Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 150
GaP 1 150.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १५० धन्वन्तरिरुवाच । अथातः श्वासरोगस्य निदानं प्रवदाम्यहम् । कासवृद्ध्या भवेच्छ्वासः पूर्वैर्वा दोषकोपनैः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 150 dhanvantariruvāca / athātaḥ śvāsarogasya nidānaṃ pravadāmyaham / kāsavṛddhyā bhavecchvāsaḥ pūrvairvā doṣakopanaiḥ
The Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 150. Dhanvantari said: Now next I shall declare the etiology of the disease of dyspnoea. Dyspnoea arises through the increase of cough, or through the aforesaid provokers of the doṣas,
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GaP 1 150.2
आमातिसारवमथुविषपाण्डुज्वरैरपि । रजोधूमानिलैर्मर्मघातादपि हिमाम्बुना
āmātisāravamathuviṣapāṇḍujvarairapi / rajodhūmānilairmarmaghātādapi himāmbunā
and also through undigested-matter diarrhoea, vomiting, poison, anaemia, and fever; through dust, smoke, and wind, and also from a blow to a vital point, and from cold water.
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GaP 1 150.3
क्षुद्रकस्तमकश्छिन्नो महानूर्ध्वश्च पञ्चमः । कफोपरुद्धगमनपवनो विष्वगास्थितः
kṣudrakastamakaśchinno mahānūrdhvaśca pañcamaḥ / kaphoparuddhagamanapavano viṣvagāsthitaḥ
(The types are) the minor, the tamaka, the interrupted, the great, and the upward as the fifth. The wind, its passage blocked by phlegm, having settled in all directions,
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GaP 1 150.4
प्राणोदकान्नवाहीनि दुष्टस्रोतांसि दूषयन् । उरः स्थः कुरुते श्वासमामाशयसमुद्भवम्
prāṇodakānnavāhīni duṣṭasrotāṃsi dūṣayan / uraḥ sthaḥ kurute śvāsamāmāśayasamudbhavam
corrupting the already corrupted channels that carry breath, water, and food, and lodged in the chest, produces the dyspnoea that arises from the stomach.
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GaP 1 150.5
प्राग्रूपं तस्य हृत्पार्श्वशूलं प्राणविलोमता । आनाहः शङ्खभेदश्च तत्रायासो ऽतिभोजनैः
prāgrūpaṃ tasya hṛtpārśvaśūlaṃ prāṇavilomatā / ānāhaḥ śaṅkhabhedaśca tatrāyāso 'tibhojanaiḥ
Its premonitory sign is pain in the heart and sides, the reversed course of the breath, distension, and splitting pain in the temples; in that (condition) there is exertion (aggravated) by overeating.
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GaP 1 150.6
प्रेरितः प्रेरयन्क्षुद्रं स्वयं स समलं मरुत् । प्रतिलोमं शिरा गच्छेदुदीर्य पवनः कफम्
preritaḥ prerayankṣudraṃ svayaṃ sa samalaṃ marut / pratilomaṃ śirā gacchedudīrya pavanaḥ kapham
Impelled (by these), and itself impelling the lesser (breath), that wind, together with the morbid matter, would move against its proper course through the vessels, and the wind, having stirred up phlegm,
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GaP 1 150.7
परिगृह्यशिरोग्रीवमुरः पार्श्वे च पीडयन् । कासं घुर्घुरकं मोहमरुचिम्पीनसं भृशम्
parigṛhyaśirogrīvamuraḥ pārśve ca pīḍayan / kāsaṃ ghurghurakaṃ mohamarucimpīnasaṃ bhṛśam
seizing head and neck, and pressing upon chest and flanks, (produces) cough with rattling, stupor, loss of appetite, and severe coryza —
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GaP 1 150.8
करोति तीव्रवेगञ्च श्वासं प्राणोपतापिनम् । प्रताम्येत्तस्य वेगेनष्ठीवनान्ते क्षणं सुखी
karoti tīvravegañca śvāsaṃ prāṇopatāpinam / pratāmyettasya vegenaṣṭhīvanānte kṣaṇaṃ sukhī
and it produces a violently forceful dyspnoea that torments the breath of life. By its force he faints; at the end of expectoration he is at ease for a moment.
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GaP 1 150.9
कृच्छ्राच्छयानः श्वसिति निषण्णः स्वास्थ्यमर्हति । उच्छ्रिताक्षो ललाटेन स्विद्यता भृशमार्तिमान्
kṛcchrācchayānaḥ śvasiti niṣaṇṇaḥ svāsthyamarhati / ucchritākṣo lalāṭena svidyatā bhṛśamārtimān
Lying down he breathes with difficulty; seated, he gets some comfort; with his eyes rolled upward and his forehead sweating, he is greatly distressed.
