Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 173
GaP 1 173.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १७३ धन्वन्तरिरुवाच । द्रव्याणि मधुरादीनि वक्ष्ये रागहराण्यहम् । शालिषष्टिकगोधृमक्षीरं घृतं रसा मध
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 173 dhanvantariruvāca / dravyāṇi madhurādīni vakṣye rāgaharāṇyaham / śāliṣaṣṭikagodhṛmakṣīraṃ ghṛtaṃ rasā madha
The Glorious Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 173. Dhanvantari said: I shall declare the substances, beginning with the sweet, that remove disease: śāli rice, ṣaṣṭika rice, wheat, milk, ghee, juices, honey,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 173.2
मज्जाशृङ्गाटकयवकशेर्विवारुगीक्षुरम् । गम्भगी पौष्करं बीजं द्राक्षा खर्जूरकं बला
majjāśṛṅgāṭakayavakaśervivārugīkṣuram / gambhagī pauṣkaraṃ bījaṃ drākṣā kharjūrakaṃ balā
marrow, water-chestnut, yavaka, śervi (?), cucumber, sugarcane, gambhārī, puṣkara root, seed(s), grapes, dates, balā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 173.3
नारिकलेक्ष्वात्मणुप्ता विदारी च प्रियालकम् । मधुकं तालकष्माण्डं मुख्यो ऽयं मधुरो गणः
nārikalekṣvātmaṇuptā vidārī ca priyālakam / madhukaṃ tālakaṣmāṇḍaṃ mukhyo 'yaṃ madhuro gaṇaḥ
coconut, sugarcane, ātmaguptā (kapikacchu), vidārī, and piyāla, licorice, palmyra and pumpkin — this is the chief sweet group.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 173.4
मूर्छादाहप्रशमनः पडिन्द्रियप्रसादनः । कृमिकृत्कफकृच्चैव एको ऽत्यर्थ निपेवितः
mūrchādāhapraśamanaḥ paḍindriyaprasādanaḥ / kṛmikṛtkaphakṛccaiva eko 'tyartha nipevitaḥ
It allays fainting and burning and gladdens the six senses; but taken alone in excess it generates worms and phlegm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 173.5
श्वासकासाम्यमाधुर्यस्वरघातार्वुदानि च । गलगण्डश्लीपदानि गुडलेपादि कारयेत्
śvāsakāsāmyamādhuryasvaraghātārvudāni ca / galagaṇḍaślīpadāni guḍalepādi kārayet
And (it causes) asthma, cough, sourness (?), sweetness, loss of voice, and tumours; for goitre and elephantiasis one should apply plasters of molasses and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 173.6
दाडिमामलकाम्रं च कपित्थकरमर्दकौ । मातुलुङ्गाम्रातकं च बदरं तिन्तडीफलम्
dāḍimāmalakāmraṃ ca kapitthakaramardakau / mātuluṅgāmrātakaṃ ca badaraṃ tintaḍīphalam
Pomegranate, emblic, mango, wood-apple and karamarda, citron and hog-plum, jujube and tamarind fruit,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 173.7
दधि तक्रं काञ्जिकं च लकुचं चाम्लवे तसम् । अम्लो लोणः शुण्ठीयुक्तो जारणः पाचनो रसः
dadhi takraṃ kāñjikaṃ ca lakucaṃ cāmlave tasam / amlo loṇaḥ śuṇṭhīyukto jāraṇaḥ pācano rasaḥ
curds, buttermilk, sour gruel and lakuca — these are known as sour. The sour taste, joined with salt and ginger, is digestive and (food-)ripening.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 173.8
क्लेदनो वातकृद्धृप्यो विदाही चानुलोमनः । अम्लो ऽत्यर्थं सेव्यमानः कुर्याद्धै दन्तहर्षकम्
kledano vātakṛddhṛpyo vidāhī cānulomanaḥ / amlo 'tyarthaṃ sevyamānaḥ kuryāddhai dantaharṣakam
It moistens, produces wind, is invigorating (?), burning, and moves (the humours) downward; but the sour taken in excess indeed causes tingling of the teeth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 173.9
शरीरस्य च शैतिल्यं स्वरकण्ठास्यहृद्दहेत् । छिन्नभिन्नव्रणादीनि पाचयित्वाग्निभावितः
