Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 149
GaP 1 149.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १४९ धन्वन्तरिरुवाच । आशुकारी यतः कासः स एवातः प्रवक्ष्यते । पञ्च कासाः स्मृता वातपित्तश्लेष्मक्षतक्षयैः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 149 dhanvantariruvāca / āśukārī yataḥ kāsaḥ sa evātaḥ pravakṣyate / pañca kāsāḥ smṛtā vātapittaśleṣmakṣatakṣayaiḥ
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, chapter 149. Dhanvantari said: Since cough acts swiftly, that very (disease) will now be declared. Five coughs are recorded, (arising) from wind, bile, phlegm, injury and wasting.
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GaP 1 149.2
क्षयायोपेक्षिताः सर्वे बलिनश्चोत्तरोत्तरम् । तेषां भविष्यतां रूपं कण्ठे कण्डूररोचकः
kṣayāyopekṣitāḥ sarve balinaścottarottaram / teṣāṃ bhaviṣyatāṃ rūpaṃ kaṇṭhe kaṇḍūrarocakaḥ
All of them, if neglected, (lead) to wasting, and each successive one is stronger (than the last). The sign of their impending onset is itching in the throat and loss of appetite,
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GaP 1 149.3
शुष्ककर्णास्यकण्ठत्वं तत्राधोविहितो ऽनिलः । ऊर्ध्वं प्रवृत्तः प्राप्यो रस्तस्मिन्कण्ठे च संसृजन्
śuṣkakarṇāsyakaṇṭhatvaṃ tatrādhovihito 'nilaḥ / ūrdhvaṃ pravṛttaḥ prāpyo rastasminkaṇṭhe ca saṃsṛjan
and dryness of the ears, mouth and throat. Therein the wind, obstructed below, moves upward, and reaching (that region), mixing in the throat,
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GaP 1 149.4
शिरास्रोतांसि संपूर्य ततो ऽङ्गान्युत्क्षिपन्ति च । क्षिपन्निवाक्षिणी क्लिष्टस्वरः पार्श्वे च पीडयन्
śirāsrotāṃsi saṃpūrya tato 'ṅgānyutkṣipanti ca / kṣipannivākṣiṇī kliṣṭasvaraḥ pārśve ca pīḍayan
filling the vessels and channels, then it throws the limbs about; as though hurling out the eyes, with the voice distressed and pressing on the flank,
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GaP 1 149.5
प्रवर्तते सवक्रेण भिन्नकांस्योपमध्वनिः । हृत्पार्श्वेरुशिरः शूलमोहक्षोभस्वरक्षयान्
pravartate savakreṇa bhinnakāṃsyopamadhvaniḥ / hṛtpārśveruśiraḥ śūlamohakṣobhasvarakṣayān
it sets in with a crooked (course), its sound like cracked bronze, (producing) pain in the heart, flanks, thighs and head, stupor, agitation and loss of voice.
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GaP 1 149.6
करोति शुष्ककासञ्च महावेगरुजास्वनम् । स्ॐगहर्षो कफं शुष्कं कृछ्रान्मुक्त्वाल्पतां व्रजेत्
karoti śuṣkakāsañca mahāvegarujāsvanam / soṃgaharṣo kaphaṃ śuṣkaṃ kṛchrānmuktvālpatāṃ vrajet
It produces a dry cough with great paroxysms, pain and noise; with bristling of the body, having expelled dry phlegm with difficulty, (the patient) comes to a slight relief.
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GaP 1 149.7
पित्तात्पीताक्षिकत्वं च तिक्तास्यत्वं ज्वरो भ्रमः । पित्तासृग्वमनं तृष्णा वैस्वर्यं धूमको मदः
pittātpītākṣikatvaṃ ca tiktāsyatvaṃ jvaro bhramaḥ / pittāsṛgvamanaṃ tṛṣṇā vaisvaryaṃ dhūmako madaḥ
From bile (arise) yellowness of the eyes, bitterness in the mouth, fever, dizziness, vomiting of bile and blood, thirst, hoarseness of voice, a burning smoky sensation, and stupor.
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GaP 1 149.8
प्रततं कासवेगे च ज्योतिषामिव दर्शनम् । कफादुरो ऽल्परुङ्मूर्धि हृदयं स्तिमिते गुरु
pratataṃ kāsavege ca jyotiṣāmiva darśanam / kaphāduro 'lparuṅmūrdhi hṛdayaṃ stimite guru
And in the fits of coughing, continually, (there is) as it were a seeing of lights. From phlegm, the chest (has) slight pain, and in the head, when (things are) sluggish, the heart (feels) heavy.
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GaP 1 149.9
कण्ठे प्रलेपमदजं पीनसच्छर्द्यरोचकाः । रोमहर्षो धनस्निग्धंश्लेष्मणाञ्च प्रवर्तनम्
kaṇṭhe pralepamadajaṃ pīnasacchardyarocakāḥ / romaharṣo dhanasnigdhaṃśleṣmaṇāñca pravartanam
A coating in the throat arising from intoxication(?), chronic rhinitis, vomiting, and loss of appetite; bristling of the hair, and the expulsion of dense, oily phlegm.
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GaP 1 149.10
युद्धाद्यैः साहसैस्तैस्तैः सेवितैरयथाबलम् । उपस्यन्तः क्षतो वायुः पित्तेनानुगतो बली
yuddhādyaiḥ sāhasaistaistaiḥ sevitairayathābalam / upasyantaḥ kṣato vāyuḥ pittenānugato balī
By those various rash exertions such as fighting, practised beyond one's strength, the wind (vāyu), injured, being accompanied by bile, becomes strong.
