Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 158

GaP 1 158.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १५८ धन्वन्तरिरुवाच । अथातो मूत्रघातस्य निदानं शृणु सुश्रुत । बस्तिबस्तिशिरोमेढ्रकटीवृषणपायु च

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 158 dhanvantariruvāca / athāto mūtraghātasya nidānaṃ śṛṇu suśruta / bastibastiśiromeḍhrakaṭīvṛṣaṇapāyu ca

The Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 158. Dhanvantari said: Now hear, Suśruta, the etiology of urinary obstruction. The bladder, the neck of the bladder, the penis, the waist, the testicles, and the anus—

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GaP 1 158.2

एकसंवहनाः प्रोक्ता गुदास्थिविवराश्रयाः । अधोमुखो ऽपि बस्तिर्हि मूत्रवाहिशिरामुखैः

ekasaṃvahanāḥ proktā gudāsthivivarāśrayāḥ / adhomukho 'pi bastirhi mūtravāhiśirāmukhaiḥ

these are said to be borne together as one, having their seat in the cavity of the anal bone; and the bladder, though facing downward, (is filled) through the mouths of the urine-carrying vessels,

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GaP 1 158.3

पार्श्वेभ्यः पूर्यते श्लक्ष्णै (सूक्ष्मैः) स्यन्दमानैरनारतम् । तैस्तैरेव प्रविश्यैवन्दोषान्कुवन्ति विंशतिम्

pārśvebhyaḥ pūryate ślakṣṇai (sūkṣmaiḥ) syandamānairanāratam / taistaireva praviśyaivandoṣānkuvanti viṃśatim

it is filled from the sides by fine (subtle) ones flowing without cease; and entering by just those (channels), (the doṣas) produce twenty disorders.

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GaP 1 158.4

मूत्राघातः प्रमेहश्च कृच्छ्रान्मर्म समाश्रयेत् । बस्तिवङ्क्षणमेढ्रार्तियुक्तोल्पाल्पं मुहुर्मुहुः

mūtrāghātaḥ pramehaśca kṛcchrānmarma samāśrayet / bastivaṅkṣaṇameḍhrārtiyuktolpālpaṃ muhurmuhuḥ

Urinary obstruction and (excessive) urination may, from the difficulty (of passing urine), settle in a vital part; (the urine comes) little by little again and again, accompanied by pain in the bladder, the groin and the penis.

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GaP 1 158.5

मूत्राण्यावातजे कृच्छ्रपीत्ते पीतं सदाहरुक् । रक्तं वा कफजो बस्तिमेढ्रगौरवशोथवान्

mūtrāṇyāvātaje kṛcchrapītte pītaṃ sadāharuk / raktaṃ vā kaphajo bastimeḍhragauravaśothavān

In the wind-born (type) urine (passes) with difficulty; in the bilious it is yellow and always with burning pain, or bloody; the phlegm-born (type) has heaviness and swelling of the bladder and penis,

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GaP 1 158.6

सपिच्छं सनिरुद्धं च सर्वैः सर्वात्मकं मलैः । यदा वायुर्मुखं बस्तेर्व्यावर्त्य पारिशोषयन्

sapicchaṃ saniruddhaṃ ca sarvaiḥ sarvātmakaṃ malaiḥ / yadā vāyurmukhaṃ bastervyāvartya pāriśoṣayan

with mucus and obstructed; and (the type) arising from all the doṣas has the nature of all. When the wind, turning back the mouth of the bladder, dries up

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GaP 1 158.7

मूत्रं सपित्तं सकफं सशुक्रं वा तदा क्रमात् । संजायते ऽश्मरी घोरा पित्तं गोरिव रोचना

mūtraṃ sapittaṃ sakaphaṃ saśukraṃ vā tadā kramāt / saṃjāyate 'śmarī ghorā pittaṃ goriva rocanā

the urine, together with bile, with phlegm, or with semen, then, in due order, a dreadful stone is formed, as the bile of a cow (becomes) rocanā.

