Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 157
GaP 1 157.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १५७ धन्वन्तरिरुवाच । अतीसारग्रहण्योश्च निदानं वच्मि सुश्रुत । दोषैर्व्यस्तैः समस्तैश्च भयाच्छोकाच्च षड्विधः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 157 dhanvantariruvāca / atīsāragrahaṇyośca nidānaṃ vacmi suśruta / doṣairvyastaiḥ samastaiśca bhayācchokācca ṣaḍvidhaḥ
The Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 157. Dhanvantari said: I shall state the etiology of diarrhoea and of grahaṇī (disease), Suśruta. Through the doṣas singly and all together, and through fear and through grief, it is sixfold.
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GaP 1 157.2
अतीसारः स सुतरां जायते ऽत्यम्बुपानतः । विशुष्कान्नवसास्नेहतिलपिष्टविरूढकैः
atīsāraḥ sa sutarāṃ jāyate 'tyambupānataḥ / viśuṣkānnavasāsnehatilapiṣṭavirūḍhakaiḥ
That diarrhoea arises especially from drinking too much water, from very dry food, from animal fat, oil, sesame paste and sprouted grains,
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GaP 1 157.3
मद्यरूक्षातिमात्रादिरसातिस्नेहविभ्रमात् । कृमिघोषविरोधाच्च तद्विधेः कुपितानिलः
madyarūkṣātimātrādirasātisnehavibhramāt / kṛmighoṣavirodhācca tadvidheḥ kupitānilaḥ
from wine, from excessive dryness and the rest, from derangement of the humours through excess of unctuous things, and from worms and incompatible (food); the wind of a man of that sort becomes enraged,
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GaP 1 157.4
विस्त्रंसयत्यधोवातं हत्वा तेनैव चानलम् । व्यापार्यान्नशकृत्कोष्ठपुरीषद्रवतादयः
vistraṃsayatyadhovātaṃ hatvā tenaiva cānalam / vyāpāryānnaśakṛtkoṣṭhapurīṣadravatādayaḥ
and it loosens the downward wind, and by that very (act) destroys the digestive fire; and having deranged the food, the stool and the bowels, liquidity of the faeces and the rest
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GaP 1 157.5
प्रकल्पते ऽतीसारस्य लक्षणं तस्य भाविनः । भेदो हृद्गुदकोष्ठेषु गात्रस्वेदो मलग्रहः
prakalpate 'tīsārasya lakṣaṇaṃ tasya bhāvinaḥ / bhedo hṛdgudakoṣṭheṣu gātrasvedo malagrahaḥ
comes about. The sign of impending diarrhoea in him (is): a splitting (pain) in the heart, anus and bowels, sweating of the body, retention of stool,
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GaP 1 157.6
आध्मानमविपाकश्च तत्र वातेन विज्वरम् । अल्पाल्पं शब्दशून्याढ्यं विरु (ब)द्धमुपवेश्यते
ādhmānamavipākaśca tatra vātena vijvaram / alpālpaṃ śabdaśūnyāḍhyaṃ viru (ba)ddhamupaveśyate
Distension and indigestion (occur) there; in the case of (diarrhoea) from wind, without fever: little by little, soundless (?) and copious, obstructed (stool) is passed.
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GaP 1 157.7
रूक्षं सफेनमच्छं च गृहीतं व मुहुर्मुहुः । तथादग्धगदाभासं पिच्छिलं परिकर्तयन्
rūkṣaṃ saphenamacchaṃ ca gṛhītaṃ va muhurmuhuḥ / tathādagdhagadābhāsaṃ picchilaṃ parikartayan
(The stool is) dry, frothy, and clear, seized (i.e. passed with straining) again and again; and it looks like an unburnt (?) preparation, slimy, cutting (the bowels) as it were.
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GaP 1 157.8
सशुष्कभ्रष्टपायुश्च हृष्टरोमा विनिश्वसन् । पित्तेन पीतमशितं हारिद्रं शाद्वलप्रभम्
saśuṣkabhraṣṭapāyuśca hṛṣṭaromā viniśvasan / pittena pītamaśitaṃ hāridraṃ śādvalaprabham
And (he has) a dry, prolapsed anus, his hair bristling, breathing hard. Through bile (the stool passed is) yellow, blackish (?), turmeric-coloured, of the hue of green grass.
