Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 174

GaP 1 174.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १७४ धन्वतरिरुवाच । घृततैलादि वक्ष्यामि शृणु सुश्रुत रोगनुत् । शङ्खपुष्पी वचा सोमा ब्राह्मी ब्रह्मसुवर्चला

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 174 dhanvatariruvāca / ghṛtatailādi vakṣyāmi śṛṇu suśruta roganut / śaṅkhapuṣpī vacā somā brāhmī brahmasuvarcalā

The Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 174. Dhanvantari said: I shall declare (the preparations of) ghee, oil and the rest — listen, Suśruta, remover of disease: śaṅkhapuṣpī, vacā, somā, brāhmī, brahmasuvarcalā,

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GaP 1 174.2

अभया च गुडूची च अटरूपकवागुजी । एतैरक्षसमैर्भागैर्घृतप्रस्थं विपाचयेत्

abhayā ca guḍūcī ca aṭarūpakavāgujī / etairakṣasamairbhāgairghṛtaprasthaṃ vipācayet

and abhayā, and guḍūcī, aṭarūṣaka and bākucī — with these in portions equal to an akṣa (each) one should cook a prastha of ghee,

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GaP 1 174.3

कण्टकार्या रसप्रस्थक्षीरप्रस्थममन्वितम् । एतद्ब्राह्मीघृतं नाम श्रुतिमेधाकरं परम्

kaṇṭakāryā rasaprasthakṣīraprasthamamanvitam / etadbrāhmīghṛtaṃ nāma śrutimedhākaraṃ param

together with a prastha of the juice of kaṇṭakārī and a prastha of milk. This is called Brāhmī-ghee, supreme in producing (retentive) hearing and intelligence.

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GaP 1 174.4

त्रिफलाचित्रकबलानिर्गुण्डी निम्बवासकाः । पुनर्नवा गुडूची च बृहती च शतावरी

triphalācitrakabalānirguṇḍī nimbavāsakāḥ / punarnavā guḍūcī ca bṛhatī ca śatāvarī

The three myrobalans, citraka, balā, nirguṇḍī, nimba, vāsaka, punarnavā, guḍūcī, bṛhatī and śatāvarī —

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GaP 1 174.5

एतैर्घृतं यथालाभं सर्वरोगविमर्दनम् । बलाशतकषाये तु तैलस्यार्धाढकं पचेत् । कल्कैर्मधूकमञ्जिष्ठाचन्दनोत्पलपद्मकैः

etairghṛtaṃ yathālābhaṃ sarvarogavimardanam / balāśatakaṣāye tu tailasyārdhāḍhakaṃ pacet / kalkairmadhūkamañjiṣṭhācandanotpalapadmakaiḥ

with these, as available, (one makes) a ghee that crushes all diseases. In a decoction of a hundred balā (plants) one should cook half an āḍhaka of oil, with a paste of madhūka, mañjiṣṭhā, sandal, blue lotus and padmaka,

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GaP 1 174.6

सूक्ष्मैलापिप्पलीकुष्ठत्वगेलागुरुकेसरैः । गन्धाश्वजीवनीयैश्च क्षीराढकसमाश्रितम्

sūkṣmailāpippalīkuṣṭhatvagelāgurukesaraiḥ / gandhāśvajīvanīyaiśca kṣīrāḍhakasamāśritam

with fine cardamom, long pepper, kuṣṭha, (cinnamon) bark, cardamom, aguru and saffron, and with the aromatics and the life-giving (drugs), combined with an āḍhaka of milk.

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GaP 1 174.7

एतन्मृद्वग्निना पक्वं स्थापयेद्राजते शुभे । सर्ववातविकारांस्तु सर्वधात्वन्तराश्रयान्

etanmṛdvagninā pakvaṃ sthāpayedrājate śubhe / sarvavātavikārāṃstu sarvadhātvantarāśrayān

This, cooked over a gentle fire, one should keep in a fine silver (vessel). All the disorders of wind that lodge within all the tissues —

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GaP 1 174.8

तैलमेतत्प्रशमयेद्वल्याक्यं राजवल्लभम् । शतावरीरसप्रस्थं क्षीरप्रस्थं तथैव च

tailametatpraśamayedvalyākyaṃ rājavallabham / śatāvarīrasaprasthaṃ kṣīraprasthaṃ tathaiva ca

this oil allays (them); it is called Balā(-oil), and is dear to kings. A prastha of śatāvarī juice and likewise a prastha of milk,

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GaP 1 174.9

शतपुष्पं देवदारु मांसी शैलेयकं बला । चन्दनं तगरं कुष्टं मनः शिला ज्योतिष्मती

śatapuṣpaṃ devadāru māṃsī śaileyakaṃ balā / candanaṃ tagaraṃ kuṣṭaṃ manaḥ śilā jyotiṣmatī

śatapuṣpā, devadāru, māṃsī, śaileyaka, balā, sandal, tagara, kuṣṭha, realgar, jyotiṣmatī —

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GaP 1 174.10

एतैः कर्षसमैः कल्कैः घृतप्रस्थं विपाचयेत् । कुव्जवामनपङ्गूनां बधिरव्यङ्गकुष्ठिनाम्

etaiḥ karṣasamaiḥ kalkaiḥ ghṛtaprasthaṃ vipācayet / kuvjavāmanapaṅgūnāṃ badhiravyaṅgakuṣṭhinām

with these as pastes, each of a karṣa, one should cook a prastha of ghee. Of the hunchbacked, the dwarfed and the lame, of the deaf, the disfigured and the leprous,

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GaP 1 174.11

वायुना भग्नगात्राणां ये च सीदन्ति मैथुने । जराजर्जरगात्राणां चाध्मानमुख शोषिणाम्

vāyunā bhagnagātrāṇāṃ ye ca sīdanti maithune / jarājarjaragātrāṇāṃ cādhmānamukha śoṣiṇām

of those whose limbs are broken by wind, and those who fail in intercourse, of those whose bodies are worn out by old age, and those with flatulence and dryness of the mouth,

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GaP 1 174.12

त्वग्गताश्चापि ये वाता शिरास्नायुगताश्च ये । सर्वांस्तान्नाशयत्याशु तैलं रोगकुलान्तकम्

tvaggatāścāpi ye vātā śirāsnāyugatāśca ye / sarvāṃstānnāśayatyāśu tailaṃ rogakulāntakam

and whatever winds have gone into the skin, and those that have gone into the veins and sinews — all these the oil swiftly destroys, it being the ender of the whole family of diseases.

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GaP 1 174.13

नारायणमिदं तैलं विष्णुनोक्तं रुगर्दनम् । पृथक्तैलं घृतं कुर्यात्समस्तैरौषधैः पृथक्

nārāyaṇamidaṃ tailaṃ viṣṇunoktaṃ rugardanam / pṛthaktailaṃ ghṛtaṃ kuryātsamastairauṣadhaiḥ pṛthak

This is the Nārāyaṇa oil, declared by Viṣṇu, the crusher of pain. One may make the oil and the ghee separately, with all the drugs (together) or separately,

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GaP 1 174.14

शतावर्या गुडूच्या वा चित्रकै गोचनान्वितैः । निर्गुण्ड्या वा प्रसारः स्यात्कण्टकार्या रसादिभिः

śatāvaryā guḍūcyā vā citrakai gocanānvitaiḥ / nirguṇḍyā vā prasāraḥ syātkaṇṭakāryā rasādibhiḥ

with śatāvarī or with guḍūcī, with citraka joined with gorocanā, or with nirguṇḍī; there may be an extension (of the recipe) with the juice of kaṇṭakārī and the rest,

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GaP 1 174.15

वर्षाभूवालया वापि वासकन फलत्रिकैः । ब्राहया चैग्ण्डकेनापि भृङ्गराजेन कुष्टिना

varṣābhūvālayā vāpi vāsakana phalatrikaiḥ / brāhayā caigṇḍakenāpi bhṛṅgarājena kuṣṭinā

or with varṣābhū and balā, with vāsaka and the three fruits, with brāhmī, with eraṇḍa too, with bhṛṅgarāja for one who is leprous,

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GaP 1 174.16

मुसल्या दशमूलेन खदिरेण वटादिभिः । वटिका मोदको वापि चूर्ण स्यात्सर्वरोगनुत्

musalyā daśamūlena khadireṇa vaṭādibhiḥ / vaṭikā modako vāpi cūrṇa syātsarvaroganut

with musalī, with the ten roots, with khadira, with vaṭa and the rest. It may be (made into) a pill, a sweetmeat, or a powder, and it removes all diseases.

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GaP 1 174.17

घृतेन मधुना वापि अद्भिः खण्डगुडादिभिः । लवणैः कटुकैर्युक्तं यथालाभं च गेगनुत्

ghṛtena madhunā vāpi adbhiḥ khaṇḍaguḍādibhiḥ / lavaṇaiḥ kaṭukairyuktaṃ yathālābhaṃ ca geganut

Or (it may be taken) with ghee, with honey, with water, with sugar-candy, molasses and the like; combined with salts and pungents as available, it removes disease.

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GaP 1 174.18

चित्रकार्कत्रिवृद्वापि यवानीहयमारकम् । सुधां च बालां गणिकां सप्तपर्णसुवर्चिकाम्

citrakārkatrivṛdvāpi yavānīhayamārakam / sudhāṃ ca bālāṃ gaṇikāṃ saptaparṇasuvarcikām

Or citraka, arka, trivṛt, yavānī, hayamāraka (oleander), sudhā (euphorbia), bālā, gaṇikā, saptaparṇa and suvarcikā —

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GaP 1 174.19

ज्योतिष्मतीञ्च संभृत्य तैलं धीरो विपाचयेत् । एतन्निष्यन्दनं तैलं भृशं दद्याद्भगन्दरे

jyotiṣmatīñca saṃbhṛtya tailaṃ dhīro vipācayet / etanniṣyandanaṃ tailaṃ bhṛśaṃ dadyādbhagandare

— and jyotiṣmatī: having gathered (these), the steady (physician) should cook the oil; this oozing (cleansing) oil he should apply freely in fistula-in-ano.

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GaP 1 174.20

शोधनं गेपणं चैव सर्ववर्णकरं परम् । चित्रकाद्यं महातैलं सर्वरोगप्रभञ्जनम्

śodhanaṃ gepaṇaṃ caiva sarvavarṇakaraṃ param / citrakādyaṃ mahātailaṃ sarvarogaprabhañjanam

It is cleansing and healing, and supremely restores the whole complexion; this great citraka-oil shatters all diseases.

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GaP 1 174.21

अजमोदं ससिन्दूरं हरितालं निशाद्वयम् । क्षारद्वयं फेनयुतमार्द्रक सर (शवः लोद्भवम्

ajamodaṃ sasindūraṃ haritālaṃ niśādvayam / kṣāradvayaṃ phenayutamārdraka sara (śavaḥ lodbhavam

Ajamoda, together with vermilion, orpiment, the two turmerics, the two alkalis, together with (sea)foam, fresh ginger, and that produced from ... (text corrupt),

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GaP 1 174.22

इन्द्रवारुण्यपामार्गकदलैः स्यन्दनैः समम् । एभिः सर्षपजं तैलमजामूत्रैश्चयोजितम्

indravāruṇyapāmārgakadalaiḥ syandanaiḥ samam / ebhiḥ sarṣapajaṃ tailamajāmūtraiścayojitam

together with indravāruṇī, apāmārga, plantain, and syandana in equal (parts) — with these, mustard oil mixed with she-goat's urine,

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GaP 1 174.23

मृद्वग्निना पचेदेत्गव्यक्षीरेण संयुतम् । अजमोदादिकं तैलं गण्डमालां व्यपोहति

mṛdvagninā pacedetgavyakṣīreṇa saṃyutam / ajamodādikaṃ tailaṃ gaṇḍamālāṃ vyapohati

one should cook this on a gentle fire together with cow's milk; the oil beginning with ajamoda drives away scrofula (goitrous swellings of the neck).

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GaP 1 174.24

विदग्धस्तु पचेत्पक्वं चैव विशोधयेत् । रोपणं मृदुभावं च तैलेनानेन कारयेत्

vidagdhastu pacetpakvaṃ caiva viśodhayet / ropaṇaṃ mṛdubhāvaṃ ca tailenānena kārayet

But (when the sore is) inflamed one should cook it, and when it is ripened one should cleanse it; with this oil one should bring about healing and softness.

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