Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 152
GaP 1 152.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १५२ धन्वन्तरिरुवाच । अथातो यक्ष्मरोगस्य निदानं प्रवदाम्यहम् । अनेकरोगानुगतो बहुरोगपुरोगमः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 152 dhanvantariruvāca / athāto yakṣmarogasya nidānaṃ pravadāmyaham / anekarogānugato bahurogapurogamaḥ
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 152. Dhanvantari said: Now, next, I shall declare the causation of the disease yakṣman, which follows upon many diseases and goes before many diseases.
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GaP 1 152.2
राजयक्ष्मा क्षयः शोषो रोगराडिति कथ्यते । नक्षत्राणां द्विजानाञ्च राज्ञो ऽभूद्यदयं पुरा
rājayakṣmā kṣayaḥ śoṣo rogarāḍiti kathyate / nakṣatrāṇāṃ dvijānāñca rājño 'bhūdyadayaṃ purā
It is called rājayakṣmā, kṣaya, śoṣa, and "king of diseases," because formerly this (disease) befell the king of the lunar mansions and of the twice-born (i.e. the moon).
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GaP 1 152.3
यच्च राजा च यक्ष्मा च राजयक्ष्मा ततो मतः । देहौषधक्षयकृतेः क्षयस्तत्सम्भवाच्च सः
yacca rājā ca yakṣmā ca rājayakṣmā tato mataḥ / dehauṣadhakṣayakṛteḥ kṣayastatsambhavācca saḥ
And since it is both "king" and "yakṣman," it is therefore held to be rājayakṣmā; from its causing the wasting of the body and of medicines it is kṣaya, and it is so from its origin in that.
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GaP 1 152.4
रसादिशोषणाच्छोषो रोगराडिति राजवत् । साहसं वेगसंरोधः शुक्रौजः स्नेहसंक्षयः
rasādiśoṣaṇācchoṣo rogarāḍiti rājavat / sāhasaṃ vegasaṃrodhaḥ śukraujaḥ snehasaṃkṣayaḥ
From its drying up the rasa and the rest it is śoṣa; and it is "king of diseases" because it acts like a king. Rash over-exertion, suppression of the natural urges, the wasting away of semen, vital essence and the unctuous elements,
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GaP 1 152.5
अन्नपानविधित्यागश्चत्वारस्तस्यहेतवः । तैरुदीर्णो ऽनिलः पित्तं व्यर्थं चोदीर्य सर्वतः
annapānavidhityāgaścatvārastasyahetavaḥ / tairudīrṇo 'nilaḥ pittaṃ vyarthaṃ codīrya sarvataḥ
and the abandoning of the regimen of food and drink: these are its four causes. Roused by them, wind, having stirred up bile everywhere to no purpose,
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GaP 1 152.6
शरिरसन्धिमाविश्य ताः शिराः प्रतिपीडयन् । मुखानि स्रोतसां रुद्ध्वा तथैवातिविसृज्य वा
śarirasandhimāviśya tāḥ śirāḥ pratipīḍayan / mukhāni srotasāṃ ruddhvā tathaivātivisṛjya vā
and having entered the joints of the body, pressing hard upon those vessels, blocking the mouths of the channels or likewise letting them discharge too much,
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GaP 1 152.7
मध्यमूर्ध्वमधस्तिर्यगव्यथां सञ्जनयेद्धृदः । रूपं भविष्यतस्तस्य प्रतिश्यायो भृशं ज्वरः
madhyamūrdhvamadhastiryagavyathāṃ sañjanayeddhṛdaḥ / rūpaṃ bhaviṣyatastasya pratiśyāyo bhṛśaṃ jvaraḥ
would generate pain of the heart in the middle, above, below and crosswise. The sign of its coming on is: catarrh, high fever,
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GaP 1 152.8
प्रसेको मुखमाधुर्यं मार्दवं वह्निदे हयोः । लौल्यभावो ऽन्नपानादौ शुचावशुचिवीक्षणम्
praseko mukhamādhuryaṃ mārdavaṃ vahnide hayoḥ / laulyabhāvo 'nnapānādau śucāvaśucivīkṣaṇam
salivation, sweetness in the mouth, weakness of the digestive fire and of the body, greediness for food and drink and the like, seeing the impure in what is pure,
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GaP 1 152.9
मक्षिकातृणकेशादिपातः प्रायो ऽन्नपानयोः । हृल्लासश्छर्दिररुचिरस्नाते ऽपि बलक्षयः
makṣikātṛṇakeśādipātaḥ prāyo 'nnapānayoḥ / hṛllāsaśchardirarucirasnāte 'pi balakṣayaḥ
the falling of flies, grass, hairs and the like commonly into food and drink, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, loss of strength even when unbathed,