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GaP 1 157.9
सरक्तमतिदुर्गन्धं तृण्मूर्छास्वेददाहवान् । सशूलपायुसन्तापपाकवाञ्छ्लेष्मणा घनम्
saraktamatidurgandhaṃ tṛṇmūrchāsvedadāhavān / saśūlapāyusantāpapākavāñchleṣmaṇā ghanam
(The stool is) with blood, extremely foul-smelling; (he) has thirst, fainting, sweating and burning, with colic, and burning, and suppuration of the anus. Through phlegm (the stool is) thick,
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GaP 1 157.10
पिच्छिलं तत्रानुसारमल्पाल्पं सप्रवाहिकम् । सरोमहर्पः सेक्लेशो गुरुबस्तिगुदोदरः
picchilaṃ tatrānusāramalpālpaṃ sapravāhikam / saromaharpaḥ sekleśo gurubastigudodaraḥ
slimy; there (the passing is) little by little, in succession, with straining; (he has) horripilation, distress, and heaviness of the bladder, anus and belly.
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GaP 1 157.11
कृते ऽप्यकृतसङ्गश्च सर्वात्मा सर्वलक्षणः । भयेन क्षुभिते चित्ते शायिते द्रावयेत्स (च्छ) कृत्
kṛte 'pyakṛtasaṅgaśca sarvātmā sarvalakṣaṇaḥ / bhayena kṣubhite citte śāyite drāvayetsa (ccha) kṛt
And even when (the stool) has been passed, (he feels) it has not been passed; (the disorder) involving all (doṣas) has all the signs. When the mind is agitated by fear, and (the patient) is laid down, he passes stool in a flux.
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GaP 1 157.12
वायुस्ततो निवार्येत क्षिप्रमुष्णं द्रवं प्लवम् । वातपित्ते समं लिङ्गमाहुस्तद्वच्च शोकतः
vāyustato nivāryeta kṣipramuṣṇaṃ dravaṃ plavam / vātapitte samaṃ liṅgamāhustadvacca śokataḥ
Then the wind should be checked; (the stool is) quickly (passed), hot, liquid, floating. In (diarrhoea) from wind and bile they declare the sign to be the same, and likewise (in that arising) from grief.
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GaP 1 157.13
अतीसारः समासेन द्वेधा सामो निरामकः । सासृग्जातं रसद्रोगो गौरवादप्सु मुञ्चति? । शकृद्दुर्गन्धमाटोपविष्टम्भार्तिप्रसेकिनः
atīsāraḥ samāsena dvedhā sāmo nirāmakaḥ / sāsṛgjātaṃ rasadrogo gauravādapsu muñcati? / śakṛddurgandhamāṭopaviṣṭambhārtiprasekinaḥ
In brief, diarrhoea is of two kinds: with āma (undigested matter) and without āma. (Stool) arisen with blood, in the disease of the rasa, sinks in water because of its heaviness; (the patient has) foul-smelling stool, flatulent distension, constipation, pain, and salivation.
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GaP 1 157.14
विपरीतो निरामस्तु कफात्को ऽपि न मज्जति । अतीसारेषु यो नाति यत्नवान् ग्रहणीगदः
viparīto nirāmastu kaphātko 'pi na majjati / atīsāreṣu yo nāti yatnavān grahaṇīgadaḥ
The āma-free (kind) is the opposite; but that from phlegm too does not sink. He who is not very diligent in (treating) diarrhoeas (gets) the disease of the grahaṇī (duodenum).
