Shloka 7

Anupāna and the Doṣa-Effects of Foods, Waters, Dairy, Oils, and Preparations

Devanagari script

रक्तपित्तज्वरोन्माथो शीतो ग्राही मकुष्ठकः / पुंस्त्वासृक्कफपित्तघ्नश्चणको वातलः स्मृतः

Transliteration

raktapittajvaronmātho śīto grāhī makuṣṭhakaḥ / puṃstvāsṛkkaphapittaghnaścaṇako vātalaḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

مکُشٹھک ٹھنڈا اور گرाही (باندھنے والا) ہے؛ یہ رکت پِتّ، بخار اور بھرم‑اُنْماتھ جیسے عوارض کو دباتا ہے۔ چنک پُمسْتْو بڑھانے والا، رکت‑کف‑پتّ ہَر بھی ہے، مگر اسے وات بڑھانے والا کہا گیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• रक्तपित्तज्वरोन्माथः: (a pulse/food) causing/related to raktapitta-fever-delirium
• रक्तपित्तज्वरोन्माथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + पित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + उन्माथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—(रक्त-पित्त-ज्वर)-उन्माथः (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-प्रधान)

• शीतः: cold (in potency)
• शीतः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• ग्राही: absorbent; constipating
• ग्राही: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (ग्रहणशीलः)

• मकुष्ठकः: makuṣṭhaka (a kind of pulse/seed)
• मकुष्ठकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मकुष्ठक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पुंस्त्वासृक्कफपित्तघ्नः: alleviating impotence, blood disorders, kapha and pitta
• पुंस्त्वासृक्कफपित्तघ्नः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुंस्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + असृक् (प्रातिपदिक) + कफ (प्रातिपदिक) + पित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + घ्न (कृदन्त; √हन् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—(पुंस्त्व-असृक्-कफ-पित्त)-घ्नः (तत्पुरुष; ‘घ्न’=हननकर्ता)

• चणकः: chickpea (caṇaka)
• चणकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चणक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वातलः: increasing vāta
• वातलः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वातल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• स्मृतः: is said/considered
• स्मृतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु) + त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘is said/considered’

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata/Pitta/Kapha

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Right use of food-medicines according to guṇa and doṣa to sustain the body as an instrument of dharma.

Vedantic Theme: Deha as sādhana; moderation and discernment (viveka) in sense-objects.

Application: Use makuṣṭhaka for raktapitta/fever/vertigo-like agitation and for binding effect; use chickpea for strength/virility and kapha-pitta-blood issues, but counterbalance its vāta-aggravating tendency with unctuous/warming preparations.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.169 (dravya-guṇa/āhāra-varga context)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What does this verse say about chickpea (caṇaka) in the Garuda Purana?

It describes chickpea as virility-promoting and helpful against blood/kapha/pitta disorders, but notes that it can aggravate vāta.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It does so through dharmic living: regulating diet to reduce disease and agitation is presented as part of maintaining steadiness for right conduct and spiritual aims.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

If you are vāta-prone (dryness, bloating, restlessness), take chickpea with balancing preparations; cooling, binding foods are traditionally preferred in heat/bleeding and looseness.