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GaP 1 152.10
पाण्योरुवक्षः पादास्यकुक्ष्यक्ष्णोरतिशुक्लता । बाह्वोः प्रतोदो जिह्वायाः काये बैभत्स्यदर्शनम्
pāṇyoruvakṣaḥ pādāsyakukṣyakṣṇoratiśuklatā / bāhvoḥ pratodo jihvāyāḥ kāye baibhatsyadarśanam
excessive whiteness of the hands, thighs, chest, feet, face, belly and eyes, a pricking in the arms and in the tongue, seeing the body as loathsome,
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GaP 1 152.11
स्त्रीमद्यमांसप्रियता घृणिता मूर्धगुण्ठनम् । नखकेशास्थिवृद्धिश्च स्वप्ने चाभिभवो भवेत्
strīmadyamāṃsapriyatā ghṛṇitā mūrdhaguṇṭhanam / nakhakeśāsthivṛddhiśca svapne cābhibhavo bhavet
fondness for women, wine and meat, disgust, muffling of the head, growth of nails, hair and bones, and in dream there occurs being overpowered,
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GaP 1 152.12
पतनं कृकलासाहिकपिश्वापदपक्षिभिः । केशास्थितुषभस्मादितरौ समधिरोहणम्
patanaṃ kṛkalāsāhikapiśvāpadapakṣibhiḥ / keśāsthituṣabhasmāditarau samadhirohaṇam
falling down together with chameleons, snakes, monkeys, wild beasts and birds, and climbing up upon (heaps of) hair, bone, husk, ashes and the like,
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GaP 1 152.13
शून्यानां ग्रामदेशानां दर्शनं शुष्यतो ऽम्भसः । ज्योतिर्दिवि दवाग्नीनां ज्वलतां च महीरुहाम्
śūnyānāṃ grāmadeśānāṃ darśanaṃ śuṣyato 'mbhasaḥ / jyotirdivi davāgnīnāṃ jvalatāṃ ca mahīruhām
the sight of empty villages and regions, of water drying up, of lights in the sky, of forest fires and of trees ablaze.
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GaP 1 152.14
पीनसश्वासकासं च स्वरमूर्धरुजो ऽरुचिः । ऊर्ध्वनिः श्वाससंशोषावधश्छर्दिश्च कोष्ठगे
pīnasaśvāsakāsaṃ ca svaramūrdharujo 'ruciḥ / ūrdhvaniḥ śvāsasaṃśoṣāvadhaśchardiśca koṣṭhage
And (there is) chronic catarrh, difficult breathing, cough, pain in the voice and the head, loss of appetite; when (the disorder) is in the upper part, laboured breathing and drying up; when in the lower part and in the trunk, vomiting;
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GaP 1 152.15
स्थिते पार्श्वे च रुग्बोधे सन्धिस्थे भवति ज्वरः । रूपाण्यैकादशैतानि जायन्ते राजयक्ष्मणः
sthite pārśve ca rugbodhe sandhisthe bhavati jvaraḥ / rūpāṇyaikādaśaitāni jāyante rājayakṣmaṇaḥ
when it is settled in the flank, there is pain and (heightened) sensation; when settled in the joints, fever arises. These eleven are the forms in which rājayakṣmā appears.
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GaP 1 152.16
तेषामुपद्रवान्विद्यात्कण्ठध्वंसकरी रुजाः । जृम्भाङ्गमर्दनिष्ठीववह्निमान्द्यास्यपूतिता
teṣāmupadravānvidyātkaṇṭhadhvaṃsakarī rujāḥ / jṛmbhāṅgamardaniṣṭhīvavahnimāndyāsyapūtitā
One should recognize their complications: pains that destroy the throat, yawning, aching of the limbs, spitting, weakness of digestion, foulness of the mouth.
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GaP 1 152.17
तत्र वाताच्छिरः पार्श्वशूलनं सांगमर्दनम् । कण्ठरोधः स्वरभ्रंशः पित्तात्पादांसपाणिषु
tatra vātācchiraḥ pārśvaśūlanaṃ sāṃgamardanam / kaṇṭharodhaḥ svarabhraṃśaḥ pittātpādāṃsapāṇiṣu
There, from wind (vāta) there is pain in the head and sides, aching all over the body, obstruction of the throat, loss of voice; from bile (pitta), in the feet, shoulders and hands—
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GaP 1 152.18
दाहो ऽतिसारो ऽसृक् छर्दिर्मुखगन्धो ज्वरो मदः । कफादरोचकच्छर्दिकासा अर्ध्वां गगौरवम्
dāho 'tisāro 'sṛk chardirmukhagandho jvaro madaḥ / kaphādarocakacchardikāsā ardhvāṃ gagauravam
—burning, diarrhoea, blood, vomiting, foul odour of the mouth, fever, intoxication; from phlegm (kapha), loss of appetite, vomiting, cough, and heaviness upward (in the upper body).