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GaP 1 158.8

श्लेष्माश्रया च सर्वा स्यादथास्याः पूर्वलक्षणम् । बस्त्याध्मानं तदासन्नदेशोहि परितो ऽतिरुक्

śleṣmāśrayā ca sarvā syādathāsyāḥ pūrvalakṣaṇam / bastyādhmānaṃ tadāsannadeśohi parito 'tiruk

And every (stone) has phlegm as its base. Now its premonitory signs: distension of the bladder, and severe pain all around in the region adjacent to it,

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GaP 1 158.9

बस्तौ च मूत्रसङ्गित्वं मूत्रकृच्छ्रं ज्वरो ऽरुचिः । सामान्यलिङ्गं रुङ्नाभिसीवनीबस्तिमूर्धसु

bastau ca mūtrasaṅgitvaṃ mūtrakṛcchraṃ jvaro 'ruciḥ / sāmānyaliṅgaṃ ruṅnābhisīvanībastimūrdhasu

and retention of urine in the bladder, difficult urination, fever, loss of appetite. The general sign is pain in the navel, the perineum (raphe), and the neck of the bladder;

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GaP 1 158.10

विस्तीर्णवा सं मूत्रं स्यात्तथा मार्गनिरोधने । बद्धं बद्ध्वा सुखं मेहेदच्छं गोमेदकोपमम्

vistīrṇavā saṃ mūtraṃ syāttathā mārganirodhane / baddhaṃ baddhvā sukhaṃ mehedacchaṃ gomedakopamam

the urine may be (passed) broken up (or in a broad stream), and likewise when the passage is blocked; being obstructed it stops, and (then) he urinates comfortably, (the urine) clear, like a gomedaka gem.

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GaP 1 158.11

तत्संक्षोभाद्भवेत्सासृङ्मांसमध्वनि रुग्भवेत् । तत्र बाताभिसृत्यार्तोदन्तान् खादति वेपते

tatsaṃkṣobhādbhavetsāsṛṅmāṃsamadhvani rugbhavet / tatra bātābhisṛtyārtodantān khādati vepate

From agitation of it (the stone) the urine becomes bloody and fleshy, and there is pain in the passage. There, the sufferer afflicted by wind grinds his teeth and trembles,

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GaP 1 158.12

गृह्णाति मेहनं नाभिं पीडयत्यतिलक्षणम् । सानिलं मुञ्चति शकृन्मुहुर्मेहति बिन्दुशः

gṛhṇāti mehanaṃ nābhiṃ pīḍayatyatilakṣaṇam / sānilaṃ muñcati śakṛnmuhurmehati binduśaḥ

he grasps his penis, presses his navel—an extreme sign; he passes stool with wind, and urinates again and again drop by drop.

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GaP 1 158.13

श्यामरूक्षाश्मरी चास्य स्याच्चिता कण्टकैरिव । पित्तेन दह्यते बस्तिः पच्यमान इवोष्णवान्

śyāmarūkṣāśmarī cāsya syāccitā kaṇṭakairiva / pittena dahyate bastiḥ pacyamāna ivoṣṇavān

And his stone is dark and rough, as if studded with thorns. Through bile the bladder burns, hot, as if being cooked;

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GaP 1 158.14

भल्लातकास्थिसंस्थाना रक्ता पीता सिताश्मरा । बस्तिर्निस्तुद्यत इव श्लेष्मणा शीतलो गुरुः

bhallātakāsthisaṃsthānā raktā pītā sitāśmarā / bastirnistudyata iva śleṣmaṇā śītalo guruḥ

the stone is shaped like a bhallātaka seed, red, yellow, or white. The bladder feels as if pricked; through phlegm it is cold and heavy,

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GaP 1 158.15

अश्मरी महती श्लक्ष्णा मधुवर्णाथ वा सिता । एता भवन्ति बालनां तेषामेव च भूयसाम्

aśmarī mahatī ślakṣṇā madhuvarṇātha vā sitā / etā bhavanti bālanāṃ teṣāmeva ca bhūyasām

and the stone is large, smooth, honey-coloured or else white. These occur in children, and (occur) in them most of all,

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GaP 1 158.16

आशयोपचयाल्पत्वाद्गहणाहरणे सुखी । सुक्राश्मरी तु महती जायते शुक्रधारणात्

āśayopacayālpatvādgahaṇāharaṇe sukhī / sukrāśmarī tu mahatī jāyate śukradhāraṇāt

and because of the smallness of the receptacle('s bulk) (the stone) is easy to extract by seizing it. But the semen-stone, which is large, arises from the retention of semen.

