Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 183

GaP 1 183.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १८३ हरिरुवाच । मरिचं शृङ्गवेरं च कुटजत्वचमेव च । पानाच्च ग्रहणी नश्येच्छशाङ्काङ्कितशेखर !

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 183 hariruvāca / maricaṃ śṛṅgaveraṃ ca kuṭajatvacameva ca / pānācca grahaṇī naśyecchaśāṅkāṅkitaśekhara !

The Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 183. Hari said: Black pepper, ginger, and the bark of kuṭaja — from drinking (this) the digestive disorder perishes, O you whose crest is marked with the hare-marked (moon).

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GaP 1 183.2

पिप्पली पिप्पलीमूलं मरिचं तगरं वचा । देवदारुरसं पाठां क्षीरेण सह पेषयेत्

pippalī pippalīmūlaṃ maricaṃ tagaraṃ vacā / devadārurasaṃ pāṭhāṃ kṣīreṇa saha peṣayet

Long pepper, long-pepper root, black pepper, tagara, sweet flag, resin of deodar, and pāṭhā — (these) one should grind together with milk.

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GaP 1 183.3

अनेनैव प्रयोगेण ह्यतिसारो विनश्यति । मरीचतिलपुष्पाभ्या मञ्जनं कामलापहम्

anenaiva prayogeṇa hyatisāro vinaśyati / marīcatilapuṣpābhyā mañjanaṃ kāmalāpaham

By this same application diarrhoea is destroyed. An ointment made of black pepper and sesame flowers removes jaundice.

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GaP 1 183.4

हरीतकी समगुडा मधुना सह योजिता । विरेचनकरी रुद्र ! भवतीति न संशयः

harītakī samaguḍā madhunā saha yojitā / virecanakarī rudra ! bhavatīti na saṃśayaḥ

Myrobalan (harītakī) with an equal part of jaggery, combined with honey, becomes a purgative, Rudra — there is no doubt of this.

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GaP 1 183.5

त्रिफला चित्रकं चित्रं तथा कटुकरोहिणी । उरुस्तम्भहरं ह्येतदुत्तमन्तु विरेचनम्

triphalā citrakaṃ citraṃ tathā kaṭukarohiṇī / urustambhaharaṃ hyetaduttamantu virecanam

The three myrobalans, citraka, citra (danti), and likewise kaṭukarohiṇī — this removes stiffness of the thighs and is an excellent purgative.

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GaP 1 183.6

हरीतकी शृङ्गवेरं देवदारु च चन्दनम् । क्वाथयेच्छागदुग्धेन अपामार्गस्य मूलकम् । ऊरुस्तम्भं जयन्त्या वा सप्तरात्रेण नाशयेत्

harītakī śṛṅgaveraṃ devadāru ca candanam / kvāthayecchāgadugdhena apāmārgasya mūlakam / ūrustambhaṃ jayantyā vā saptarātreṇa nāśayet

Myrobalan, ginger, deodar and sandal, and the root of apāmārga — one should boil (these) with goat's milk; or with jayantī one may destroy thigh-stiffness in seven nights.

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GaP 1 183.7

अनन्ताशृङ्गवेरस्य सूक्ष्मचूर्णानि कारयेत् । गुग्गुलं गुडतुल्यं च गुटिकामुपयुज्यच । वायुः स्नायुगतं चैव अग्निमान्द्यं च नाशयेत्

anantāśṛṅgaverasya sūkṣmacūrṇāni kārayet / guggulaṃ guḍatulyaṃ ca guṭikāmupayujyaca / vāyuḥ snāyugataṃ caiva agnimāndyaṃ ca nāśayet

One should make fine powders of anantā and ginger; and guggulu equal (in quantity) to the jaggery; and by using the pill (thus made) one destroys wind lodged in the sinews and weakness of digestion.

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GaP 1 183.8

सङ्खपुष्पीन्तु पुष्पेण समुद्धृत्य सपत्रिकाम् । समूलां छागदुग्धेन अपस्मारहरं पिबेत्

saṅkhapuṣpīntu puṣpeṇa samuddhṛtya sapatrikām / samūlāṃ chāgadugdhena apasmāraharaṃ pibet

Having plucked up śaṅkhapuṣpī with its flower, its leaves and its root, one should drink it with goat's milk — it removes epilepsy.

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GaP 1 183.9

अश्वगन्धाभये चैव उदकेन समं पिबेत् । रक्तपित्तं विनश्येत्तु नात्र कार्या विचारणा

aśvagandhābhaye caiva udakena samaṃ pibet / raktapittaṃ vinaśyettu nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

One should drink aśvagandhā and abhayā (myrobalan) in equal parts with water; then bleeding-with-bile (raktapitta) is destroyed — no deliberation is needed here.

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GaP 1 183.10

हरीतकीकुष्ठचूर्णं कृत्वा आस्यं च पूरयेत् । शीतं पीत्वाथ पानीयं सर्वच्छर्दिनिवारणम्

harītakīkuṣṭhacūrṇaṃ kṛtvā āsyaṃ ca pūrayet / śītaṃ pītvātha pānīyaṃ sarvacchardinivāraṇam

Having made a powder of harītakī and kuṣṭha, one should fill the mouth (with it); then, having drunk cold water, it wards off vomiting of every kind.

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GaP 1 183.11

गडूचीपद्मकारिष्टधान्याकं रक्तचंन्दनम् । पित्तश्लेष्मज्वरच्छर्दिदाहतृष्णाघ्नमग्निकृत् । ॐ हुं नम इति

gaḍūcīpadmakāriṣṭadhānyākaṃ raktacaṃndanam / pittaśleṣmajvaracchardidāhatṛṣṇāghnamagnikṛt / oṃ huṃ nama iti

Guḍūcī, padmaka, ariṣṭa (neem), coriander, red sandal — (this) destroys fever from bile and phlegm, vomiting, burning and thirst, and kindles the digestive fire. Oṃ huṃ namaḥ — thus.

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GaP 1 183.12

श्रोत्रे बद्ध्वा शङ्खपुष्पीं ज्वरं मन्त्रेण वै हरेत् । ॐ जम्भिनी स्तम्भिनी मोहय सर्वव्याधीन्मे वज्रेण ठः ठः सर्वव्याधीन्मे वज्रेण फट् इति

śrotre baddhvā śaṅkhapuṣpīṃ jvaraṃ mantreṇa vai haret / oṃ jambhinī stambhinī mohaya sarvavyādhīnme vajreṇa ṭhaḥ ṭhaḥ sarvavyādhīnme vajreṇa phaṭ iti

Having bound śaṅkhapuṣpī on the ear, one should indeed remove fever with the mantra: "Oṃ, O Jambhinī, O Stambhinī, stupefy all my diseases with the thunderbolt, ṭhaḥ ṭhaḥ; all my diseases with the thunderbolt, phaṭ" — thus.

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GaP 1 183.13

पुष्पमष्टशतं जप्त्वा हस्ते दत्त्वा नखं स्पृशेत् । चातुर्थिको ज्वरो रुद्र अन्ये चैव ज्वरास्तथा

puṣpamaṣṭaśataṃ japtvā haste dattvā nakhaṃ spṛśet / cāturthiko jvaro rudra anye caiva jvarāstathā

Having recited over a flower one hundred and eight times, having placed it in the hand, one should touch the nail: quartan fever, Rudra, and the other fevers as well (are removed).

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GaP 1 183.14

ज्म्बूफलं हरिद्रा च सर्पस्यैव तु कञ्चुकम् । सर्वज्वराणां धूपो ऽयं हरश्चातुर्थिकस्य च

jmbūphalaṃ haridrā ca sarpasyaiva tu kañcukam / sarvajvarāṇāṃ dhūpo 'yaṃ haraścāturthikasya ca

Rose-apple fruit, turmeric, and the sloughed skin of a snake — this fumigation is a remover of all fevers and of quartan fever.

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GaP 1 183.15

करवीरं भृङ्गपत्रं लवणं कुष्ठकर्कटे । चतुर्गुणेन मूत्रेण पचेत्तैलं हरेच्च तत् । पामां विचर्चिकां कुष्ठमभ्यङ्गाद्धि व्रणानि वै

karavīraṃ bhṛṅgapatraṃ lavaṇaṃ kuṣṭhakarkaṭe / caturguṇena mūtreṇa pacettailaṃ harecca tat / pāmāṃ vicarcikāṃ kuṣṭhamabhyaṅgāddhi vraṇāni vai

Oleander, bhṛṅga leaves, salt, kuṣṭha and karkaṭa — one should cook (these as) an oil with four times (their quantity of) urine, and that removes it: scabies, ringworm, leprosy and indeed sores, by anointing.

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GaP 1 183.16

पिप्पलीमधुपानाच्च तथा मधुरभोजनात् । प्लीहा विनश्यते रुद्र तथा सूरणसेवनात्

pippalīmadhupānācca tathā madhurabhojanāt / plīhā vinaśyate rudra tathā sūraṇasevanāt

By drinking long pepper with honey, and likewise by eating sweet food, and by taking sūraṇa (elephant-foot yam), the enlarged spleen is destroyed, Rudra.

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GaP 1 183.17

पिप्पलीञ्च हरिद्राञ्च गोमूत्रेण समन्विताम् । प्रक्षिपेच्च गुदद्वारे अर्शांसि विनिवारयेत्

pippalīñca haridrāñca gomūtreṇa samanvitām / prakṣipecca gudadvāre arśāṃsi vinivārayet

Long pepper and turmeric, mixed with cow's urine, one should apply at the anal opening; it wards off piles.

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GaP 1 183.18

अजादुग्धमार्द्रकञ्च पीतं प्लीहादिनाशनम् । सैन्धवञ्च विडङ्गानि सोमराजी तु सर्षपाः

ajādugdhamārdrakañca pītaṃ plīhādināśanam / saindhavañca viḍaṅgāni somarājī tu sarṣapāḥ

Goat's milk and fresh ginger, drunk, destroys spleen-disease and the rest. Rock salt, viḍaṅga, somarājī, and mustard seeds —

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GaP 1 183.19

रजनी द्वे विषञ्चैव गोमूत्रेणैव पेषयेत् । कुष्ठनाशश्च तल्लेपान्निम्बपत्रादिना तथा

rajanī dve viṣañcaiva gomūtreṇaiva peṣayet / kuṣṭhanāśaśca tallepānnimbapatrādinā tathā

— the two turmerics and poison: one should grind (them) with cow's urine; by smearing that, and likewise by neem leaves and the rest, leprosy is destroyed.

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