Shloka 30

Prāṇeśvara Garuḍa-Mantra: Timing (Velā), Nāga-Grahas, Nyāsa, Haṃsa-Rite, and Viṣa-Cikitsā

Devanagari script

मूलं शुक्लबृहत्यास्तु कर्कोट्यागैरिकर्णिकम् / अद्भिर्घृष्टघृतोपेतलेपो ऽयं विषमर्दनः

Transliteration

mūlaṃ śuklabṛhatyāstu karkoṭyāgairikarṇikam / adbhirghṛṣṭaghṛtopetalepo 'yaṃ viṣamardanaḥ

Translation

سفید بْرہتی کی جڑ، کرکوٹی اور گیریک رنگی کرنِکا کے ساتھ لی جائے۔ پانی میں پیس کر گھی ملا کر لیپ کیا جائے تو یہ لیپ زہر کو مٹانے والا ہے۔

Word by Word

• mūlam: root (plant root)
• mūlam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन

• śukla-bṛhatyāḥ: of the white bṛhatī plant
• śukla-bṛhatyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukla (प्रातिपदिक) + bṛhatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (शुक्ला च सा बृहती)

• astu: let it be / should be
• astu: Vidhi (Injunctive/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• karkoṭyāḥ: of karkoṭī (a plant)
• karkoṭyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karkoṭī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), एकवचन

• āgairikam: reddish/ochre-colored
• āgairikam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āgairika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण

• karṇikam: pericarp/central part (of flower/plant)
• karṇikam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karṇika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन

• adbhiḥ: with water
• adbhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ap (आप्/अप् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental), बहुवचन

• ghṛṣṭa-ghṛta-upeta-lepaḥ: a paste prepared by rubbing and mixed with ghee
• ghṛṣṭa-ghṛta-upeta-lepaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghṛṣṭa (कृदन्त; घृष् धातु, क्त) + ghṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + upeta (कृदन्त; उप-इ धातु, क्त) + lepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case/nominative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (घृष्टः च सः घृतोपेतः च सः लेपः)

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case/nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• viṣa-mardanaḥ: destroyer of poison
• viṣa-mardanaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + mardana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case/nominative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (विषस्य मर्दनः)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in instruction to Garuda)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Preservation of life through right application of remedies; knowledge used for protection from harm.

Vedantic Theme: Loka-saṅgraha (support of beings) as a dharmic expression within embodied existence (deha-dhāraṇa).

Application: Prepare an anti-poison lepa: white bṛhatī root + karkoṭī + aṅgārika/ochre-like karṇikā, grind with water, mix with ghee, apply as plaster.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.19 (viṣa-cikitsā / mantra-auṣadha sections); Nearby verses 1.19.31-34 on ghee, śirīṣa, mantra and japa-siddhi

FAQs

What is the importance of poison-destroying (viṣamardana) remedies in the Garuda Purana?

This verse preserves a practical, ritual-adjacent healing tradition: specific herbs, prepared as a ghee-based paste, are taught as an antidotal application to counteract विष (poison).

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It does not describe the soul’s post-death journey; instead, it focuses on preserving life through an antidote, which indirectly supports dharma by enabling one to continue duties and rites.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat it as a historical textual remedy: in real poisoning or snakebite, seek urgent medical care; the verse can be studied for understanding classical materia medica and traditional paste-based preparations.