Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 184
GaP 1 184.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १८४ हरिरुवाच । रजनीकदलीक्षारलेपः सिध्मविनाशनः । कुष्ठस्य भागमेकन्तु पथ्याभागद्वयं तथा । उष्णोदकेन संपीय कटिशूलविनाशनम्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 184 hariruvāca / rajanīkadalīkṣāralepaḥ sidhmavināśanaḥ / kuṣṭhasya bhāgamekantu pathyābhāgadvayaṃ tathā / uṣṇodakena saṃpīya kaṭiśūlavināśanam
The Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 184. Hari said: A paste of turmeric and plantain-ash destroys sidhma (a skin disease). One part of kuṣṭha and two parts of pathyā (myrobalan), drunk with hot water, destroys pain in the loins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 184.2
अभया नवनीतञ्च शर्करापिप्पलीयुतम् । पानादर्शोहरं स्याच्च नात्र कार्या विचारणा
abhayā navanītañca śarkarāpippalīyutam / pānādarśoharaṃ syācca nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
Abhayā (myrobalan) and butter, joined with sugar and long pepper: by drinking it, it removes piles — no deliberation is needed here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 184.3
आटरूषकपत्रेण घृतं मृद्वग्निना पचेत् । चूर्णं कृत्वा तु लेपो ऽयं अर्शरोगहरः परः
āṭarūṣakapatreṇa ghṛtaṃ mṛdvagninā pacet / cūrṇaṃ kṛtvā tu lepo 'yaṃ arśarogaharaḥ paraḥ
With the leaf of the āṭarūṣaka (vāsā) one should cook ghee over a gentle fire; having made it into a powder, this paste is a supreme remover of the disease of piles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 184.4
गुग्गुलुत्रिफलायुक्तं पीत्वा नश्येद्भगन्दरम् । अजाजीशृङ्गवेरञ्च दथा मण्डं विपाचयेत्
guggulutriphalāyuktaṃ pītvā naśyedbhagandaram / ajājīśṛṅgaverañca dathā maṇḍaṃ vipācayet
Drinking (guggulu) combined with the triphalā, fistula-in-ano is destroyed. And one should boil cumin and ginger, and likewise the (rice-)gruel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.5
लवणेन तु संयुक्तं मूत्रकृच्छ्रविनाशनम् । यवक्षारं शर्करा च मूत्रकृच्छ्रविनाशकृत्
lavaṇena tu saṃyuktaṃ mūtrakṛcchravināśanam / yavakṣāraṃ śarkarā ca mūtrakṛcchravināśakṛt
But combined with salt it destroys dysuria; barley-alkali (yavakṣāra) together with sugar too acts as a destroyer of dysuria.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 184.6
चिताग्निः खञ्जरीटस्य विष्ठा फेनो हयस्य च । सौभाञ्जनं वासनेत्रं नर एतैस्तु धूपितः । अदृश्यस्त्रिदशैः सर्वैः किं पुनर्मानवैः शिव
citāgniḥ khañjarīṭasya viṣṭhā pheno hayasya ca / saubhāñjanaṃ vāsanetraṃ nara etaistu dhūpitaḥ / adṛśyastridaśaiḥ sarvaiḥ kiṃ punarmānavaiḥ śiva
Cremation fire, the dung of a wagtail and the foam of a horse, śobhāñjana (drumstick tree) and the eye of the vāsā (?) — a man fumigated with these becomes invisible to all the thirty gods, how much more to men, O Śiva!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.7
तिलतैलं यवान्दग्ध्वा मषीं कृत्वा तु लेपयेत् । तेनैव सह तैलेन अग्निदग्धः सुखी भवेत्
tilatailaṃ yavāndagdhvā maṣīṃ kṛtvā tu lepayet / tenaiva saha tailena agnidagdhaḥ sukhī bhavet
