Shloka 53

Arśa-nidāna: Causes, Prodrome, Doṣa-types, and Complications of Hemorrhoids

Devanagari script

वाताभिभूतकोष्ठानां तैर्विनापि विजायते / सहजानि तु दोषाणि यानि चाभ्यन्तरे वलौ

Transliteration

vātābhibhūtakoṣṭhānāṃ tairvināpi vijāyate / sahajāni tu doṣāṇi yāni cābhyantare valau

Translation

Dẫu không có những duyên bên ngoài ấy, bệnh tật vẫn phát sinh nơi người có đường tiêu hoá bị vāta (phong khí) lấn át. Đó là những tật bẩm sinh—khởi từ bên trong, nơi ruột.

Word by Word

• वाताभिभूतकोष्ठानाम्: of those whose bowels are afflicted by wind (vāta)
• वाताभिभूतकोष्ठानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिभूत (कृदन्त, भू धातु) + कोष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; समासः—वातेन अभिभूतः कोष्ठः यस्य/येषां (वाताभिभूतकोष्ठ) इति तत्पुरुषः; समस्तपदस्य षष्ठी बहुवचन

• तैः: by them / with those
• तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• विना: without
• विना: Nivṛtti/Apādāna-sense (Without/absence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-निपातः; ‘without’ अर्थे (usually with तृतीया)

• अपि: even / also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः (emphatic/also/even)

• विजायते: arises / is produced
• विजायते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘is produced/arises’

• सहजानि: congenital / inborn
• सहजानि: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying दोषाणि)

• तु: but / indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधानार्थ/विरोधार्थ-निपातः (but/indeed)

• दोषाणि: faults / morbid factors
• दोषाणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• यानि: which
• यानि: Anvaya (Relative connector)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थ-निपातः (and)

• अभ्यन्तरे: in the interior
• अभ्यन्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्यन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरणम्

• वलौ: in the fold/valā (a bodily fold; here internal)
• वलौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Internal (sahaja) causation of disease: vāta-dominance in the koṣṭha can generate disorders even without external triggers.

Vedantic Theme: Deha as prakṛti-vikāra; discerning the body’s guṇa/doṣa movements as objects of knowledge (viveka between Self and bodily processes).

Application: Assess vāta aggravation and digestive tract vulnerability; prioritize vāta-pacifying diet/lifestyle and agni-support before blaming external causes.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.156 (Ayurveda/roga-nidāna context: doṣa, koṣṭha, agni, valā)

Characters & Entities

• Vata (Vāyu-doṣa)

FAQs

What is the importance of vāta (wind-humor) in the Garuda Purana’s health teachings?

This verse highlights vāta as a primary internal driver of disease, especially in the digestive tract, showing that some ailments arise from constitutional imbalance even without obvious external triggers.

How does this verse relate to the Garuda Purana’s broader teaching on suffering and the body?

By describing inborn and internal disorders, it frames bodily suffering as arising from subtle constitutional conditions (doṣas), complementing the text’s wider emphasis on disciplined living and responsibility for one’s state.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Monitor and balance vāta through stable routines, appropriate diet for digestion, and calming practices—treating recurring gut issues as potentially constitutional rather than only situational.