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GaP 1 158.17

स्थानच्युतमभुक्तं वा अण्डयोरन्तरे ऽनिलः । शोषयत्युपसंगृह्य शुक्रं तच्छुक्रमश्मरी

sthānacyutamabhuktaṃ vā aṇḍayorantare 'nilaḥ / śoṣayatyupasaṃgṛhya śukraṃ tacchukramaśmarī

When semen has slipped from its place, or has not been ejaculated, the wind, gathering it up in the space between the two testicles, dries it out: that (dried semen) is the semen-stone (śukrāśmarī).

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GaP 1 158.18

बस्तिरुक्कृच्छ्रमूत्रत्वं शुक्ला श्वयथुकारिणी । तस्यामुत्पन्नमात्रायां शुष्कमेत्य विलीयते

bastirukkṛcchramūtratvaṃ śuklā śvayathukāriṇī / tasyāmutpannamātrāyāṃ śuṣkametya vilīyate

(It causes) pain in the bladder, difficulty in passing urine; it is white and produces swelling. When it has only just arisen, it becomes dry and dissolves away.

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GaP 1 158.19

पीडिते ज्वरकासे ऽस्मिन्नश्मर्येव च शर्करा । असौ वा वायुना भिन्ना सा त्वस्मिन्नमुलोमगे

pīḍite jvarakāse 'sminnaśmaryeva ca śarkarā / asau vā vāyunā bhinnā sā tvasminnamulomage

When this (stone) is pressed, there is fever and cough; and gravel (śarkarā) is just like a stone. Or else this (stone), broken up by the wind — but when (the wind) moves in the natural downward direction, that (gravel)

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GaP 1 158.20

निरेति सह मूत्रेण प्रतिलोमे विपच्यते । मूत्रसंधारणं कुर्यात्क्रुद्धो बस्तेर्मुखे मरुत्

nireti saha mūtreṇa pratilome vipacyate / mūtrasaṃdhāraṇaṃ kuryātkruddho bastermukhe marut

comes out together with the urine; but when (the wind moves) in the contrary direction it is (further) matured within. The wind, angered at the mouth of the bladder, causes retention of urine.

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GaP 1 158.21

मूत्रसङ्गं रुजं कण्डूं कदाचिच्च सुवामतः । प्रच्छाद्य बस्तिमुद्धृत्य गर्मान्तं स्थूलविप्लुताम्

mūtrasaṅgaṃ rujaṃ kaṇḍūṃ kadācicca suvāmataḥ / pracchādya bastimuddhṛtya garmāntaṃ sthūlaviplutām

(It causes) obstruction of urine, pain, itching, and sometimes ... ; covering over the bladder and drawing it up, (it makes it?) coarse and slack up to its end,

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GaP 1 158.22

करोति तत्र रुग्दाहं स्पन्दनोद्वेष्टनानि च । बिन्दुशश्च प्रवर्तेत मूत्रं बस्तौ तु पीडिते

karoti tatra rugdāhaṃ spandanodveṣṭanāni ca / binduśaśca pravarteta mūtraṃ bastau tu pīḍite

and it produces there pain and burning, throbbing and twisting; and the urine would come drop by drop when the bladder is pressed.

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GaP 1 158.23

धारावरोधश्चाप्येष वातबस्तिरिति स्मृतः । दुस्तरो दुस्तरतरो द्वितीयः प्रबलो ऽनिलः

dhārāvarodhaścāpyeṣa vātabastiriti smṛtaḥ / dustaro dustarataro dvitīyaḥ prabalo 'nilaḥ

And this blocking of the stream is known as vātabasti. It is hard to overcome; the second, in which the wind is strong, is harder still.

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GaP 1 158.24

शकृप्मार्गस्य बस्तेश्च वायुरन्तरमाश्रितः । अष्ठीलाभं घनं ग्रन्थिं करोत्यच (ब) लमुन्नतम्

śakṛpmārgasya basteśca vāyurantaramāśritaḥ / aṣṭhīlābhaṃ ghanaṃ granthiṃ karotyaca (ba) lamunnatam

The wind, having settled in the space between the faecal passage and the bladder, makes a hard, raised swelling resembling a round stone.

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GaP 1 158.25

वाताष्ठीलेति सात्मानं विष्णूत्रानिल (ति) सर्गकृत् । विगुणः कुण्डलीभूतो बस्तौ तीव्रव्यथोनिलः

vātāṣṭhīleti sātmānaṃ viṣṇūtrānila (ti) sargakṛt / viguṇaḥ kuṇḍalībhūto bastau tīvravyathonilaḥ

That (swelling) is called vātāṣṭhīlā; it obstructs the discharge of faeces, urine and wind. When the wind, having gone wrong and become coiled up, is in the bladder with severe pain,

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GaP 1 158.26

आबध्य मूत्रं भ्रमति संस्तम्भोद्वेष्टगौरवम् । मूत्रमल्पाल्पमथवा विमुञ्चति सकृत्सकृत्

ābadhya mūtraṃ bhramati saṃstambhodveṣṭagauravam / mūtramalpālpamathavā vimuñcati sakṛtsakṛt

it blocks the urine and moves about, (causing) rigidity, twisting and heaviness; or else it lets the urine out in very small amounts, again and again.

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GaP 1 158.27

वातकुण्डलिकेत्येव मूत्रं तु विधृते ऽचिरम् । न निरेति निरुद्धं वा मूत्रातीतं तदल्परुक्

vātakuṇḍaliketyeva mūtraṃ tu vidhṛte 'ciram / na nireti niruddhaṃ vā mūtrātītaṃ tadalparuk

That is precisely vātakuṇḍalikā. But when the urine is held back for a long time and does not come out, or is blocked, that overdue urine gives little pain.

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GaP 1 158.28

विधारणात्प्रतिहतं वातादावर्तितं यदा । नाभेरधस्तादुदरं मूत्रमापूरयेत्तदा

vidhāraṇātpratihataṃ vātādāvartitaṃ yadā / nābheradhastādudaraṃ mūtramāpūrayettadā

When (the urine), checked by retention, is whirled about by the wind, then the urine fills the abdomen below the navel.

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GaP 1 158.29

कुर्यात्तीव्ररुगाध्मानमशक्तिं मलसंग्रहम् । तन्मूत्रं जाठरच्छिद्रवैगुण्येनानिलेन वा

kuryāttīvrarugādhmānamaśaktiṃ malasaṃgraham / tanmūtraṃ jāṭharacchidravaiguṇyenānilena vā

It causes severe pain, distension, incapacity, and accumulation of waste. That urine, through a defect of an opening in the abdomen, or through wind,

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GaP 1 158.30

आक्षिप्तमल्पमूत्रस्य वस्तौ नाभौ च वा मले । स्थित्वा प्लवेच्छनैः पश्चात्सरुजं वाथवारुजम्

ākṣiptamalpamūtrasya vastau nābhau ca vā male / sthitvā plavecchanaiḥ paścātsarujaṃ vāthavārujam

is thrown (elsewhere) in one whose urine is scanty, and having lodged in the bladder or in the navel or in the faeces, afterwards it slowly oozes out, either with pain or without pain.

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GaP 1 158.31

मूत्रोत्सर्गं सविच्छिन्नं तच्छ्रेयो गुरुशेफसोः । अन्तर्वस्ति मुखे तृष्णा स्थिराल्पं सहसा भवेत्

mūtrotsargaṃ savicchinnaṃ tacchreyo guruśephasoḥ / antarvasti mukhe tṛṣṇā sthirālpaṃ sahasā bhavet

the passing of urine is broken and interrupted; that is the better (condition) of the two, of the (bladder) and the penis. At the inner mouth of the bladder there is thirst; (the urine) becomes fixed and scanty all at once.