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GaP 1 157.15
तस्य स्यादग्निनिर्वाणकार्यैरत्यर्थसञ्चितैः । सामं शकृन्निरामं वा जीर्णं येनातिसार्यते
tasya syādagninirvāṇakāryairatyarthasañcitaiḥ / sāmaṃ śakṛnnirāmaṃ vā jīrṇaṃ yenātisāryate
For him it would arise through causes that extinguish the digestive fire, when these are excessively accumulated; (that condition) by which stool, whether with āma or free of āma, or digested, is passed as diarrhoea—
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GaP 1 157.16
सो ऽतिसारो ऽतिसरणा दाशुकारीः स्वभावतः । सामंशीर्णमजीर्णेन जीर्णे पक्वं तु नैव च
so 'tisāro 'tisaraṇā dāśukārīḥ svabhāvataḥ / sāmaṃśīrṇamajīrṇena jīrṇe pakvaṃ tu naiva ca
that is diarrhoea, from its running out; it is by nature quick to act (?). (Stool) with āma is broken down by indigestion, but when (food) is digested it is not (passed) cooked.
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GaP 1 157.17
चिरकृद् ग्रहणीदोषः सञ्चयांश्चोपवेशयेत् । अकस्माद्वारसुर्वेधमकस्मात्सन्धिनीमुहुः? । स चतुर्धा पृथग्दोषैः सन्निपाताच्च जायते
cirakṛd grahaṇīdoṣaḥ sañcayāṃścopaveśayet / akasmādvārasurvedhamakasmātsandhinīmuhuḥ? / sa caturdhā pṛthagdoṣaiḥ sannipātācca jāyate
Long-lasting, the disorder of the grahaṇī also makes one pass accumulations; suddenly ... (corrupt) ... again and again. It arises in four ways, from the doṣas separately and from their combination.
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GaP 1 157.18
प्राग्रूपाङ्गस्य सदनं चिरात्पवन अल्पकः । प्रसेको वक्त्रवैरस्यमरुचिस्तृट्श्रमोभ्रमः
prāgrūpāṅgasya sadanaṃ cirātpavana alpakaḥ / praseko vaktravairasyamarucistṛṭśramobhramaḥ
Its premonitory signs are: exhaustion of the body, (digestion) after a long time, weak wind (or: little digestive power), salivation, bad taste in the mouth, loss of appetite, thirst, fatigue, dizziness,
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GaP 1 157.19
आब (न) द्धोदरता छर्दिः कर्णके ऽप्यनुकूजकम् । सामान्यलक्षणं कार्श्यं वमक स्तमको ज्वरः
āba (na) ddhodaratā chardiḥ karṇake 'pyanukūjakam / sāmānyalakṣaṇaṃ kārśyaṃ vamaka stamako jvaraḥ
a bound-up (distended) belly, vomiting, and a rumbling even in the ear (?). The general signs are emaciation, vomiting, dyspnoea, fever,
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GaP 1 157.20
मूर्छा शिरोरुविष्टम्भः श्वयथुः करपादयोः । तन्द्रानिलात्तालुशोषस्तिमिरं कर्णयोः स्वनः
mūrchā śiroruviṣṭambhaḥ śvayathuḥ karapādayoḥ / tandrānilāttāluśoṣastimiraṃ karṇayoḥ svanaḥ
fainting, headache, constipation, swelling of the hands and feet, drowsiness, dryness of the palate from wind, darkening of vision, ringing in the ears,
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GaP 1 157.21
पार्श्वोरुवङ्क्षणग्रीवारुजा तीक्ष्णविषूचिका । रुग्णेषु वृद्धिः सर्वषु क्षुत्तृष्णापरिहर्त्रिका
pārśvoruvaṅkṣaṇagrīvārujā tīkṣṇaviṣūcikā / rugṇeṣu vṛddhiḥ sarvaṣu kṣuttṛṣṇāparihartrikā
pain in the flanks, thighs, groins and neck, severe cholera-like colic; increase in all the painful (symptoms), and hunger and thirst that are hard to remove.
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GaP 1 157.22
जीर्णेजीर्यति चाध्मानं भुक्ते स्वास्थ्यं समश्नुते । वाताद्धृद्रोगगुल्मार्शःप्लीहपाण्डुरशङ्किताः
jīrṇejīryati cādhmānaṃ bhukte svāsthyaṃ samaśnute / vātāddhṛdrogagulmārśaḥplīhapāṇḍuraśaṅkitāḥ
And when the digested (food) is being digested there is distension, while on having eaten he attains ease. From wind (arise conditions) mistaken for heart disease, abdominal tumour, piles, spleen disorder, and anaemia.