śarīrasya ca śaitilyaṃ svarakaṇṭhāsyahṛddahet / chinnabhinnavraṇādīni pācayitvāgnibhāvitaḥ
and looseness of the body, and burns the voice, throat, mouth and heart; but when heated by fire it ripens cuts, wounds, sores and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 173.10
लवणानि यवक्षारसर्जिकादिश्च लावणः । शोधनः पाचनः क्लेदी विश्लेषसर्पणादिकृत्
lavaṇāni yavakṣārasarjikādiśca lāvaṇaḥ / śodhanaḥ pācanaḥ kledī viśleṣasarpaṇādikṛt
The salts, and yavakṣāra, sarjikā and the rest, are the salty (group); it is cleansing, ripening, moistening, and produces loosening, spreading and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 173.11
मार्गरोधी मार्दवकृत्स एकः परिषेवितः । गात्रकण्डूकोष्ठशोथवैवर्ण्यं जनयेद्रसः । रक्तवातं पित्तरक्तं पुंस्त्वेन्द्रियरुजादिकम्
mārgarodhī mārdavakṛtsa ekaḥ pariṣevitaḥ / gātrakaṇḍūkoṣṭhaśothavaivarṇyaṃ janayedrasaḥ / raktavātaṃ pittaraktaṃ puṃstvendriyarujādikam
It blocks the channels and produces softness; used by itself alone, that (salty) taste would produce itching of the body, swelling of the abdomen, discoloration, blood-wind (raktavāta), pitta-with-blood, and disorders of virility and of the sense-organs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 173.12
व्योषशिग्रूमूलकं देवदारु च कुष्ठकम् । लशुनं वल्गुजी फलं मुस्तागुग्गुलुलाङ्गली
vyoṣaśigrūmūlakaṃ devadāru ca kuṣṭhakam / laśunaṃ valgujī phalaṃ mustāguggululāṅgalī
The three pungents (vyoṣa), śigru, mūlaka, devadāru, and kuṣṭha; garlic, the fruit of valgujī, mustā, guggulu, lāṅgalī —
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GaP 1 173.13
कटुको दीपनः शोधी कुष्ठकण्डूकफान्तकृत् । स्थौल्यालस्यक्रिमिहरः शुक्रमेदोविरोधनः । एको ऽत्यर्थं सेव्यमानः भ्रमदाहादिकृद्भवेत्
kaṭuko dīpanaḥ śodhī kuṣṭhakaṇḍūkaphāntakṛt / sthaulyālasyakrimiharaḥ śukramedovirodhanaḥ / eko 'tyarthaṃ sevyamānaḥ bhramadāhādikṛdbhavet
— (these are) the pungent (taste): it kindles (digestion), it cleanses, it makes an end of skin disease, itching and phlegm; it removes obesity, sloth and worms; it works against semen and fat. Taken alone in excess, it becomes a producer of dizziness, burning and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 173.14
कृतमालः कीराणि हरिद्रेन्द्रयवास्तथा । स्वादुकण्टकवेत्राणि बृहतीद्वयशङ्खिनी
kṛtamālaḥ kīrāṇi haridrendrayavāstathā / svādukaṇṭakavetrāṇi bṛhatīdvayaśaṅkhinī
Kṛtamāla, kīra(?), haridrā and indrayava likewise, svādukaṇṭaka and vetra, the two bṛhatīs, śaṅkhinī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 173.15
गुडूची चद्रवन्ती च त्रिवृन्मण्डूकपर्ण्यपि । कारवेल्लकवार्ताकुकरवीरकवासकाः
guḍūcī cadravantī ca trivṛnmaṇḍūkaparṇyapi / kāravellakavārtākukaravīrakavāsakāḥ
guḍūcī and dravantī, trivṛt and also maṇḍūkaparṇī, kāravellaka, vārtāku, karavīra and vāsaka,
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GaP 1 173.16
रोहिणी शङ्खचूर्णं च कर्कोटो वै जयन्तिका । जातीवारुणकं निम्बो ज्योतिष्मती पुनर्नवा
rohiṇī śaṅkhacūrṇaṃ ca karkoṭo vai jayantikā / jātīvāruṇakaṃ nimbo jyotiṣmatī punarnavā
rohiṇī and śaṅkha-powder, karkoṭa indeed, jayantikā, jātī, vāruṇaka, nimba, jyotiṣmatī, punarnavā —
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GaP 1 173.17
तिक्तो रसश्छेदनः स्याद्रोचनी दीपनस्तथा । शोधनो ज्वरतृष्णाघ्नो मूर्छाकण्ठार्तिकादिजित्
tikto rasaśchedanaḥ syādrocanī dīpanastathā / śodhano jvaratṛṣṇāghno mūrchākaṇṭhārtikādijit
— the bitter taste would be cutting (of humours), appetite-giving and likewise kindling (of digestion), cleansing, a destroyer of fever and thirst, a conqueror of fainting, throat-pain and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 173.18
विण्मूत्रक्लेदसंशोषो ह्यत्यर्थं स च सेवितः । हनुस्तम्भाक्षेपकार्तिशिरः शूलब्रणादिकृत्
viṇmūtrakledasaṃśoṣo hyatyarthaṃ sa ca sevitaḥ / hanustambhākṣepakārtiśiraḥ śūlabraṇādikṛt
It dries up faeces, urine and moisture; and taken in excess it produces stiffness of the jaw, convulsive pain, headache, piercing pain, sores and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 173.19
त्रिफलासल्लकीजम्बु आम्रातकवचादिकम् । तिन्दुकं वकुलं शालं पालङ्कीमुद्गचिल्लकम्
triphalāsallakījambu āmrātakavacādikam / tindukaṃ vakulaṃ śālaṃ pālaṅkīmudgacillakam
Triphalā, sallakī, jambu, āmrātaka, vacā and the rest, tinduka, vakula, śāla, pālaṅkī, mudga, cillaka —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 173.20
कषायो ग्राहको रोपी स्तम्भनक्लेदशोषणः । एको ऽत्यर्थं सेव्यमानो हृदये चाथ पीडकः । मुखशोषज्वराध्मानमन्यास्तम्भादिकारकः
kaṣāyo grāhako ropī stambhanakledaśoṣaṇaḥ / eko 'tyarthaṃ sevyamāno hṛdaye cātha pīḍakaḥ / mukhaśoṣajvarādhmānamanyāstambhādikārakaḥ
— the astringent is binding, healing (of wounds), arresting, and drying of moisture; taken alone in excess it presses upon the heart, and produces dryness of the mouth, fever, flatulence, stiffness of the neck-sinews and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 173.21
हरिद्राकुष्ठलवणं मेषशृङ्गिबलाद्वयम् । कच्छुरा सल्लकी पाठा पुनर्नवा शतावरी
haridrākuṣṭhalavaṇaṃ meṣaśṛṅgibalādvayam / kacchurā sallakī pāṭhā punarnavā śatāvarī
Haridrā, kuṣṭha, salt, meṣaśṛṅgī, the two balās, kacchurā, sallakī, pāṭhā, punarnavā, śatāvarī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 173.22
अग्नि मन्थो ब्रह्मदण्डी श्वदंष्ट्रैरण्डके तथा । यवकोलकुलत्थादिकर्षाशी दशमूलकम् । पृथक् समस्तो वातातोर्बहुपित्तहरस्तथा
agni mantho brahmadaṇḍī śvadaṃṣṭrairaṇḍake tathā / yavakolakulatthādikarṣāśī daśamūlakam / pṛthak samasto vātātorbahupittaharastathā
agnimantha, brahmadaṇḍī, śvadaṃṣṭrā and eraṇḍa likewise, barley, kola, kulattha and the rest, (in the dose of) a karṣa(?), and the ten roots (daśamūla) — separately or all together, this removes wind and likewise abundant pitta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 173.23
शतावरी विदारी च बालकोशीरचन्दनम् । दूर्वा वटः पिप्पली च बदरी सल्लकी तथा
śatāvarī vidārī ca bālakośīracandanam / dūrvā vaṭaḥ pippalī ca badarī sallakī tathā
Śatāvarī and vidārī, bālaka, uśīra, sandal, dūrvā, vaṭa, pippalī, badarī and sallakī likewise,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 173.24
कदली चोत्पलं पद्ममुदुम्बरपटोलकन् । अथ श्लेष्महरो वर्गो हरिद्रागुडकुष्ठकम्
kadalī cotpalaṃ padmamudumbarapaṭolakan / atha śleṣmaharo vargo haridrāguḍakuṣṭhakam
kadalī and utpala, padma, udumbara, paṭola. Now the group that removes phlegm: haridrā, jaggery, kuṣṭha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 173.25
शतपुष्पी च जाती च व्योषारग्वधलाङ्गली । सर्पिस्तैलवसामज्जाः स्नेहेषु प्रवरं स्मृतम्
śatapuṣpī ca jātī ca vyoṣāragvadhalāṅgalī / sarpistailavasāmajjāḥ sneheṣu pravaraṃ smṛtam
śatapuṣpī and jātī, the three pungents, āragvadha, lāṅgalī. (Of) ghee, oil, fat and marrow, (ghee) is held to be the best among the unctuous substances.
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GaP 1 173.26
तथा धीस्मृतिमेधाग्निकाङ्क्षिणां शस्यते घृतम् । केवलं पैत्तिके सर्पिर्वातिके लवणान्वितम्
tathā dhīsmṛtimedhāgnikāṅkṣiṇāṃ śasyate ghṛtam / kevalaṃ paittike sarpirvātike lavaṇānvitam
Likewise ghee is commended for those who desire intelligence, memory, wisdom and digestive fire: ghee alone in a pitta condition, and mixed with salt in a wind condition;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 173.27
देयं बहुकफे वापि व्योषक्षारसमायुतम् । ग्रन्थिनाडीकृमिस्लेष्ममेदोमारुतरोगिषु
deyaṃ bahukaphe vāpi vyoṣakṣārasamāyutam / granthināḍīkṛmisleṣmamedomārutarogiṣu
or, when there is much phlegm, it should be given combined with the three pungents and alkali. For those diseased with glands, fistula, worms, phlegm, fat and wind,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 173.28
तैलं लाघवदार्ढ्याय क्रूरकोष्ठेषु देहिषु । वातातपाम्बुभारस्त्रीव्यायामक्षीणधातुषु
tailaṃ lāghavadārḍhyāya krūrakoṣṭheṣu dehiṣu / vātātapāmbubhārastrīvyāyāmakṣīṇadhātuṣu
oil (is used) for lightness and firmness, in persons with a hard bowel, and in those whose tissues are wasted by wind, sun, water, burdens, women and exertion,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 173.29
रूक्षक्लेशक्षयात्याग्निवाता वृतपथेषु । अथ दग्ध्वा शिराजालं योनिकर्म शिरोरुजि (जम् )
rūkṣakleśakṣayātyāgnivātā vṛtapatheṣu / atha dagdhvā śirājālaṃ yonikarma śiroruji (jam )
in dryness, distress, wasting, excessive digestive fire, and where the wind-paths are obstructed. Then, after cauterizing the network of vessels, (it is used in) treatment of the womb and in headache.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 173.30
उत्तमस्य पलं मात्रा त्रिभिश्चाक्षैश्च मध्यमे । जघन्यस्य पलार्धेन स्नेहक्वाथौषधेषु च
uttamasya palaṃ mātrā tribhiścākṣaiśca madhyame / jaghanyasya palārdhena snehakvāthauṣadheṣu ca
For the highest (patient) the dose is a pala, for the middling three akṣas, and for the lowest half a pala — in (the case of) oils, decoctions and (other) medicines.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 173.31
जलमुष्णं घृते देयं पृथक् तैले तु शस्यते । सेनेहे पित्ते तु तृष्णायां पिबेदुष्णोदकं नरः
jalamuṣṇaṃ ghṛte deyaṃ pṛthak taile tu śasyate / senehe pitte tu tṛṣṇāyāṃ pibeduṣṇodakaṃ naraḥ
Hot water should be given with ghee; with oil, separately, it is recommended. In (a course of) oil, in pitta (disorder), and in thirst, a man should drink hot water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 173.32
वातानुलोमं दीप्ताग्रर्वर्चः स्निग्धस्य तन्मतम् । रूक्षम्य स्नेदृनं कार्यमभिस्निग्धस्य रूक्षणम्
vātānulomaṃ dīptāgrarvarcaḥ snigdhasya tanmatam / rūkṣamya snedṛnaṃ kāryamabhisnigdhasya rūkṣaṇam
Wind moving downward, a keen digestive fire, (loose) stools — that is held (to be the sign) of one who has been oiled. For the dry (person) oiling is to be done, and for the over-oiled, drying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 173.33
श्यामाककोरदोषान्नतक्रपिण्याकसकुभिः । वातश्लेष्माणि वाते वा कफे वा स्वेद इष्यते । न स्वेदयेदतिम्थूलरूक्षदुर्वलमूर्छितान्
śyāmākakoradoṣānnatakrapiṇyākasakubhiḥ / vātaśleṣmāṇi vāte vā kaphe vā sveda iṣyate / na svedayedatimthūlarūkṣadurvalamūrchitān
With śyāmāka and kodrava grains, with buttermilk, oil-cake and (such) preparations — (against) wind and phlegm; in (a disorder of) wind or of phlegm sweating is prescribed. One should not induce sweating in the very stout, the dry, the weak, or those who have fainted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain