Shloka 2

Strīroga–Prasūti–Bāla Cikitsā, Viṣa-haraṇa, Rasāyana, Ṛtucaryā, Pañcakarma-saṅgraha

Devanagari script

वचोपकुञ्चिकाजातीकृष्णावासकसैन्धवम् / अजमोदायवक्षारं चित्रकं शर्करान्वितम्

Transliteration

vacopakuñcikājātīkṛṣṇāvāsakasaindhavam / ajamodāyavakṣāraṃ citrakaṃ śarkarānvitam

Translation

(ให้นำ) วจา อุปกุญจิกา ชาติ กฤษณา วาสกะ และไศนธวะ; อีกทั้งอชมอดา ยวกษาระ และจิตรคะ—รวมกันแล้วปรุงด้วยน้ำตาล

Word by Word

• vacaḥ: vacā (Acorus calamus)
• vacaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (औषधिद्रव्य-निर्देश; vacā-शब्दस्य रूपम्)

• upakuñcikā: upakuñcikā (a medicinal herb)
• upakuñcikā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upakuñcikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• jātī: jātī (jasmine)
• jātī: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jātī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kṛṣṇā: kṛṣṇā (black pepper/long pepper, herb-name)
• kṛṣṇā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; औषधि-नाम (often ‘pippalī’)

• vāsaka: vāsaka
• vāsaka: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• saindhavam: rock salt (saindhava)
• saindhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saindhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ajamodā: ajamodā (ajwain)
• ajamodā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ajamodā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• yava-kṣāram: alkali of barley (yava-kṣāra)
• yava-kṣāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yava (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (yavasya kṣāraḥ)

• citrakam: citraka (Plumbago zeylanica)
• citrakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• śarkarā-anvitam: mixed with sugar
• śarkarā-anvitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śarkarā (प्रातिपदिक) + anvitá (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from √i with anu-/or adjectival anvita)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (śarkarayā anvitam = accompanied with sugar)

Speaker

Dhanvantari

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Rational compounding: combining dravyas (vacā, opakuñcikā, jāti, kṛṣṇā, vāsaka, saindhava, ajamodā, yavakṣāra, citraka) with śarkarā for targeted action.

Vedantic Theme: Order and proportion (ṛta-like regularity) in applied knowledge; right means toward well-being.

Application: Prepare a compound of the listed ingredients with sugar as directed in the surrounding prescriptions (context likely for vāta-related yoni disorders); dosing and contraindications require expert oversight.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.172 (formulary for strīroga; this ingredient list likely part of a larger recipe)

Characters & Entities

• Dhanvantari
• Ayurvedic dravyas (herbs/minerals)

FAQs

What does this Garuda Purana verse provide—principle or prescription?

It provides a prescription-style ingredient list (dravyas) for a vāta-pacifying formulation used in yoni-related disorders.

Why are pungent and salty substances prominent here?

Pungent (kaṭu) and warming drugs, along with saindhava and alkali (kṣāra), are traditionally used to counter vāta-type pain, obstruction, and spasmodic symptoms.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat it as a textual reference for classical formulation study; any real use of kṣāra/citraka etc. should be only under qualified Ayurvedic supervision.