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GaP 1 152.19
प्रसेकः पीनसः श्वासः स्वरभेदो ऽल्पवह्निता । दोषैर्मन्दानलत्वेन शोथलेपकफोल्बणैः
prasekaḥ pīnasaḥ śvāsaḥ svarabhedo 'lpavahnitā / doṣairmandānalatvena śothalepakapholbaṇaiḥ
Salivation, chronic catarrh, difficult breathing, alteration of the voice, weak digestion—by the humours, through the weakness of the digestive fire, with swelling, coating (of the tongue) and phlegm predominant,
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GaP 1 152.20
स्रोतोमुखेषु रुद्धेषु धातुषु स्वल्पकेषु च । विदाहो मनसः स्थाने भवन्त्यन्ये ह्युपद्रवाः
srotomukheṣu ruddheṣu dhātuṣu svalpakeṣu ca / vidāho manasaḥ sthāne bhavantyanye hyupadravāḥ
and when the mouths of the channels are blocked and the bodily elements are much reduced, there is burning, and in the seat of the mind other complications arise.
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GaP 1 152.21
पच्यते कोष्ठ एवान्नमम्लयुक्तै रसैर्युतम् । प्रायो ऽस्य क्षयभागानां नैवान्नं चाङ्गपुष्टये
pacyate koṣṭha evānnamamlayuktai rasairyutam / prāyo 'sya kṣayabhāgānāṃ naivānnaṃ cāṅgapuṣṭaye
The food is digested only in the abdomen, mixed with juices that have turned sour; for the most part, in one who has these wasting conditions, the food does not serve to nourish the body.
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GaP 1 152.22
रसो ह्यस्य न रक्ताय मांसाय कुरुते तु तत् । उपष्टब्धः समन्ताच्च केवलं वर्तते क्षयी
raso hyasya na raktāya māṃsāya kurute tu tat / upaṣṭabdhaḥ samantācca kevalaṃ vartate kṣayī
For his nutrient juice (rasa) does not go to make blood, nor does it make flesh; propped up on all sides, the consumptive merely goes on existing.
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GaP 1 152.23
लिङ्गेष्वल्पेष्वतिक्षीणं व्याधौ षट्करणक्षयम् । वर्जयेत्साधयेदेव सर्वेष्वपि ततो ऽन्यथा
liṅgeṣvalpeṣvatikṣīṇaṃ vyādhau ṣaṭkaraṇakṣayam / varjayetsādhayedeva sarveṣvapi tato 'nyathā
When the signs are few, one greatly emaciated in the disease, with wasting of the six components—(the physician) should refuse (him); but in all (other) cases he should indeed treat, otherwise than that.
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GaP 1 152.24
दोषैर्व्यस्तैः समस्तैश्च क्षयात्सर्वस्य मेदसः । स्वरभेदो भवेत्तस्य क्षामो रूक्षश्चलः स्वरः
doṣairvyastaiḥ samastaiśca kṣayātsarvasya medasaḥ / svarabhedo bhavettasya kṣāmo rūkṣaścalaḥ svaraḥ
By the humours singly and together, and from the wasting of all the fat, alteration of the voice occurs in him: his voice is feeble, dry, and unsteady.
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GaP 1 152.25
शुकवर्णाभकण्ठत्वं स्निग्धोष्णोपशमो ऽनिलात् । पित्तात्तालुगले दाहः शोषो भवति सन्ततम्
śukavarṇābhakaṇṭhatvaṃ snigdhoṣṇopaśamo 'nilāt / pittāttālugale dāhaḥ śoṣo bhavati santatam
From wind: the throat has the colour of a parrot('s), and there is relief from unctuous and hot (measures); from bile: burning in the palate and throat, and there is continual dryness.
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GaP 1 152.26
लिम्पन्निव कफैः कण्ठं मुखं घुरघुरायते । स्वयं विरुद्धैः सर्वैस्तु सर्वालिङ्गैः क्षयो भवेत्
limpanniva kaphaiḥ kaṇṭhaṃ mukhaṃ ghuraghurāyate / svayaṃ viruddhaiḥ sarvaistu sarvāliṅgaiḥ kṣayo bhavet
From phlegm, as though smearing the throat, the mouth makes a rattling sound; but by all (the humours) mutually opposed, with the signs of all, wasting occurs.
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GaP 1 152.27
धूमायतीव चात्यर्थमुदेति श्लेष्मलक्षणम् । कृच्छ्रसाध्याः क्षयाश्चात्र सर्वैरल्पञ्च वर्जयेत्
dhūmāyatīva cātyarthamudeti śleṣmalakṣaṇam / kṛcchrasādhyāḥ kṣayāścātra sarvairalpañca varjayet
And it fumes exceedingly, as it were; the phlegmatic sign arises. And here the wasting conditions are hard to cure, and (that caused) by all (the humours together) one should refuse—and (also) the slight one.
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