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GaP 1 149.11
कुपितः कुरुते कासं कफं तेन सशोणितम् । पीतं श्यावञ्च शुष्कञ्च ग्रथितं कुपितं बहु
kupitaḥ kurute kāsaṃ kaphaṃ tena saśoṇitam / pītaṃ śyāvañca śuṣkañca grathitaṃ kupitaṃ bahu
Enraged, it produces cough; thereby (the patient coughs up) phlegm mixed with blood — yellow, dusky, dry, clotted, foul(?), and copious.
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GaP 1 149.12
ष्ठीवेत्कण्ठेन रुजता विभिन्नेनैव चोरसा । सूचीभिरिव तीक्ष्णाभिस्तुद्यमानेन शूलिना
ṣṭhīvetkaṇṭhena rujatā vibhinnenaiva corasā / sūcībhiriva tīkṣṇābhistudyamānena śūlinā
He would spit, with the throat aching and the chest as if split apart, as if being pierced by sharp needles, racked with stabbing pain,
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GaP 1 149.13
दुः खस्पर्शेन शूलेन भेदपीडाहितापिना । पर्वभेदज्वरश्वासतृष्णावैस्वर्यकम्पवान्
duḥ khasparśena śūlena bhedapīḍāhitāpinā / parvabhedajvaraśvāsatṛṣṇāvaisvaryakampavān
with a pain painful to the touch, a stabbing pain that torments with splitting and pressure; (he becomes) afflicted with cracking of the joints, fever, laboured breathing, thirst, hoarseness, and trembling.
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GaP 1 149.14
पारावत इवोत्कूजन्पार्श्वशूली ततो ऽस्य च । कफाद्यैर्वमनं पक्तिबलवर्णञ्च हीयते
pārāvata ivotkūjanpārśvaśūlī tato 'sya ca / kaphādyairvamanaṃ paktibalavarṇañca hīyate
Crying out like a dove, having pain in the sides; and thereafter for him there is vomiting of phlegm and the rest, and his digestion, strength, and complexion decline.
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GaP 1 149.15
क्षीणस्य सासृङ्मूत्रत्वं श्वासपृष्टकटिग्रहः । षायुप्रधानाः कुपिता धावतो राजयक्ष्मणः
kṣīṇasya sāsṛṅmūtratvaṃ śvāsapṛṣṭakaṭigrahaḥ / ṣāyupradhānāḥ kupitā dhāvato rājayakṣmaṇaḥ
When (he is) wasted, (there is) blood in the urine, laboured breathing, and stiffness of the back and hips. The (doṣas), with wind predominant, enraged, running (through the body), (become causes) of royal consumption (rājayakṣmā).
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GaP 1 149.16
कर्वन्ति यक्ष्मायतने कासं ष्ठीवत्कफं ततः । पूतिपूयोपमं वीतं मिश्रं हरितलोहितम्
karvanti yakṣmāyatane kāsaṃ ṣṭhīvatkaphaṃ tataḥ / pūtipūyopamaṃ vītaṃ miśraṃ haritalohitam
They produce cough in the seat of consumption; thereupon he spits phlegm resembling putrid pus, changed (in character), mixed, green and red.
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GaP 1 149.17
सुप्यते तुद्यत इव हृदयं पचतीव च । अकस्मादुष्णशीतेच्छा बह्वाशित्वं बलक्षयः
supyate tudyata iva hṛdayaṃ pacatīva ca / akasmāduṣṇaśītecchā bahvāśitvaṃ balakṣayaḥ
The heart grows numb, as if pierced, and as if burning; without cause (there is) a craving for hot and cold, eating much, and loss of strength.
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GaP 1 149.18
स्निग्धप्रसन्नवक्रत्वं श्रीमद्दर्शननेत्रता । ततो ऽस्य क्षयरूपाणि सर्वाण्याविर्भवन्ति च
snigdhaprasannavakratvaṃ śrīmaddarśananetratā / tato 'sya kṣayarūpāṇi sarvāṇyāvirbhavanti ca
(There is) an oily and clear face, and eyes of splendid appearance; thereafter all the forms of wasting disease appear in him.
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GaP 1 149.19
इत्येष क्षयजः कास क्षीणानां देहनाशनः । याप्यौ वा बलिनां तद्वत्क्षतजो ऽपि नवौ तु तौ
ityeṣa kṣayajaḥ kāsa kṣīṇānāṃ dehanāśanaḥ / yāpyau vā balināṃ tadvatkṣatajo 'pi navau tu tau
Thus this cough arising from wasting destroys the bodies of the depleted; or, in the strong, the two are (merely) manageable — likewise the one arising from injury; but when recent, those two (are curable).
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GaP 1 149.20
सिध्येतामपि सामर्थ्यात्साध्यादौ च पृथक्क्रमः । मिश्रा याप्याश्च ये सर्वे जरसः स्थविरस्य च
sidhyetāmapi sāmarthyātsādhyādau ca pṛthakkramaḥ / miśrā yāpyāśca ye sarve jarasaḥ sthavirasya ca
And the two may even be cured through (the physician's) competence; and for the curable ones and the rest there is a separate procedure. All those that are mixed and (merely) manageable belong to old age and to the aged.
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GaP 1 149.21
कासश्वासक्षयच्छर्दिस्वरसादादयो गदाः । भवन्त्युपेक्षया यस्मात्तस्मात्तास्त्वरया जयेत्
kāsaśvāsakṣayacchardisvarasādādayo gadāḥ / bhavantyupekṣayā yasmāttasmāttāstvarayā jayet
Since, through neglect, the diseases cough, dyspnoea, consumption, vomiting, weakness of voice, and the rest arise, therefore one should conquer them quickly.
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