Shloka 24

Nidāna of Mūtraghāta and Aśmarī: Doṣa-based Types, Signs, and Named Urinary Syndromes

Devanagari script

शकृप्मार्गस्य बस्तेश्च वायुरन्तरमाश्रितः / अष्ठीलाभं घनं ग्रन्थिं करोत्यच (ब) लमुन्नतम्

Transliteration

śakṛpmārgasya basteśca vāyurantaramāśritaḥ / aṣṭhīlābhaṃ ghanaṃ granthiṃ karotyaca (ba) lamunnatam

Translation

جب پاخانے کی راہ اور مثانے کے درمیان کے خلا میں ہوا (وایو) ٹھہر جائے تو وہ سخت، گھنی، گرہ جیسی ابھری ہوئی سوجن پیدا کرتی ہے—اسی کو ‘اَشٹھیلا’ کہا جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• शकृप्मार्गस्य: of the fecal passage (rectum)
• शकृप्मार्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकृत् (प्रातिपदिक) + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘शकृतः मार्गः’ (rectal passage)

• बस्तेः: of the bladder
• बस्तेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• वायुः: wind (vāta)
• वायुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• अन्तरम्: the space/interval
• अन्तरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• आश्रितः: having occupied/resorted to
• आश्रितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-श्रि (धातु √श्रि ‘to resort, take refuge’) → आश्रित (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘having resorted to/occupying’

• अष्ठीलाभम्: a stone-like mass (aṣṭhīlā-like)
• अष्ठीलाभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ठीला (प्रातिपदिक) + आभ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘appearance/semblance’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: ‘अष्ठीलाया आभः’ (stone-like mass)

• घनम्: dense/hard
• घनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• ग्रन्थिम्: a knot/swelling (glandular lump)
• ग्रन्थिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रन्थि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• करोति: makes/produces
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु √कृ ‘to do, make’)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• अचलम्: immobile/firm
• अचलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); ‘immovable/firm’

• उन्नतम्: raised/elevated
• उन्नतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उन्नत (कृदन्त; उद्-√नम् ‘to raise/bend up’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Pathogenesis: vāyu occupying the interspace between rectal passage and bladder generates a dense, elevated granthi-like mass called aṣṭhīlā.

Vedantic Theme: Interconnectedness of bodily systems (srotas) and how misplacement of vāyu produces tangible formations; embodied causality as a field of knowledge.

Application: Consider pelvic masses/obstructive symptoms as potentially serious; avoid strain/constipation and urinary suppression; seek evaluation for combined bowel-urinary symptoms.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.158.23 (vāta-basti; intractability); Garuda Purana 1.158.20-22 (retention, burning, dribbling)

Characters & Entities

• Vayu (Anila)
• Aṣṭhīlā

FAQs

What is 'aṣṭhīlā' as described in the Garuda Purana?

This verse defines aṣṭhīlā as a hard, dense, raised, knot-like swelling produced when vāyu lodges between the rectal passage and the bladder.

How does this verse connect vāyu with physical disease formation?

It explains disease mechanism as vāyu occupying a specific anatomical interval and generating a compact granthi (lump), showing vāyu’s role in obstruction and mass-formation.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Do not ignore hard pelvic/urinary-rectal symptoms; seek clinical assessment early and maintain stabilizing routines that reduce vata aggravation.