Shloka 26

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

Devanagari script

क्लैब्यबाधिर्यस्तैमित्यशर्करापरिपीडितः / क्षामो भिन्नस्वरो ध्यायन्मुहुः ष्ठीवन्नरोचकी

Transliteration

klaibyabādhiryastaimityaśarkarāparipīḍitaḥ / kṣāmo bhinnasvaro dhyāyanmuhuḥ ṣṭhīvannarocakī

Translation

他又受阳痿、耳聋与目昏之苦，并为小便诸疾与消渴（糖尿病）所折磨；形体消瘦，声音嘶哑，常怀忧思，屡屡吐唾，饮食无味而失欲。

Word by Word

• क्लैब्य-बाधिर्य-स्तैमित्य-शर्करा-परिपीडितः: afflicted by impotence, deafness, stiffness, and urinary gravel
• क्लैब्य-बाधिर्य-स्तैमित्य-शर्करा-परिपीडितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्लैब्य (प्रातिपदिक) + बाधिर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + स्तैमित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + शर्करा (प्रातिपदिक) + परिपीडित (कृदन्त; √पीड्)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (enumerative determinative) ending in क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘परिपीडित’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (afflicted by impotence, deafness, stiffness, gravel/urinary stones)

• क्षामः: wasted; emaciated
• क्षामः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• भिन्न-स्वरः: with a broken/hoarse voice
• भिन्न-स्वरः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिन्न (कृदन्त; √भिद्) + स्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (with broken/altered voice)

• ध्यायन्: brooding; meditating
• ध्यायन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु) → ध्यायन् (कृदन्त; शतृ)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियासहचर (concomitant action)

• मुहुः: again and again; repeatedly
• मुहुः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of frequency)

• ष्ठीवन्: spitting
• ष्ठीवन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ष्ठीव्/स्थीव् (धातु) → ष्ठीवन् (कृदन्त; शतृ)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियासहचर

• अरोचकी: without appetite; nauseated
• अरोचकी: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरोचकिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (loss of appetite)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in discourse to Garuda/Vinatā-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Pāpa can ripen as impairment of virility, hearing/vision, and as pramehaja disorders; mind becomes sunk in brooding (dhyāyan) rather than clarity.

Vedantic Theme: Indriya-nigraha and sattva loss: when dharma is violated, the instruments of experience (indriyas) degrade; duḥkha binds attention to the body.

Application: Maintain ethical restraint and disciplined living; cultivate clarity practices (japa, satya, moderation) to prevent the spiral of bodily decline into mental rumination.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.156.23–27

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of karmic disease descriptions in the Garuda Purana?

This verse emphasizes that specific forms of physical debility and chronic illness can manifest as consequences of prior actions, urging ethical restraint and dharmic living to prevent such suffering.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

By linking conduct to embodied results, it shows that the jīva’s journey is shaped by karma even before death—one’s lived condition becomes part of the karmic trajectory that continues into post-death states described elsewhere in the Purana.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Live with self-control, honesty, and compassion; avoid harmful actions that generate heavy karmic residues, and use illness as a prompt for ethical correction, prayer, charity, and disciplined sāttvic conduct.