Having burnt barley in sesame oil (?), one should make lamp-black and apply it as a paste; with that very oil a person burnt by fire becomes comfortable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.8
लज्जालोः शरपुङ्खाया लेपः साज्यो ऽग्निनाशनः । ॐ नमो भगवते ठ ठ छिन्धि छिन्धि ज्वलनं प्रज्वलितं नाशय नाशय हुं फट्
lajjāloḥ śarapuṅkhāyā lepaḥ sājyo 'gnināśanaḥ / oṃ namo bhagavate ṭha ṭha chindhi chindhi jvalanaṃ prajvalitaṃ nāśaya nāśaya huṃ phaṭ
A paste of lajjālu (sensitive plant) and śarapuṅkhā, together with ghee, destroys (the burning of) fire. Oṃ, homage to the Blessed One, ṭha ṭha, cut, cut, destroy, destroy the blazing flame, huṃ phaṭ.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 184.9
करे बद्धं तु निर्गुण्ड्या मूलं ज्वरहरं द्रुतम् । मूलञ्च श्वेतगुञ्जायाः कृत्वा तत्सप्तखण्डकम्
kare baddhaṃ tu nirguṇḍyā mūlaṃ jvaraharaṃ drutam / mūlañca śvetaguñjāyāḥ kṛtvā tatsaptakhaṇḍakam
The root of the nirguṇḍī, bound on the arm, quickly removes fever. And having made the root of the white guñjā into seven pieces,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 184.10
हस्ते बध्वा नाशयेच्च अर्शांस्येव न संशयः । विष्णुक्रान्ताजमूत्रेण चौरव्याघ्नादिरक्षणम्
haste badhvā nāśayecca arśāṃsyeva na saṃśayaḥ / viṣṇukrāntājamūtreṇa cauravyāghnādirakṣaṇam
and bound on the hand, it destroys the piles themselves — there is no doubt. With viṣṇukrāntā and goat's urine there is protection from thieves, tigers and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 184.11
ब्रह्मदण्ड्यास्तु मूलानि सर्वकर्माणि कारयेत् । त्रिफलायास्तु चूर्णं हि साज्यं कुष्ठविनाशनम्
brahmadaṇḍyāstu mūlāni sarvakarmāṇi kārayet / triphalāyāstu cūrṇaṃ hi sājyaṃ kuṣṭhavināśanam
The roots of brahmadaṇḍī accomplish all works; and the powder of triphalā, with ghee, destroys skin disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 184.12
आज्यं पुनर्नवाबिल्वैः पिप्पलीभि साधितम् । हरेद्धक्कां श्वासकासौ पीतं स्त्रीणाञ्च गर्भकृत्
ājyaṃ punarnavābilvaiḥ pippalībhi sādhitam / hareddhakkāṃ śvāsakāsau pītaṃ strīṇāñca garbhakṛt
Ghee prepared with punarnavā, bilva and long pepper removes hiccup (?), asthma and cough; drunk by women it causes conception.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.13
भक्षयेद्वा नरीबीजं पयसाज्येन पाचितम् । घृतशर्करया युक्तं शुक्रः स्यादक्षयस्ततः
bhakṣayedvā narībījaṃ payasājyena pācitam / ghṛtaśarkarayā yuktaṃ śukraḥ syādakṣayastataḥ
Or one should eat the seed of the narī (?), boiled with milk and ghee, joined with ghee and sugar; thereby the semen becomes inexhaustible.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.14
विडङ्गं मधुकं पाठां मांसीं सर्जरसं तथा । रहिद्रां त्रिफलाञ्चैव मपामार्गं मनः शिलाम्
viḍaṅgaṃ madhukaṃ pāṭhāṃ māṃsīṃ sarjarasaṃ tathā / rahidrāṃ triphalāñcaiva mapāmārgaṃ manaḥ śilām
Viḍaṅga, licorice, pāṭhā, jaṭāmāṃsī and likewise sāl-resin, turmeric and triphalā, apāmārga and realgar,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 184.15
उदुम्बरं धातकीञ्च तिलतैलेन पषेयेत् । योनिं लिङ्गं च म्रक्षेत स्त्रीपुसोः स्यात्प्रियं मिथः
udumbaraṃ dhātakīñca tilatailena paṣeyet / yoniṃ liṅgaṃ ca mrakṣeta strīpusoḥ syātpriyaṃ mithaḥ