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GaP 1 150.10
विशुष्कास्यो मुहुः श्वासः काङ्क्षत्युष्णं सवेपथुः । मेघाम्बुशीतप्राग्वातैः श्लेष्मलैश्च विवर्धते
viśuṣkāsyo muhuḥ śvāsaḥ kāṅkṣatyuṣṇaṃ savepathuḥ / meghāmbuśītaprāgvātaiḥ śleṣmalaiśca vivardhate
With mouth dried up, breathing again and again, trembling, he longs for warmth; and (the disease) grows worse with clouds, water, cold, easterly winds, and phlegm-producing things.
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GaP 1 150.11
स याप्यस्तमकः साध्यो नरस्य बलिनो भवेत् । ज्वरमूर्छावतः सीतैर्न शाम्येत्प्रथमस्तु सः
sa yāpyastamakaḥ sādhyo narasya balino bhavet / jvaramūrchāvataḥ sītairna śāmyetprathamastu saḥ
That tamaka (form) is (only) to be palliated; in a strong man it is curable. In one who has fever and fainting it will not be quieted by cold measures — but that (other) one is the first (i.e. the primary type).
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GaP 1 150.12
कासश्वसितवच्छीर्णमर्मच्छेदरुजार्दितः । सस्वेदमूर्छः सानाहो बस्तिदाहविबोधवान्
kāsaśvasitavacchīrṇamarmacchedarujārditaḥ / sasvedamūrchaḥ sānāho bastidāhavibodhavān
As in cough and dyspnoea, he is tormented by pains as though his vital points were being crushed and cut; he has sweating and fainting, abdominal distension, and burning of the bladder together with (constant) wakefulness.
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GaP 1 150.13
अधोदृष्टिः शुताक्षस्तु स्निह्यद्रक्तैकलोचनः । शुष्कास्यः प्रलपन्दीनो नष्टच्छायो विचेतनः
adhodṛṣṭiḥ śutākṣastu snihyadraktaikalocanaḥ / śuṣkāsyaḥ pralapandīno naṣṭacchāyo vicetanaḥ
His gaze is downcast, his eyes are (swollen); one eye is oily and red; his mouth is dry, he raves, is wretched, his complexion is lost, he is senseless;
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GaP 1 150.14
महातामहता दीनो नादेन श्वसिति क्रथन् । उद्धूयमानः संरब्धो मत्तर्षभ इवानिशम्
mahātāmahatā dīno nādena śvasiti krathan / uddhūyamānaḥ saṃrabdho mattarṣabha ivāniśam
wretched, overcome by great darkness (of mind), he breathes with a loud noise, groaning; shaken about and agitated, like a rutting bull, without cease;
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GaP 1 150.15
प्रनष्टज्ञानविज्ञानो विभ्रान्तनयनाननः । नेत्रे समाक्षिपन्बद्धमूत्रवर्चा विशीर्णवाक्
pranaṣṭajñānavijñāno vibhrāntanayanānanaḥ / netre samākṣipanbaddhamūtravarcā viśīrṇavāk
his awareness and discernment gone, his eyes and face distracted, rolling his eyes about, his urine and stool blocked, his speech broken up;
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GaP 1 150.16
शुष्ककण्ठो मुहुश्चैव कर्णशङ्खाशिरो ऽतिरुक् । यो दीर्घमुच्छ्वसित्यूर्ध्वं न च प्रत्याहरत्यधः
śuṣkakaṇṭho muhuścaiva karṇaśaṅkhāśiro 'tiruk / yo dīrghamucchvasityūrdhvaṃ na ca pratyāharatyadhaḥ
with dry throat, and again and again with extreme pain in the ears, temples and head; he who breathes out long upward and does not draw (the breath) back down;
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GaP 1 150.17
श्लेष्मावृतमुखश्रोत्रः क्रुद्धगन्धवहार्दितः । ऊर्ध्वं समीक्षते भ्रान्तमक्षिणी परितः क्षिपन्
śleṣmāvṛtamukhaśrotraḥ kruddhagandhavahārditaḥ / ūrdhvaṃ samīkṣate bhrāntamakṣiṇī paritaḥ kṣipan
with mouth and ears blocked by phlegm, afflicted by the angered wind-bearer (breath), he stares upward in confusion, casting his eyes all around;
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GaP 1 150.18
मर्मसु च्छिद्यमानेषु परिदेवी निरुद्धवाक् । एते सिध्येयुरव्यक्ताः व्यक्ताः प्राणहरा ध्रुवम्
marmasu cchidyamāneṣu paridevī niruddhavāk / ete sidhyeyuravyaktāḥ vyaktāḥ prāṇaharā dhruvam
lamenting, his speech obstructed, while his vital points are as if being cut — these (signs), while still unmanifest, may be got over; manifest, they certainly carry off the life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain