Shloka 29

Arśa-nidāna: Causes, Prodrome, Doṣa-types, and Complications of Hemorrhoids

Devanagari script

गुदाङ्कुरा बह्वनिलाः शुष्काश्चिमचिमान्विताः / पीनाङ्गारारुणाः स्तब्धा विषमाः परुषाकराः

Transliteration

gudāṅkurā bahvanilāḥ śuṣkāścimacimānvitāḥ / pīnāṅgārāruṇāḥ stabdhā viṣamāḥ paruṣākarāḥ

Translation

مقعد کے گرد کونپلوں جیسے ابھار بن جاتے ہیں؛ کثرتِ باد کی اذیت سے وہ خشک ہو جاتے ہیں اور چبھتی چبھتی جلن والے بخار میں مبتلا رہتے ہیں؛ بدن دہکتے انگارے کی طرح سرخ، اکڑا ہوا اور ناہموار ہو کر سخت اور دردناک حملے سہتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• गुदाङ्कुराः: sprout-like (growths) at the anus
• गुदाङ्कुराः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुद + अङ्कुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गुदस्य अङ्कुराः) विशेषण (Masc Nom pl)

• बह्वनिलाः: with much wind/flatulence
• बह्वनिलाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु + अनिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (बहवः अनिलाः/वायवः यस्मिन्) विशेषण (Masc Nom pl)

• शुष्काः: dry
• शुष्काः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुष्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (Masc Nom pl)

• चिमचिमान्विताः: accompanied by tingling/prickling sensation
• चिमचिमान्विताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिमचिम + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (चिमचिमेन अन्विताः) विशेषण (Masc Nom pl; ‘accompanied by tingling/prickling’)

• पीनाङ्गारारुणाः: swollen and coal-red
• पीनाङ्गारारुणाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीन + अङ्गार + अरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुपद-कर्मधारय (पीनाः, अङ्गारारुणाः इव) विशेषण (Masc Nom pl)

• स्तब्धाः: stiff; immobile
• स्तब्धाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तब्ध (प्रातिपदिक; स्तम्भ् धातु-जन्य PPP)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) विशेषण (Masc Nom pl; ‘stiff/rigid’)

• विषमाः: uneven; irregular
• विषमाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (Masc Nom pl)

• परुषाकराः: having a rough form/texture
• परुषाकराः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परुष + आकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-सदृश (परुषः आकारः येषाम्) विशेषण (Masc Nom pl)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vainateya)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Disease manifests through specific loci (guda) and systemic derangements (vata aggravation, heat, rigidity).

Vedantic Theme: duhkha-darshana (clear seeing of suffering) prompting vairagya and careful conduct.

Application: Recognize red-hot inflammation, rigidity, and anal growths as serious signs; reduce aggravating factors (dryness, wind, irritant diet) and seek treatment early.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: raudra

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.156.28 (preceding signs); Garuda Purana 1.156.30-32 (morphology and systemic symptoms)

Characters & Entities

• Garuda
• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the importance of describing such bodily afflictions in the Garuda Purana?

This verse functions as a karmic warning: it depicts concrete forms of suffering that arise from wrongdoing, urging ethical restraint and timely religious duties (like śrāddha) to avoid or mitigate preta-state distress.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul after death?

In the Garuda Purana’s preta narrative, the departed experiences consequences through a subtle-body-linked suffering; the verse lists specific tormenting conditions that accompany the soul’s post-death journey when burdened by adverse karma.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Live with self-control and cleanliness, avoid harmful actions that create severe karmic reactions, and perform prescribed family rites (śrāddha/pinda-dāna) with sincerity as a dharmic support for ancestors and as a reminder to live ethically.