udumbara and dhātakī — one should grind (these) with sesame oil; and one should anoint the vulva and the penis: there will be mutual affection between wife and husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 184.16
नमस्ते ईशवरदाय आकर्षिणि विकर्षिणि मुग्धे स्वाहा इति । योनिलङ्गस्य तैलेन शङ्कर म्लक्षणात्ततः
namaste īśavaradāya ākarṣiṇi vikarṣiṇi mugdhe svāhā iti / yonilaṅgasya tailena śaṅkara mlakṣaṇāttataḥ
"Homage to you, O bestower of boons on the Lord — O drawing one, O pulling one, O bewildered one, svāhā" — thus; then, O Śaṅkara, from anointing the vulva and the penis with the oil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.17
पुनर्नवामृता दूर्वा कनकञ्चैन्द्रवारुणी । बीजे नैषां जातिकाया रसेन रसमर्दनम्
punarnavāmṛtā dūrvā kanakañcaindravāruṇī / bīje naiṣāṃ jātikāyā rasena rasamardanam
Punarnavā, amṛtā (guḍūcī), dūrvā, kanaka (dhattūra) and indravāruṇī — with the juice of these and of the nutmeg, the grinding of mercury (is done).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.18
मूषाय मध्यगं कृत्वा रसं मारणमीरितम् । मध्वाज्यसहितं दुग्धं वलीपलितनाशनम्
mūṣāya madhyagaṃ kṛtvā rasaṃ māraṇamīritam / madhvājyasahitaṃ dugdhaṃ valīpalitanāśanam
Having placed (it) inside a crucible, the killing of mercury is declared. (Taken) with honey and ghee, and with milk, it destroys wrinkles and grey hair.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.19
मध्वाज्यं गुडताम्रञ्च कारवेल्लरसस्तथा । दहनाच्च भवेद्रौप्यं सुवर्णकरणं शृणु
madhvājyaṃ guḍatāmrañca kāravellarasastathā / dahanācca bhavedraupyaṃ suvarṇakaraṇaṃ śṛṇu
Honey and ghee, jaggery and copper, and likewise the juice of bitter gourd — from the burning, silver is produced; hear now the making of gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.20
पीतं धरत्तूपुष्पञ्च सीसकञ्च पलं मतम् । लाङ्गलिकायाः शाखा च स्वर्णञ्च दहनाद्भवेत्
pītaṃ dharattūpuṣpañca sīsakañca palaṃ matam / lāṅgalikāyāḥ śākhā ca svarṇañca dahanādbhavet
The yellow flower of the dhattūra and lead, a pala (in measure), is prescribed, and a branch of the lāṅgalikā: from the burning, gold is produced.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.21
धत्तूरबीजतैलेन दीपप्रज्वलनाद्धर । समाधावुपविष्टन्तु गगनस्थो न पश्यति
dhattūrabījatailena dīpaprajvalanāddhara / samādhāvupaviṣṭantu gaganastho na paśyati
By the lighting of a lamp with oil of dhattūra seeds, O Hara, one seated in meditation, though standing in the sky, is not seen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.22
वृषस्य मृन्मयस्यैव युक्तो भेको निगृह्यते । शङ्करावयवैर्युक्तो धूपं घ्रात्वा च गर्जति । विस्मयं कुरुते चैव वृषवन्नात्र संशयः
vṛṣasya mṛnmayasyaiva yukto bheko nigṛhyate / śaṅkarāvayavairyukto dhūpaṃ ghrātvā ca garjati / vismayaṃ kurute caiva vṛṣavannātra saṃśayaḥ
A frog, applied to (an image of) a bull made of clay, is caught; joined with the limbs of (the frog?), having smelt the incense it roars, and it causes amazement, just like a bull — there is no doubt here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.23
रात्रौ च सार्षपं तैलं कीटं खद्यो तनामकम् । ताभ्यां दीपः प्रज्वलितो वाग्मिज्वालकलापवत्
rātrau ca sārṣapaṃ tailaṃ kīṭaṃ khadyo tanāmakam / tābhyāṃ dīpaḥ prajvalito vāgmijvālakalāpavat
And at night, mustard oil and the insect called the firefly: from these two a lamp is kindled, like a mass of eloquent flame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.24
चूर्णं छुच्छुन्दरीधं दग्ध्वा रुद्र प्रलेपयेत् । तप्यते तक्षणाद्दग्धो यदि सम्यक्प्रलेपयेत् । चन्दनेन भवेन्मोक्षः पानाल्लेपात्सुखी भवेत्
cūrṇaṃ chucchundarīdhaṃ dagdhvā rudra pralepayet / tapyate takṣaṇāddagdho yadi samyakpralepayet / candanena bhavenmokṣaḥ pānāllepātsukhī bhavet
Having burned the powder of the musk-shrew, O Rudra, one should smear (it) on. He who is burned is scorched at that very instant; if one smears it on properly with sandalwood, there will be release; from drinking (it) or from the smearing one becomes well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.25
कुञ्जरस्य मदाक्तस्य स्वयं नेत्रे शिववाञ्जयेत् । युद्धे विजयते सो ऽपि महाशूरश्च जायते
kuñjarasya madāktasya svayaṃ netre śivavāñjayet / yuddhe vijayate so 'pi mahāśūraśca jāyate
One should oneself smear on (his own) eyes the exudation of a rutting elephant, O Śiva: that man conquers in battle and becomes a great hero.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.26
दन्तं डुण्डुभसर्पस्य मुखे संगृह्य वै क्षिपेत् । तिष्ठते च जलान्तस्तु निर्विकल्पं स्थले यथा
dantaṃ ḍuṇḍubhasarpasya mukhe saṃgṛhya vai kṣipet / tiṣṭhate ca jalāntastu nirvikalpaṃ sthale yathā
Having taken the tooth of a ḍuṇḍubha snake in the mouth, one should indeed put (it there): he remains inside the water without alteration, as if on dry land.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.27
कुम्भीरनेत्रदंष्ट्राश्च अस्थीनि रुधिरं तथा । वसातैलसमायुक्तमेकत्र तन्नियोजयेत् । आत्मानं म्लक्षयेत्तेन जले तिष्ठेद्दिनत्रयम्
kumbhīranetradaṃṣṭrāśca asthīni rudhiraṃ tathā / vasātailasamāyuktamekatra tanniyojayet / ātmānaṃ mlakṣayettena jale tiṣṭheddinatrayam
And the eyes, fangs, bones and likewise the blood of a crocodile — combined with fat and oil, one should compound that together; with it one should smear oneself, (and) one may remain in water for three days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.28
कुम्भीरकस्य नेत्राणि हृदयं कच्छपस्य च । मूषिकस्य वसास्थीनि शिशुमारवसा तथा । एतान्येकत्र संलेपाज्जले तिष्ठेद्यथा गृहे
kumbhīrakasya netrāṇi hṛdayaṃ kacchapasya ca / mūṣikasya vasāsthīni śiśumāravasā tathā / etānyekatra saṃlepājjale tiṣṭhedyathā gṛhe
The eyes of a crocodile, the heart of a tortoise, the fat and bones of a mouse, and likewise the fat of a porpoise: by smearing these together one may stay in the water as (one stays) in a house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 184.29
लोहचूर्णं तक्रपीतं पाण्डुरोगहरं भवेत् । तण्डुलीय कगोक्षूरमूलं पीतं पयोन्वितम्
lohacūrṇaṃ takrapītaṃ pāṇḍurogaharaṃ bhavet / taṇḍulīya kagokṣūramūlaṃ pītaṃ payonvitam
Iron powder drunk with buttermilk removes jaundice; the root of amaranth and of gokṣura, drunk mixed with milk (does the same).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.30
कमलादिहरंपितं मुखरोगहरं तथा । जातीमूलं तक्रपीतं कोलमूलं त्वजीर्णनुत्
kamalādiharaṃpitaṃ mukharogaharaṃ tathā / jātīmūlaṃ takrapītaṃ kolamūlaṃ tvajīrṇanut
Drunk, (the decoction) beginning with lotus removes diseases of the mouth; and jātī root drunk with buttermilk, (or) kola root, dispels indigestion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.31
सतक्रं कुशमलं वा मर्कटी मूलमेव वा । काञ्जिकेन च वाकुच्या मूलं वै दन्तरोगनुत्
satakraṃ kuśamalaṃ vā markaṭī mūlameva vā / kāñjikena ca vākucyā mūlaṃ vai dantaroganut
Either kuśa root with buttermilk, or the root of markaṭī, or the root of vākucī with sour gruel — that indeed dispels toothache.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.32
तथेन्द्रवारुणीमूलं वारिपीतं विषादिहृत् । सुरभिकामूलपा नाद्वा तन्नाशो भवेच्छिव
tathendravāruṇīmūlaṃ vāripītaṃ viṣādihṛt / surabhikāmūlapā nādvā tannāśo bhavecchiva
Likewise the root of indravāruṇī drunk with water removes poison and the rest; or by drinking surabhikā root there will be destruction of it, O Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 184.33
शिरोरोगहरं लेपाद्गुञ्जाचूर्णं सकाञ्जिकम् । बला चातिबला यष्टी शर्करा मधुसंयुता
śirorogaharaṃ lepādguñjācūrṇaṃ sakāñjikam / balā cātibalā yaṣṭī śarkarā madhusaṃyutā
Guñjā powder with sour gruel, applied as a paste, removes head disease; balā, atibalā, liquorice, sugar mixed with honey —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 184.34
वन्ध्यागर्भकरी पीता नात्र कार्या विचारणा । श्वेतापराजितामूलं पिप्पलीशुण्ठिकायुतम्
vandhyāgarbhakarī pītā nātra kāryā vicāraṇā / śvetāparājitāmūlaṃ pippalīśuṇṭhikāyutam
— drunk, it makes a barren woman conceive; there is no need for doubt about this. The root of white aparājitā together with long pepper and dry ginger,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 184.35
परिपिष्टं शिरोलेपाच्छिरः शूलविनाशनम् । निर्गुण्डिकाशिखां पीत्वा गण्डमालां विनाशयेत्
paripiṣṭaṃ śirolepācchiraḥ śūlavināśanam / nirguṇḍikāśikhāṃ pītvā gaṇḍamālāṃ vināśayet
well ground, by application to the head destroys headache. Having drunk the top-shoot of nirguṇḍī, one destroys scrofula.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 184.36
केतकीपत्रजं क्षारं गुडेन सह भक्षयेत् । तक्रेण शरपुङ्खां वा पीत्वा प्लीहां विनाशयेत्
ketakīpatrajaṃ kṣāraṃ guḍena saha bhakṣayet / takreṇa śarapuṅkhāṃ vā pītvā plīhāṃ vināśayet
One should eat the alkali made from ketakī leaves together with jaggery; or, having drunk śarapuṅkhā with buttermilk, one destroys (disease of) the spleen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 184.37
मातुलङ्गस्य निर्यासं गुडाज्येन समन्वितम् । वातपित्तजशूलानि हन्ति वै पानयोगतः । शुण्ठी सौवर्चलं हिङ्गु पीतं हृदयरोगनुत्
mātulaṅgasya niryāsaṃ guḍājyena samanvitam / vātapittajaśūlāni hanti vai pānayogataḥ / śuṇṭhī sauvarcalaṃ hiṅgu pītaṃ hṛdayaroganut
The exudation of the citron, combined with jaggery and ghee, destroys colics arising from wind and bile when taken as a drink. Dry ginger, sauvarcala salt and asafoetida, drunk, dispel heart disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition