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Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 162

GaP 1 162.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १६२ धन्वन्तरिरुवाच । पाण्डुशोथनिदानञ्च शृणु सुश्रत वच्मि ते । पित्तप्रधानाः कुपिता यथोक्तैः कोपनैर्मलाः

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 162 dhanvantariruvāca / pāṇḍuśothanidānañca śṛṇu suśrata vacmi te / pittapradhānāḥ kupitā yathoktaiḥ kopanairmalāḥ

The Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 162. Dhanvantari said: Hear the etiology of pallor (anaemia) and of swelling, Suśruta; I shall tell it to you. The doṣas, with bile predominant, are enraged by the aggravating factors already stated.

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GaP 1 162.2

नत्रानिलेन बलिना क्षिप्ताक्षिप्तं यदि स्थितम् । धमनीर्दशमीः प्राप्य व्याप्नुवन्सकलां तनुम्

natrānilena balinā kṣiptākṣiptaṃ yadi sthitam / dhamanīrdaśamīḥ prāpya vyāpnuvansakalāṃ tanum

There, if what has been hurled about by the strong wind remains (in place), then, reaching the ten great vessels, they pervade the whole body,

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GaP 1 162.3

त्वगसृक्छ्लेष्ममांसानि प्रदूष्यन्रसमाश्रितम् । त्वङ्मांसयोस्तु कुरुते त्वचि वर्णान् पृथग्विधान्

tvagasṛkchleṣmamāṃsāni pradūṣyanrasamāśritam / tvaṅmāṃsayostu kurute tvaci varṇān pṛthagvidhān

corrupting skin, blood, phlegm and flesh, (the doṣa) lodged in the rasa; and in the skin and flesh it produces on the skin colours of various sorts.

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GaP 1 162.4

स्वयं हरिद्रा हारिद्रं पाण्डुत्वं तेषु चाधिकम् । यातो ऽयं प्रहतेदुग्रः स रोगस्तेन गौरवम्

svayaṃ haridrā hāridraṃ pāṇḍutvaṃ teṣu cādhikam / yāto 'yaṃ prahatedugraḥ sa rogastena gauravam

Turmeric is itself yellow: the turmeric-coloured pallor is the greatest among those (colours); this fierce (doṣa), when it has gone (there), strikes hard, and by that disease comes heaviness (of the body).

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GaP 1 162.5

धातूनां स्पर्शशैथिल्यमामजश्च गुणक्षयः । ततो ऽल्परक्तमेदो ऽस्थिनिः सारः स्याच्छ्लथेन्द्रियः

dhātūnāṃ sparśaśaithilyamāmajaśca guṇakṣayaḥ / tato 'lparaktamedo 'sthiniḥ sāraḥ syācchlathendriyaḥ

There is slackness of the touch (i.e. firmness) of the tissues, and loss of their qualities born of undigested matter (āma); thence, having little blood, fat and bone, he becomes without substance and with slack sense-faculties.

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GaP 1 162.6

शीर्यमाणैरिवाङ्गैस्तु द्रवता हृदयेन च । शूलोक्षिकूटवदने स्तैमित्यं तत्र लालया

śīryamāṇairivāṅgaistu dravatā hṛdayena ca / śūlokṣikūṭavadane staimityaṃ tatra lālayā

With his limbs as if breaking apart, and with the heart melting away, (he has) piercing pain in the eye-corners and the face, and there sogginess from saliva.

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GaP 1 162.7

हीनतृट् शिशिरद्वेषी शीर्णलोभो हतानलः । मन्दशक्तिर्ज्वरी श्वासी कर्णशूली तथा भ्रमी

hīnatṛṭ śiśiradveṣī śīrṇalobho hatānalaḥ / mandaśaktirjvarī śvāsī karṇaśūlī tathā bhramī

He has diminished thirst, hates cold, his appetite is shattered, his digestive fire ruined, his strength feeble; he is feverish, short of breath, has earache, and likewise dizziness.

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GaP 1 162.8

स पञ्चधा पृथग्दोषैः समस्तैर्मृत्तिकादनात् । प्राग्रूपमस्य हृदयस्पन्दनं रूक्षता त्वचि

sa pañcadhā pṛthagdoṣaiḥ samastairmṛttikādanāt / prāgrūpamasya hṛdayaspandanaṃ rūkṣatā tvaci

It is fivefold: from the doṣas singly, from all of them together, and from the eating of earth. Its early sign is throbbing of the heart and roughness in the skin,

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GaP 1 162.9

अरुचिः पीतमूत्रत्वं स्वेदाभावो ऽल्पमृत्रता । मेदः समानिलात्तत्र गाढरुक्क्लेदगात्रता

aruciḥ pītamūtratvaṃ svedābhāvo 'lpamṛtratā / medaḥ samānilāttatra gāḍharukkledagātratā

loss of appetite, yellowness of the urine, absence of sweat, scanty urine. There, when fat is (disturbed) along with wind, (there is) severe pain and clamminess of the body,

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GaP 1 162.10

कृष्णेक्षणं कृष्णशिरानखविण्मूत्रनेत्रता । शोथो नासास्यवैरस्यं विट्शोषः पार्श्वमूर्छना

kṛṣṇekṣaṇaṃ kṛṣṇaśirānakhaviṇmūtranetratā / śotho nāsāsyavairasyaṃ viṭśoṣaḥ pārśvamūrchanā

blackness of the eyes, blackness of the veins, nails, faeces, urine and eyes; swelling, a bad taste in the nose and mouth, dryness of the stool, fainting, (pain in) the flanks.

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GaP 1 162.11

पित्ते हरितपित्ताभः शिरादिषु ज्वरस्तमः । तृट्शोषमूर्छादौर्गन्ध्यं शीतेच्छा कटुवक्रता

pitte haritapittābhaḥ śirādiṣu jvarastamaḥ / tṛṭśoṣamūrchādaurgandhyaṃ śītecchā kaṭuvakratā

In the bilious (kind) he looks green-and-yellow in the veins and the rest; (there is) fever, darkness (before the eyes), thirst, dryness, fainting, foul smell, craving for cold, and a pungent taste in the mouth,

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GaP 1 162.12

विड्भेदश्चाम्लको दाहः कफाच्च हृदयार्द्रता । तन्द्रा लवणवक्रत्वं रोमहर्षः स्वरक्षयः

viḍbhedaścāmlako dāhaḥ kaphācca hṛdayārdratā / tandrā lavaṇavakratvaṃ romaharṣaḥ svarakṣayaḥ

loosening of the stool, sour eructation, burning. From phlegm (there is) wetness of the heart, drowsiness, a salty taste in the mouth, bristling of the hair, loss of voice,

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GaP 1 162.13

काशश्छर्दिश्च निचयान्नष्टलिङ्गो ऽतिदुः सहः । उत्कृष्टेनिलपित्ताभ्या कटुर्वा मधुरः कफः

kāśaśchardiśca nicayānnaṣṭaliṅgo 'tiduḥ sahaḥ / utkṛṣṭenilapittābhyā kaṭurvā madhuraḥ kaphaḥ

cough and vomiting. From the accumulation (of all the doṣas) the signs are lost and it is very hard to endure; phlegm drawn up by wind and bile becomes pungent, or else sweet.

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GaP 1 162.14

दूषयित्वा वसादींश्च रौक्ष्याद्रक्तविमोक्षणम् । स्रोतसां संक्षयं कुर्यादनुरुध्य च पूर्ववत्

dūṣayitvā vasādīṃśca raukṣyādraktavimokṣaṇam / srotasāṃ saṃkṣayaṃ kuryādanurudhya ca pūrvavat

Having vitiated the fat and the rest, there is a letting loose of the blood because of dryness; and, obstructing (them), it would bring about the wasting away of the channels, as before.

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GaP 1 162.15

पाण्डुरोगेक्षयेजाते नाभिपादास्यमेहनम् । पुरीषं कृमिवन्मुञ्चेद्भिन्नं सास्त्रं कफान्वितम्

pāṇḍurogekṣayejāte nābhipādāsyamehanam / purīṣaṃ kṛmivanmuñcedbhinnaṃ sāstraṃ kaphānvitam

When pallor-disease (pāṇḍu) and wasting have arisen, (there is swelling of) navel, feet, mouth and genitals; one passes stool worm-like, broken up, with blood, mixed with phlegm.

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GaP 1 162.16

यः पित्तरोगी सेवेत पित्तलं तस्य कामलम् । कोष्ठशा खोद्गतं पित्तं दग्ध्वासृङ्मांसमाहरेत्

yaḥ pittarogī seveta pittalaṃ tasya kāmalam / koṣṭhaśā khodgataṃ pittaṃ dagdhvāsṛṅmāṃsamāharet

The pitta-patient who resorts to what increases pitta — for him (there arises) jaundice; the pitta risen up in the trunk and limbs, burning the blood and flesh, carries them off.

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GaP 1 162.17

हारिद्रमूत्रनेत्रत्वं मुखं रक्तं शकृत्तथा । दाही विपाकतृष्णावान् भेकाभो दुर्बलेन्द्रियः

hāridramūtranetratvaṃ mukhaṃ raktaṃ śakṛttathā / dāhī vipākatṛṣṇāvān bhekābho durbalendriyaḥ

Turmeric-yellowness of urine and eyes, the face red, and the excrement likewise; (the patient is) burning, subject to sour digestion and thirst, frog-coloured, with weakened senses.

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GaP 1 162.18

भवेत्पित्तानुगः शोथः पाण्डुरोगावृतस्य च । उपेक्षया च शोथाद्याः सकृच्छ्राः कुम्भकामलाः

bhavetpittānugaḥ śothaḥ pāṇḍurogāvṛtasya ca / upekṣayā ca śothādyāḥ sakṛcchrāḥ kumbhakāmalāḥ

And in one enveloped by pallor-disease a swelling that follows pitta arises; and through neglect (arise) swellings and the rest, and the difficult kumbha-jaundices.

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GaP 1 162.19

हरितश्यामपित्तत्वे पाण्डुरोगो यदा भवेत् । वातपित्ते भ्रमस्तृष्णा स्त्रीषु हर्षो मृदुज्वरः

haritaśyāmapittatve pāṇḍurogo yadā bhavet / vātapitte bhramastṛṣṇā strīṣu harṣo mṛdujvaraḥ

When the pallor-disease occurs with a green and dark pitta, and (the disorder is) of vāta and pitta: dizziness, thirst, excitement toward women, mild fever.

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GaP 1 162.20

तन्द्रा वा चानलभ्रंशस्तं वदन्ति हलीमकम् । आलस्यञ्चातिभवति तेषां पूर्वमुपद्रवः

tandrā vā cānalabhraṃśastaṃ vadanti halīmakam / ālasyañcātibhavati teṣāṃ pūrvamupadravaḥ

Drowsiness, or the collapse of the digestive fire — that they call halīmaka; and excessive sluggishness occurs, which is the first complication of these (diseases).

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GaP 1 162.21

शोथः प्रधानः कथितः स एवातो निगद्यते । पित्तरक्तकफान्वायुर्दुष्टो दुष्टान्बहिः शिराः

śothaḥ pradhānaḥ kathitaḥ sa evāto nigadyate / pittaraktakaphānvāyurduṣṭo duṣṭānbahiḥ śirāḥ

Swelling has been called the chief (of them); that very thing is now set forth. The vitiated wind, (carrying) the vitiated pitta, blood and phlegm outward to the vessels—

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GaP 1 162.22

नीत्वा रुद्धगतिस्तैर्हि कुर्यात्त्वङ्मांससंश्रयम् । उत्सेधं संहतं शोथं तमाहुर्निचयादतः

nītvā ruddhagatistairhi kuryāttvaṅmāṃsasaṃśrayam / utsedhaṃ saṃhataṃ śothaṃ tamāhurnicayādataḥ

—having brought (them there), its own course blocked by them, it would make (them) settle in skin and flesh; that compact, raised swelling they call, accordingly, the one from the combination (of all the doṣas).

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GaP 1 162.23

सर्वहेतुविशषैस्तु रूपभेदान्नवात्मकम् । दोषैः पृथग्विधैः सर्वैरभिघाताद्विषादपि

sarvahetuviśaṣaistu rūpabhedānnavātmakam / doṣaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ sarvairabhighātādviṣādapi

But by all the particular causes, through difference of form, it is ninefold: by the doṣas taken separately, by all (together), from a blow, and also from poison.

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GaP 1 162.24

तदेव नीयमानन्तु सर्वाङ्गे कामजम्भवेत् । पृथून्नताग्रग्रथितैर्विशेषैश्च त्रिधा विदुः

tadeva nīyamānantu sarvāṅge kāmajambhavet / pṛthūnnatāgragrathitairviśeṣaiśca tridhā viduḥ

That same (swelling), when it is being carried along, may arise over the whole body at will; and by its particular features — broad, with raised tip, knotted — they know it as of three kinds.

