Shloka 7

Netra–Nāsa–Mukha Cikitsā, Vraṇa/Bhasma Prayoga, Jvara–Vāta Remedies, and Protective/Uccāṭana Procedures

Devanagari script

तिमिरं पटलं हन्ति पिचिटं च महौषधम् / त्रिकटु त्रिफलां चैव करं जस्य फलानि च

Transliteration

timiraṃ paṭalaṃ hanti piciṭaṃ ca mahauṣadham / trikaṭu triphalāṃ caiva karaṃ jasya phalāni ca

Translation

โอสถใหญ่บทนี้ทำลายทิมิระ ความมัวของตา เยื่อพอกตา และโรคพิจิฏะ ทั้งประกอบด้วยตรีกฏุ ตรีผลา และผลคะรัญชะด้วย

Word by Word

• तिमिरम्: darkness (of vision), cataract-like dimness
• तिमिरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिमिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• पटलम्: film/opacity (on the eye)
• पटलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पटल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हन्ति: destroys, removes
• हन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पिचिटम्: pterygium/eye-growth (piciṭa)
• पिचिटम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिचिट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• महौषधम्: the great medicine
• महौषधम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् + औषध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महदौषधम्)

• त्रिकटु: trikaṭu (three pungent drugs)
• त्रिकटु: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + कटु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (three pungents)

• त्रिफलाम्: triphala (three fruits)
• त्रिफलाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• करम्: hand; (here) a drug-name ‘kara’ (uncertain)
• करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जस्य: of jasya (a plant-name; uncertain)
• जस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• फलानि: fruits
• फलानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in discourse to Garuda)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Care of the body and senses through right remedies is a supportive limb of righteous living.

Vedantic Theme: Śarīra as an instrument (sādhana) for dharma and higher pursuits; maintenance enables spiritual practice.

Application: Use a compound including trikatu, triphala, and karañja fruits as indicated for timira/patala/piciṭa-type eye disorders (under competent guidance).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.177.8-11 (continuation of ocular therapeutics/añjana/lepa/pāna remedies)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of timira and patala in Garuda Purana medical verses?

They name specific eye pathologies (vision-dimming and an ocular film), indicating the text’s technical Ayurvedic vocabulary and its concern for preventing blindness.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It does not; the verse is a medical listing of ingredients and claimed effects for eye conditions, not an afterlife or Yama-related teaching.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

It points to classical compound logic—warming pungents (trikatu) plus rasayana-like triphala—yet eye treatments are sensitive, so use only under professional Ayurvedic guidance.