Shloka 19

Nidāna of Mūtraghāta and Aśmarī: Doṣa-based Types, Signs, and Named Urinary Syndromes

Devanagari script

पीडिते ज्वरकासे ऽस्मिन्नश्मर्येव च शर्करा / असौ वा वायुना भिन्ना सा त्वस्मिन्नमुलोमगे

Transliteration

pīḍite jvarakāse 'sminnaśmaryeva ca śarkarā / asau vā vāyunā bhinnā sā tvasminnamulomage

Translation

เมื่อถูกเบียดเบียนด้วยไข้และไอเช่นนี้ จะเกิดศรกรา (กรวดนิ่ว) ดุจอัศมรี หรือก้อนนิ่วนั้นถูกวายุทำให้แตกเป็นศรกรา; เหตุนี้เกิดเมื่อวายุเคลื่อนตามทางอนุโลมะ คือไหลลงตามปกติ

Word by Word

• पीडिते: when afflicted
• पीडिते: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीडित (कृदन्त; √पीड्)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); ‘when afflicted’ (locative absolute sense with following)

• ज्वरकासे: in fever and cough
• ज्वरकासे: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + कास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (ज्वरश्च कासश्च)

• अस्मिन्: in this (case)
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अश्मरी: stone (calculus)
• अश्मरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• शर्करा: gravel/small stone
• शर्करा: Pratijna/Predicate nominal (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्करा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-सम्बन्ध (predicate noun)

• असौ: that (one)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक

• वायुना: by wind (vāta)
• वायुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• भिन्ना: split/broken
• भिन्ना: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• सा: she/that (stone)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अमुलोमगे: in (a state of) reverse movement/retrograde flow
• अमुलोमगे: Adhikarana (Qualifier of location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (नञ्) + उलॊम (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक from √गम्; ‘going’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष/उपपद ‘उलोमं गच्छति’ नञ्-पूर्वक = ‘against the natural direction’

Speaker

Lord Viṣṇu (in dialogue with Garuḍa)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Systemic disturbance can manifest as related pathologies; vāyu can fragment a stone into gravel, and proper downward vāyu flow (anuloma) is physiologically significant.

Vedantic Theme: Interdependence within the embodied system; restoring order (ṛta-like regularity) reduces suffering.

Application: Address systemic illness (fever/cough) and vāta regulation; support normal downward movement (bowel/urine regularity) to reduce gravel/stone complications.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.158.15-18 (aśmarī types, śukrāśmarī cause and symptoms)

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu

FAQs

What is the importance of aśmarī and śarkarā in Garuda Purana?

This verse distinguishes between a solid urinary stone (aśmarī) and gravel-like deposits (śarkarā), explaining their formation through vāyu/vāta and the direction of its movement.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It does not describe the soul’s journey; it belongs to the Garuda Purana’s practical, dharmic-Āyurvedic instruction section on bodily disorders and their causes.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

It highlights observing symptoms and causation (vital-air imbalance and obstruction) and encourages timely care for urinary discomfort rather than neglecting it.