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GaP 1 162.25

सामान्यहेतुः शोथानां दोषजातो विशेषतः । व्याधिः कर्मोपवासादिक्षीणस्य भवति द्रुतम्

sāmānyahetuḥ śothānāṃ doṣajāto viśeṣataḥ / vyādhiḥ karmopavāsādikṣīṇasya bhavati drutam

The general cause of swellings is (their) being born of the doṣas; specifically, the disease arises quickly in one weakened by exertion, fasting and the like.

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GaP 1 162.26

अतिमात्रं यदासेवेद्गुरुमत्यन्तशीतलम् । लवणक्षारतीक्ष्णाम्लशाकाम्बुस्वप्नजागरम्

atimātraṃ yadāsevedgurumatyantaśītalam / lavaṇakṣāratīkṣṇāmlaśākāmbusvapnajāgaram

When one partakes to excess of what is heavy and extremely cold, of salty, alkaline, sharp and sour things, of greens and water, of sleep and of staying awake;

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GaP 1 162.27

रोधो वेगस्य वल्लूरमजीर्णश्रममैथुनम् । पच्यते मार्गगमनं यानेन क्षोभिणापि वा

rodho vegasya vallūramajīrṇaśramamaithunam / pacyate mārgagamanaṃ yānena kṣobhiṇāpi vā

suppression of an urge, dried meat, indigestion, exertion, sexual intercourse, travelling on the road, or (travelling) by a jolting vehicle — (from these) it ripens.

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GaP 1 162.28

श्वासकासातिसारार्शोजठरप्रदरज्वराः । विष्टम्भालस्यकच्छर्दिहिक्कापाण्डुविसर्पकम्

śvāsakāsātisārārśojaṭharapradarajvarāḥ / viṣṭambhālasyakacchardihikkāpāṇḍuvisarpakam

Asthma, cough, diarrhoea, piles, abdominal disease, uterine flux, fevers, constipation, sluggishness, itching, vomiting, hiccup, pallor-disease, erysipelas—

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GaP 1 162.29

ऊर्ध्वशोथमधो बस्तौ मध्ये कुर्वन्ति मध्यगाः । सर्वाङ्गगः सर्वगतः प्रत्यप्रत्यगेति तदाश्रयः

ūrdhvaśothamadho bastau madhye kurvanti madhyagāḥ / sarvāṅgagaḥ sarvagataḥ pratyapratyageti tadāśrayaḥ

(Doṣas) situated above produce swelling above, those below in the bladder, those in the middle in the middle; one that goes to all the limbs is all-pervading; it goes to each part according to its seat.

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GaP 1 162.30

तत्पूर्वरूपं क्षवथुः शिरायामङ्गगौरवम् । वाताच्छोथश्चलो रूक्षः खररोमारुणो ऽसितः

tatpūrvarūpaṃ kṣavathuḥ śirāyāmaṅgagauravam / vātācchothaścalo rūkṣaḥ khararomāruṇo 'sitaḥ

Its premonitory signs are sneezing, tension of the vessels, heaviness of the limbs. From wind the swelling is shifting, dry, with rough hair, reddish or dark.

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GaP 1 162.31

शङ्खबस्त्यन्त्रशोफर्तिमेदोभेदाः प्रसुप्तिता । वातोत्तानः क्लमः शीघ्रमुन्नमेत्पीडितां तनुम्

śaṅkhabastyantraśophartimedobhedāḥ prasuptitā / vātottānaḥ klamaḥ śīghramunnametpīḍitāṃ tanum

Pain of swelling in the temples, bladder and bowels, splitting sensations in the fat, numbness; the wind-swelling is raised, (there is) weariness, and the body, when pressed, swells up again quickly.

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GaP 1 162.32

सिग्धस्तु मर्दनैः शाम्येद्रात्रावल्पो दिवा महान् । त्वक्सर्षपविलिप्ते च तस्मिंश्चिमिचिमायते

sigdhastu mardanaiḥ śāmyedrātrāvalpo divā mahān / tvaksarṣapavilipte ca tasmiṃścimicimāyate

But when it is oily it subsides with massage; it is slight at night and great by day; and when the skin is smeared with mustard it tingles there.

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GaP 1 162.33

पीतरक्तासिंताभासः पित्तजातश्च शोषकृत् । शीघ्रं नासौ वा प्रशमेन्मध्ये प्राग्दहते तनुम्

pītaraktāsiṃtābhāsaḥ pittajātaśca śoṣakṛt / śīghraṃ nāsau vā praśamenmadhye prāgdahate tanum

Yellow, red and blackish in appearance, and born of pitta, it causes wasting; either it subsides quickly or it does not, (and) it first burns the body in the middle.

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GaP 1 162.34

सतृट्दाहज्वरस्वेदो भ्रमक्लोदमदभ्रमाः । साभिलाषी शकृद्भेदो गन्धः स्पर्शसहो मृदुः

satṛṭdāhajvarasvedo bhramaklodamadabhramāḥ / sābhilāṣī śakṛdbhedo gandhaḥ sparśasaho mṛduḥ

(There is) thirst, burning, fever and sweating, dizziness, wetness, intoxication and giddiness; (the patient) has appetite, the stool breaks up, (there is) smell, (the swelling) endures touch and is soft.

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GaP 1 162.35

कण्डूमान्पाण्डुरोमा त्वक्कठिनः शीतलो गुरुः । स्निग्धःश्लक्ष्णः स्थिरः शूलो निद्राच्छर्द्यग्निमान्द्यकृत्

kaṇḍūmānpāṇḍuromā tvakkaṭhinaḥ śītalo guruḥ / snigdhaḥślakṣṇaḥ sthiraḥ śūlo nidrācchardyagnimāndyakṛt

(The patient) has itching, pale hair, hard skin; (the swelling is) cold, heavy, unctuous, smooth, fixed, painful, and produces sleep, vomiting and weakness of digestion.

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GaP 1 162.36

आघातेन च शस्त्रादिच्छेदभेदक्षतादिभिः । हिमानिलैर्दध्यनिलैर्भल्लातकपिकच्छजैः

āghātena ca śastrādicchedabhedakṣatādibhiḥ / himānilairdadhyanilairbhallātakapikacchajaiḥ

And by a blow, by cutting, splitting, wounding and the like with weapons etc., by cold winds, by curds and wind, by (contact with) bhallātaka and pikacchā (kapikacchu),

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GaP 1 162.37

रसैः शुष्कैश्च संस्पर्शाच्छ्वयथुः स्याद्विसर्पवान् । भृशोष्मा लोहिताभासः प्रायशः पित्तलक्षणः

rasaiḥ śuṣkaiśca saṃsparśācchvayathuḥ syādvisarpavān / bhṛśoṣmā lohitābhāsaḥ prāyaśaḥ pittalakṣaṇaḥ

and by contact with juices or with dried (substances), there arises a swelling accompanied by spreading (erysipelas); it is very hot, red in appearance, and generally has the marks of pitta.

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GaP 1 162.38

विषजः सविषप्राणिपरिसर्पणमूत्रणात् । दंष्ट्रादन्तनखाघातादविषप्राणिनामपि

viṣajaḥ saviṣaprāṇiparisarpaṇamūtraṇāt / daṃṣṭrādantanakhāghātādaviṣaprāṇināmapi

(A swelling) arising from poison (comes) from the crawling over or urinating upon (a person) by poisonous creatures, and also from the blow of the fangs, teeth or claws of non-poisonous creatures,

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GaP 1 162.39

विण्मूत्रशुक्रोपहतमलवद्वस्तुसंङ्करात् । विषवृक्षानिलस्पर्शाद्गरयोगावचूर्णनात्

viṇmūtraśukropahatamalavadvastusaṃṅkarāt / viṣavṛkṣānilasparśādgarayogāvacūrṇanāt

from contact with things soiled by faeces, urine, semen, or (other) impurities, from the touch of poisonous trees and of (their) wind, and from the sprinkling of compounded poisons.

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GaP 1 162.40

मृदुश्चलो ऽवलम्बी च शीघ्रो दाहरुजाकरः । नवो ऽनुपद्रवः शोथः साध्यो ऽसाध्यः पुरेरितः

mṛduścalo 'valambī ca śīghro dāharujākaraḥ / navo 'nupadravaḥ śothaḥ sādhyo 'sādhyaḥ pureritaḥ

A swelling that is soft, mobile, hanging down, quick (in onset), producing burning and pain, recent, and without complications is curable; the incurable one has been described before.

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