); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘accompanied by pain, foam and mucus’

• विबद्धम्: obstructed, bound up
• विबद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि- (उपसर्ग) + बन्ध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘obstructed/constipated’

• उपवेश्यते: is made to sit / is seated
• उपवेश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप- (उपसर्ग) + विश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present middle 3sg; (impersonal/passive sense)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (narrating to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Pretakalpa Layer

Afterlife Stage: Naraka

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Karmic retribution manifests as embodied suffering and loss of bodily autonomy.

Vedantic Theme: Adhyasa on the body and the inevitability of karma-phala within samsara; disgust as a spur to vairagya.

Application: Cultivate restraint and purity of conduct; use contemplation of bodily fragility to reduce attachment and harmful actions.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana Pretakalpa: descriptions of naraka torments and disease-birth consequences (adjacent adhyayas around 1.150–1.160)

Characters & Entities

• Preta
• Yama (contextual)
• Yamadutas (contextual)

FAQs

What is the importance of describing such suffering in the Garuda Purana?

This verse functions as a karmic warning: vivid bodily affliction is used to show that harmful actions and negligence of dharma lead to painful consequences in the post-death (preta/Yama) narrative.

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

It portrays the preta experience as one of constraint and torment, where the being undergoes punitive, embodied suffering as a result of karma while passing through Yama’s jurisdiction before relief through merit and rites.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Live with restraint and cleanliness in conduct (dharma), avoid injuring others, and support death-rites and charity with sincerity—using the text’s warnings as motivation for ethical living and compassionate action.