Shloka 59

Vidradhi–Gulma Nidāna

Causes and Signs of Abscess and Abdominal Mass

Devanagari script

धनश्चाष्ठ्युपमो ग्रन्थिलो ऽष्ठीलातु समुन्नता / समस्तालिङ्गसंयुक्तः प्रत्यष्ठीला तदाकृतिः

Transliteration

dhanaścāṣṭhyupamo granthilo 'ṣṭhīlātu samunnatā / samastāliṅgasaṃyuktaḥ pratyaṣṭhīlā tadākṛtiḥ

Translation

اس کا مال بھی گویا ہڈی کی مانند سخت گانٹھ بن جاتا ہے؛ ‘اَشٹھِیلا’ نامی لطیف گانٹھ ابھر آتی ہے۔ تمام علامات کے ساتھ مل کر وہ اسی ہیئت کی ‘پرتیاشٹھِیلا’ کے طور پر ظاہر ہوتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• धनः: a hard mass/lump (dhana)
• धनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अष्ठ्युपमः: bone-like
• अष्ठ्युपमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्थि + उपम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम्—अस्थिसदृशः

• ग्रन्थिलः: nodular; glandular
• ग्रन्थिलः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रन्थिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• अष्ठीला: aṣṭhīlā (a hard swelling)
• अष्ठीला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ठीला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक अव्यय (but/indeed)

• समुन्नता: raised; protruding
• समुन्नता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + उन्नत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) विशेषणम्

• समस्तालिङ्गसंयुक्तः: associated with all (these) signs
• समस्तालिङ्गसंयुक्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त + आलिङ्ग + संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—समस्तैः आलिङ्गैः संयुक्तः (endowed with all signs)

• प्रत्यष्ठीला: pratyaṣṭhīlā (a type akin to aṣṭhīlā)
• प्रत्यष्ठीला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रति + अष्ठीला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः—प्रति-अष्ठीला (a counter/secondary aṣṭhīlā)

• तदाकृतिः: its form/appearance
• तदाकृतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + आकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—तस्य आकृतिः

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Aṣṭhīlā is a hard, knotty, elevated mass; pratyaṣṭhīlā mirrors its form with associated signs

Vedantic Theme: Nama-rupa as organizing principle: naming stabilizes perception of changing bodily phenomena

Application: Palpate for bony-hard, nodular, elevated mass and correlate with accompanying signs to identify aṣṭhīlā/pratyaṣṭhīlā patterns

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa

Geographic Context

Type: body (granthi/lump; abdominal mass imagery)

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.160.56-58 (gulma/anaha symptom context); Garuda Purana 1.160.60 (vata from pakvashaya causing stool obstruction and rumbling)

Characters & Entities

• Garuda
• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the importance of aṣṭhīlā in the Garuda Purana?

In this verse, aṣṭhīlā is presented as a technical affliction—a hard, knot-like formation—used to illustrate how karmic consequences can manifest as constriction and suffering within the subtle/experiential body of the departed.

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

It suggests that the departed being’s experience is shaped by karmic residues: even attachments like wealth (dhana) can become a cause of hardness and knotting, affecting the preta’s condition as it undergoes post-death states described in the Preta Kanda.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Cultivate non-attachment and ethical earning/charity: the verse cautions that clinging to wealth can harden the mind and leave painful impressions, so practice dana (giving), dharma, and remembrance of impermanence.