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GaP 1 157.23
चिराद्दुः खं द्रवं शुष्कं तुन्दारं शब्दफेनवत् । पुनः पुनः सृजेद्वर्चं पायुरुच्छ्वासकासवान्
cirādduḥ khaṃ dravaṃ śuṣkaṃ tundāraṃ śabdaphenavat / punaḥ punaḥ sṛjedvarcaṃ pāyurucchvāsakāsavān
After a long time (he passes stool) with difficulty—liquid, dry, distending the belly (?), with sound and froth; again and again he passes stool, with (pain in) the anus, panting and coughing.
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GaP 1 157.24
पीतेन पीतनीलाभं पीताभं सृजति द्रवम् । पूत्यम्लोद्गारहृत्कण्ठदाहारुचितृडर्दितः
pītena pītanīlābhaṃ pītābhaṃ sṛjati dravam / pūtyamlodgārahṛtkaṇṭhadāhārucitṛḍarditaḥ
By bile (the stool is) yellow-blue in appearance; he passes liquid (stool) of yellow hue, afflicted by putrid and sour eructations, burning in the heart and throat, loss of appetite, and thirst.
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GaP 1 157.25
श्लेष्मणा पच्यते दुःखे मनश्छर्दिररोचकः । आस्योपदाहनिष्ठीवकासहृल्लासपीनसाः
śleṣmaṇā pacyate duḥkhe manaśchardirarocakaḥ / āsyopadāhaniṣṭhīvakāsahṛllāsapīnasāḥ
By phlegm (the food) is digested with difficulty; (there is) nausea (?), vomiting, loss of appetite, burning in the mouth, spitting, cough, nausea of the heart, and coryza.
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GaP 1 157.26
हृदयं मन्यते स्त्यानमुदरं स्तिमितं गुरु । उद्गारो दुष्टमधुरः सदनं सप्रहर्षणम्
hṛdayaṃ manyate styānamudaraṃ stimitaṃ guru / udgāro duṣṭamadhuraḥ sadanaṃ sapraharṣaṇam
The heart feels sluggish (as if congealed), the belly feels stiff, damp and heavy; belching is foul and sweet(ish); there is exhaustion together with horripilation.
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GaP 1 157.27
सम्भिन्नश्लेष्मसंश्लिष्टगुरुचाम्लैः (वर्चः) प्रवर्तचम् । अकृशस्यापि दौर्बल्यं सर्वजे सर्वदर्शनम्
sambhinnaśleṣmasaṃśliṣṭagurucāmlaiḥ (varcaḥ) pravartacam / akṛśasyāpi daurbalyaṃ sarvaje sarvadarśanam
The stool passes broken up, mixed with phlegm, heavy and sour; even in one who is not emaciated there is weakness. In the (doṣa) affecting all, all the signs appear.
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GaP 1 157.28
विभागे ऽङ्गस्य ये प्रोक्ता पिपासाद्यास्त्रयो मलाः । ते ऽप्यस्य ग्रहणीदोषाः समन्तेष्वस्ति कारणम्
vibhāge 'ṅgasya ye proktā pipāsādyāstrayo malāḥ / te 'pyasya grahaṇīdoṣāḥ samanteṣvasti kāraṇam
The three impurities beginning with thirst which were declared in the division of the body—these too are disorders of the grahaṇī (digestive organ); in all (of them) there is a cause.
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GaP 1 157.29
वातव्याध्यश्मरीकुष्ठमेहोदरभगन्दरम् । अर्शांसि ग्रहणीत्यष्टौ महारोगाः सुदुस्तराः
vātavyādhyaśmarīkuṣṭhamehodarabhagandaram / arśāṃsi grahaṇītyaṣṭau mahārogāḥ sudustarāḥ
Wind-diseases, stone, leprosy, urinary disease (meha), abdominal enlargement, fistula-in-ano, piles, and grahaṇī—these eight are the great diseases, very hard to cure.
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