Shloka 7

Dhūpa-Lepa-Mantra-Prayoga: Vaśīkaraṇa, Rakṣā, Jvara-nāśa, and Stambhana Applications

Devanagari script

माहिषं नवनीतञ्च त्वकीकृत्य भिषग्वरः / समूलानि स पत्राणि क्षीरेणाज्येन पेषयेत्

Transliteration

māhiṣaṃ navanītañca tvakīkṛtya bhiṣagvaraḥ / samūlāni sa patrāṇi kṣīreṇājyena peṣayet

Translation

بہترین طبیب بھینس کے مکھن کو لے کر اسے لیپ کی صورت دے، اور جڑوں اور پتّوں سمیت جڑی بوٹیوں کو دودھ اور گھی کے ساتھ پیس دے۔

Word by Word

• माहिषम्: buffalo (product)
• माहिषम्: Karma (Ingredient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular); द्रव्यवाचक (महिष-सम्बन्धि)

• नवनीतम्: fresh butter
• नवनीतम्: Karma (Ingredient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवनीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय

• त्वकीकृत्य: having made into (a) bark/skin form
• त्वकीकृत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्वच् (प्रातिपदिक) + कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund) ‘त्वकीकृत्य’ = त्वचं कृत्वा / त्वक्-रूपेण कृत्वा (having made into bark/skin-like form)

• भिषग्वरः: the best physician
• भिषग्वरः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिषक् + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘भिषजां वरः’ (best of physicians)

• समूलानि: with roots
• समूलानि: Visheshana (Qualifier of patrāṇi)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + मूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Accusative plural); विशेषणम् (= roots included)

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject, resumptive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘सः’ इत्यस्य छन्दसि लोपः

• पत्राणि: leaves
• पत्राणि: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Accusative plural)

• क्षीरेण: with milk
• क्षीरेण: Karana (Instrument/Medium)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• आज्येन: with clarified butter
• आज्येन: Karana (Instrument/Medium)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• पेषयेत्: should grind
• पेषयेत्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पिष् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative sense) ‘cause to be ground/should grind’

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in discourse to Garuda/Vinata-putra, within an Ayurvedic/ritual instruction context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.180 (continuation of auṣadha preparation steps)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of this medicinal preparation in the Garuda Purana?

This verse preserves a practical formulation principle: the physician prepares a herb paste using fatty carriers (butter/ghee) and milk, indicating a traditional method for extracting and delivering herbal potency.

How does this verse relate to Garuda Purana’s broader teachings?

Alongside afterlife doctrine, the Garuda Purana also transmits applied dharma—health, conduct, and remedies—showing that bodily well-being supports ritual life and disciplined living.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

As a general takeaway, it emphasizes careful preparation and appropriate carriers for herbal use; for real-world practice, follow qualified Ayurvedic guidance rather than self-medicating from a single verse.