Shloka 24

Prameha-Nidāna-Lakṣaṇa-Bheda: Etiology, Signs, Varieties, and Complications of Meha

Devanagari script

मूत्रयेत्सिकतामेही सिकतारूपिणो मलान् / शीतमेही सुबहुशो मधुरं भृशशीतलम्

Transliteration

mūtrayetsikatāmehī sikatārūpiṇo malān / śītamehī subahuśo madhuraṃ bhṛśaśītalam

Translation

سِکتا-مہی پیشاب میں ریت/کنکری جیسے ذرّات کی صورت میں فضلات نکالتا ہے۔ شیّت-مہی بار بار پیشاب کرتا ہے—پیشاب شیریں اور نہایت ٹھنڈا ہوتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• mūtrayet: should urinate; passes urine
• mūtrayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mūtr (धातु; denominative from mūtra)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् — causative/denominative sense "should pass urine"

• sikatā-mehī: a sikatā-meha patient
• sikatā-mehī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sikatā (प्रातिपदिक) + mehin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि — "one having gravel/sand-meha"

• sikatā-rūpiṇaḥ: sand-like
• sikatā-rūpiṇaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sikatā (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; विशेषण (to malān) — "having the form of sand"

• malān: impurities; sediments
• malān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• śīta-mehī: a śīta-meha patient
• śīta-mehī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śīta (प्रातिपदिक) + mehin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि — "one having cold-meha"

• su-bahuśaḥ: very often
• su-bahuśaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: su (अव्यय/उपसर्ग) + bahuśaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव; क्रियाविशेषण — "very often/many times"

• madhuram: sweet
• madhuram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madhura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to implied mūtram)

• bhṛśa-śītalam: very cold
• bhṛśa-śītalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhṛśa (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + śītala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण — "exceedingly cold"

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Kapha

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Differentiation of sikatā-meha (gravel/sandy wastes) and śīta-meha (very frequent, sweet, extremely cold urine).

Vedantic Theme: Right discernment (viveka) applied to embodied signs; the body as a vehicle requiring maintenance for higher aims.

Application: If urine contains gritty particles, suspect sikatā-meha; if urination is very frequent with sweet, very cold urine, suspect śīta-meha; seek evaluation, hydration/diet correction, and appropriate therapy.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.159 (continued prameha subtypes; sikatā and śīta variants)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is described in this Garuda Purana verse (Kanda 1, Adhyaya 159, Shloka 24)?

It gives diagnostic-style signs of two urinary disorders: sikatā-meha (gritty/sandy discharge) and śīta-meha (frequent urination with sweet, very cold urine).

How does this verse connect bodily illness with Garuda Purana themes?

In the Preta Kanda’s didactic flow, such symptom descriptions support the broader teaching that embodied suffering—including disease—can be viewed within a moral-causal (karma) framework while also being observable through physical signs.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat the verse as an early symptom-note: persistent frequent urination, sweetness/odor changes, or gritty discharge should prompt timely medical evaluation, along with disciplined living (diet, restraint, and ethical conduct) emphasized in dharma texts.