Shloka 11

Domestic Therapeutics for Teeth, Ears, Women’s Kleda, Digestion, Poison-Check, and Eye Disorders

Devanagari script

पटोलं मधुना हन्ति गोमूत्रेण तथाबुदम् / एषा च शङ्करी वर्तिः सर्वनेत्रामया पहा

Transliteration

paṭolaṃ madhunā hanti gomūtreṇa tathābudam / eṣā ca śaṅkarī vartiḥ sarvanetrāmayā pahā

Translation

ปะโตละ (ฟัก/บวบปลายแหลม) เมื่อให้ร่วมกับน้ำผึ้งย่อมทำลายโรค และด้วยปัสสาวะโคย่อมระงับ ‘อะพุทะ’ (บวม/ก้อน) ได้ด้วย นี่คือยาหยอด/ยาป้ายตา ‘ศังกรี’ (วรรติ) ซึ่งขจัดโรคตาทั้งปวง.

Word by Word

• पटोलम्: paṭola (pointed gourd)
• पटोलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पटोल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मधुना: with honey
• मधुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• हन्ति: destroys/cures
• हन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; धातुः—हन् (हिंसायाम्/नाशने)

• गोमूत्रेण: with cow-urine
• गोमूत्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गोः मूत्रम्)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति/प्रकार-अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/likewise')

• अबुदम्: a swelling/tumor (abuda)
• अबुदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अबुद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एषा: this (remedy)
• एषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• शङ्करी: Śaṅkarī-named (a formulation)
• शङ्करी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शङ्करी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (नामविशेषण)

• वर्तिः: a wick/collyrium-stick (medicinal applicator)
• वर्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वनेत्रामयापहा: remover of all eye-diseases
• सर्वनेत्रामयापहा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + नेत्र + आमय + अपह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां नेत्रामयानाम् अपहा)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in discourse to Garuda)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Protection of the senses (indriya-rakṣaṇa), especially sight, as supportive of study, worship, and right living.

Vedantic Theme: Indriyas as instruments; clarity of perception supports viveka and disciplined life.

Application: Use patola with honey for disease-destruction; use gomūtra for swelling; prepare/apply the Śaṅkarī varti (eye-ointment) to alleviate eye disorders.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.179 (ophthalmic and general remedies cluster)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda
• Shankari

FAQs

What is the importance of ‘Śaṅkarī varti’ in the Garuda Purana?

In this verse it is presented as a named ophthalmic preparation (varti/collyrium) specifically intended to dispel a wide range of eye disorders, showing the text’s practical, remedial tradition alongside its spiritual teachings.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

This particular verse does not address the soul’s journey; instead, it appears within a remedial/therapeutic context, emphasizing bodily care (especially vision) as part of dharmic living.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat it as a historical reference to traditional formulations: consult qualified Ayurvedic and medical professionals rather than self-administering substances like gomūtra or eye-ointments, especially for eye conditions.