Shloka 30

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

Devanagari script

मिथो विसदृश वक्रास्तीक्ष्णा विस्फुटि(रि) ताननाः / शिम्बीखर्जृरकर्कन्धूकार्पासफलसन्निभाः

Transliteration

mitho visadṛśa vakrāstīkṣṇā visphuṭi(ri) tānanāḥ / śimbīkharjṛrakarkandhūkārpāsaphalasannibhāḥ

Translation

وہ آپس میں ایک دوسرے سے مختلف، بدصورت طور پر ٹیڑھے، تیز اور پھٹے ہوئے منہ والے ہوتے ہیں؛ ان کی صورتیں پھلیوں، کھجور، بیر (کَرکَندھو) اور روئی کے ڈوڈوں جیسی دکھائی دیتی ہیں۔

Word by Word

• मिथः: mutually; among themselves
• मिथः: Kriyavisheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथः (अव्यय)
• Form: परस्परार्थक अव्यय (adverb: mutually)

• विसदृशाः: dissimilar
• विसदृशाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विसदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (Masc Nom pl)

• वक्राः: crooked; curved
• वक्राः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (Masc Nom pl)

• तीक्ष्णाः: sharp; piercing
• तीक्ष्णाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (Masc Nom pl)

• विस्फुटिताननाः: having gaping/split mouths
• विस्फुटिताननाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्फुटित + आनन (प्रातिपदिक; विस्फुटित = स्फुट् धातु-जन्य PPP)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि (विस्फुटितं आननं येषाम्) विशेषण (Masc Nom pl; ‘having split/burst mouths’)

• शिम्बीखर्जूरकर्कन्धूकार्पासफलसन्निभाः: resembling the fruits of śimbī, date, jujube (karkandhū), and cotton (seed-pod)
• शिम्बीखर्जूरकर्कन्धूकार्पासफलसन्निभाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिम्बी + खर्जूर + कर्कन्धू + कार्पास + फल + सन्निभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (…फलसन्निभाः = तेषां फलानां सन्निभाः/सदृशाः) विशेषण (Masc Nom pl)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (narrating to Garuda/Vinata-putra in the Preta Kanda context)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Classification by form (rupa-bheda) using concrete similes to fix diagnostic recognition of lesions/organisms/manifestations.

Vedantic Theme: nama-rupa (name-and-form) as mutable appearances—forms proliferate and distort, underscoring non-essentiality.

Application: Use comparative imagery (pods, dates, jujubes, cotton-bolls) to identify variant presentations rather than assuming uniformity.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.156.28-29 (preceding pathology); Garuda Purana 1.156.31-32 (further forms and symptoms)

Characters & Entities

• Garuda
• Yama
• Pretas
• Yamadutas

FAQs

What is the importance of these terrifying forms in the Garuda Purana?

The verse emphasizes the dread and otherworldly nature of Yama’s realm, using vivid imagery to warn that sinful actions lead the soul into frightening post-death experiences.

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

It situates the journey in a moral landscape: the soul, escorted or judged in Yama’s domain, encounters fearsome beings—symbolic of consequences that arise from adharma and accumulated karma.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use the warning as a discipline: avoid cruelty, deceit, and harm; follow dharma and perform appropriate śrāddha/charity so one’s post-death passage is not marked by fear and torment.