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GaP 1 158.32

अश्मरीतुल्यरुग्ग्रन्थिर्मूत्रग्रन्थिः स उच्यते । मूत्रितस्य स्त्रियं यातो वायुना शुक्रमुद्धृतम्

aśmarītulyaruggranthirmūtragranthiḥ sa ucyate / mūtritasya striyaṃ yāto vāyunā śukramuddhṛtam

A swelling whose pain equals that of a stone: that is called mūtragranthi (urinary knot). When a man who has urinated goes to a woman, the semen is drawn up by the wind,

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GaP 1 158.33

स्थानाच्च्युतं मूत्रयतः प्राक् पश्चाद्वा प्रवर्तते । भस्मोदकप्रतीकाशं मूत्रशुक्रं तदुच्यते

sthānāccyutaṃ mūtrayataḥ prāk paścādvā pravartate / bhasmodakapratīkāśaṃ mūtraśukraṃ taducyate

and, displaced from its seat, comes out before or after he urinates, looking like ash-water: that is called mūtraśukra (semen in the urine).

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GaP 1 158.34

रूक्षदुर्बलयोर्वातेनोदावर्तं शकृद्यदा । मूत्रस्रोतो ऽनुपर्येति संसृष्टं शकृता तदा

rūkṣadurbalayorvātenodāvartaṃ śakṛdyadā / mūtrasroto 'nuparyeti saṃsṛṣṭaṃ śakṛtā tadā

When in dry and weak persons the faeces are turned upward by the wind, then, mixed with the faeces, it passes along the urinary channel,

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GaP 1 158.35

मूत्रबिन्दुं तुल्यगन्धं स्याद्विघातं तमादिशेत् । पित्तव्यायामतीक्ष्णाम्लभोजनाध्मानकादिभिः

mūtrabinduṃ tulyagandhaṃ syādvighātaṃ tamādiśet / pittavyāyāmatīkṣṇāmlabhojanādhmānakādibhiḥ

and the drop of urine would have the same smell (as faeces); one should declare that (disease) to be vighāta. Through pitta, exertion, sharp and sour food, flatulence and the like,

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GaP 1 158.36

प्रवृद्धवायुना मूत्रे वस्तिस्थे चैव दाहकृत् । मूत्रं वर्तयते पूर्वं सरक्तं रक्तमेव वा

pravṛddhavāyunā mūtre vastisthe caiva dāhakṛt / mūtraṃ vartayate pūrvaṃ saraktaṃ raktameva vā

and through greatly increased wind, when the urine stands in the bladder, it causes burning, and it makes the urine pass, at first mixed with blood, or as sheer blood.

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GaP 1 158.37

उष्णं पुनः पुनः कृच्छ्रादुष्णवातं वदन्ति तम् । रूक्षस्य क्लान्तदेहस्य बस्तिस्थौ पित्तमारुतौ

uṣṇaṃ punaḥ punaḥ kṛcchrāduṣṇavātaṃ vadanti tam / rūkṣasya klāntadehasya bastisthau pittamārutau

When (urine) is hot and (passed) repeatedly with difficulty, they call that (disorder) uṣṇavāta. In a man who is dry and whose body is worn out, pitta and wind lodged in the bladder —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 158.38

मूत्रक्षयं सरुग्दाहं जनयेतां तदाह्वयम् । पित्तं कफो द्वादपि वा संहन्येतेनिलेनचेत्

mūtrakṣayaṃ sarugdāhaṃ janayetāṃ tadāhvayam / pittaṃ kapho dvādapi vā saṃhanyetenilenacet

— the two produce urinary depletion (mūtrakṣaya) with pain and burning; that is its name. But if pitta, or kapha, or both, are struck together with the wind,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 158.39

कृच्छ्रान्मूत्रं तदा पीतं रक्तं श्वेतं घनं सृजेत् । सदाहं रोचनाशङ्खचूर्णवर्णं भवेच्च तत्

kṛcchrānmūtraṃ tadā pītaṃ raktaṃ śvetaṃ ghanaṃ sṛjet / sadāhaṃ rocanāśaṅkhacūrṇavarṇaṃ bhavecca tat

then he passes urine with difficulty — yellow, red, white, thick, accompanied by burning; and it may be of the colour of gorocanā or of powdered conch.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 158.40

शुष्कं समस्तवर्णं वा मूत्रसादं वदन्तितम् । इति विस्तारतः प्रोक्ता रोगा मूत्रप्रवर्तिताः

śuṣkaṃ samastavarṇaṃ vā mūtrasādaṃ vadantitam / iti vistārataḥ proktā rogā mūtrapravartitāḥ

(Or) dry, or of all colours together — that they call mūtrasāda. Thus the diseases arising in the urine have been declared at length.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition