Shloka 38

Udara-roga Nidāna: Causes, Doṣa-Types, Spleen/Liver Enlargement, and Udakodara

Devanagari script

रुद्धः स्वमार्गादनिलः कफश्च जलमूर्छितः / वर्धते तु तदेवाम्बु तन्मात्राद्विन्दुराशितः

Transliteration

ruddhaḥ svamārgādanilaḥ kaphaśca jalamūrchitaḥ / vardhate tu tadevāmbu tanmātrādvindurāśitaḥ

Translation

เมื่อวายุถูกกั้นจากทางเดินของตน และเสมหะถูกน้ำทำให้จับตัวแน่น เมื่อนั้นธาตุน้ำเองยิ่งเพิ่มพูน สะสมจากส่วนของตนเป็นกองแห่งหยดน้ำ

Word by Word

• ruddhaḥ: obstructed
• ruddhaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ruddha (प्रातिपदिक; √rudh + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying anilaḥ)

• sva-mārgāt: from its own path
• sva-mārgāt: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य मार्गः)

• anilaḥ: wind; vāta (air-humor)
• anilaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• kaphaḥ: kapha (phlegm-humor)
• kaphaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kapha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• jala-mūrchitaḥ: overpowered by water
• jala-mūrchitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrchita (प्रातिपदिक; √mūrch + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (जलेन मूर्छितः = fainted/overpowered by water)

• vardhate: increases
• vardhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛdh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• tad: that
• tad: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: only, indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis/only)

• ambu: water
• ambu: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tad-mātrāt: from that mere measure/quantity
• tad-mātrāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + mātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (तस्य मात्रा = that measure/quantity)

• bindu-rāśitaḥ: collected into drops
• bindu-rāśitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bindu (प्रातिपदिक) + rāśita (प्रातिपदिक; rāśi + क्त/त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (बिन्दूनां राशितः = accumulated into drops)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Kapha

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Srotorodha (channel obstruction) and dosha interaction: blocked vāyu plus kapha-jala coagulation amplifies udaka, producing accumulative pathology.

Vedantic Theme: Causality in prakriti: interplay of gunas/doshas yields emergent states; cultivate discriminative understanding rather than identification with bodily change.

Application: In management, address obstruction and kapha-jala consolidation (mobilize vāyu pathways, reduce kapha, regulate fluids) rather than treating only the visible swelling.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.161: srotas blockage, vāyu-marga rodha, kapha-jala interaction in udaravyadhi

Characters & Entities

• Vayu (Anila)
• Kapha
• Jala (water element)

FAQs

What is the importance of doṣa imbalance in the Garuda Purana’s description of post-death suffering?

This verse highlights how blockage of vāyu (life-wind) and kapha congealed by the water element produces swelling and accumulation, illustrating a technical, doṣa-based mechanism for the preta’s distress.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul in the Garuda Purana narrative?

By describing obstruction in the vital channels and elemental imbalance, it indicates that the departed being’s experience is shaped by subtle-body physiology, affecting comfort and movement in the after-death journey.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

It encourages disciplined living and timely rites for the departed, while reminding practitioners to maintain balance and restraint so that disorder of the inner winds and elements does not become a cause of suffering.