Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 201
GaP 1 201.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २०१ धन्वन्तरिरुवाच । हयायुर्वेदमाख्यास्ये हयं सर्वार्थलक्षणम् । काकतुण्डः कृष्णजिह्वो वृक्षास्यश्चोष्णतालुकः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 201 dhanvantariruvāca / hayāyurvedamākhyāsye hayaṃ sarvārthalakṣaṇam / kākatuṇḍaḥ kṛṣṇajihvo vṛkṣāsyaścoṣṇatālukaḥ
Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, chapter 201. Dhanvantari said: I shall declare the Āyurveda of horses, and the marks of the horse for every purpose. (A horse) crow-muzzled, black-tongued, with a mouth like a tree('s hollow), with a hot palate,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 201.2
करालो हीनदन्तश्च शृङ्गी विरलदन्तकः । एकाण्डश्चैव जाताण्डः कञ्चुकी द्विखुरी स्तनी
karālo hīnadantaśca śṛṅgī viraladantakaḥ / ekāṇḍaścaiva jātāṇḍaḥ kañcukī dvikhurī stanī
gap-toothed (or grim-faced), deficient in teeth, horned, with widely spaced teeth, having only one testicle, born with testicles (descended), 'jacketed', with cloven hoofs, having teats,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 201.3
मार्जारपादो व्याघ्राभः कुष्ठविद्रधिसन्निभः । यमजो वामनश्चैव मार्जारः कपिलोचनः
mārjārapādo vyāghrābhaḥ kuṣṭhavidradhisannibhaḥ / yamajo vāmanaścaiva mārjāraḥ kapilocanaḥ
cat-footed, tiger-coloured, resembling (one with) leprosy or abscess, twin-born, dwarfish, cat-like, brown-eyed —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 201.4
एतद्दोषी हयस्त्याज्य उत्तमो ऽश्वस्तुरुष्कजः । मध्यमः पञ्चहस्तश्च कनीयांश्च त्रिहस्तकः
etaddoṣī hayastyājya uttamo 'śvasturuṣkajaḥ / madhyamaḥ pañcahastaśca kanīyāṃśca trihastakaḥ
a horse having these faults is to be rejected. The best horse is one born in Turkistan; the middling is five hands (tall), and the inferior three hands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.5
असंहता ये च वाहा ह्रस्वकर्णास्तथैव च । शबलाभाः प्रभावेषु न दीनाश्चिरजीविनः
asaṃhatā ye ca vāhā hrasvakarṇāstathaiva ca / śabalābhāḥ prabhāveṣu na dīnāścirajīvinaḥ
Those mounts which are loose-limbed and likewise short-eared, dappled in appearance, are not wretched in their powers, and are long-lived.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 201.6
रेवन्तपूजनाद्धोमाद्रक्ष्याश्च द्विजभाजेनात् । सरलं निम्बपत्राणि गुग्गुलं सर्षपान्घृतम्?
revantapūjanāddhomādrakṣyāśca dvijabhājenāt / saralaṃ nimbapatrāṇi guggulaṃ sarṣapānghṛtam?
They are to be protected by worship of Revanta, by oblation, and by feeding brahmins: pine resin, neem leaves, guggulu, mustard seeds, ghee,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 201.7
तिलञ्चैव वचां हिगुं बध्नीयाद्वाजिनो गले । आगन्तुजं दोषजन्तु व्रणं द्विविधमीरितम्
tilañcaiva vacāṃ higuṃ badhnīyādvājino gale / āgantujaṃ doṣajantu vraṇaṃ dvividhamīritam
and sesame, sweet flag, asafoetida — (these) one should bind on the horse's neck. A sore is said to be of two kinds: that arising from an external cause, and that arising from the humours.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.8
चिरपाकं वातजन्तु श्लेष्मजं क्षिप्रपाककम्? । कण्ठदाहात्मकं पित्ताच्छोणितान्मन्दवेदनम्
cirapākaṃ vātajantu śleṣmajaṃ kṣiprapākakam? / kaṇṭhadāhātmakaṃ pittācchoṇitānmandavedanam
That from wind is slow to ripen, that from phlegm ripens quickly; from bile it is of the nature of a burning in the throat, and from blood it has mild pain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 201.9
आगन्तुजन्तु शस्त्राद्यैर्दुष्टव्रणविशोधनम् । एरण्डमूलं द्विनिशं चित्रकं विश्वभेषजम्
āgantujantu śastrādyairduṣṭavraṇaviśodhanam / eraṇḍamūlaṃ dviniśaṃ citrakaṃ viśvabheṣajam
But the externally caused one (is to be treated) with surgical instruments and the like — the cleansing of a foul sore: castor root, the two turmerics, citraka, ginger,
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GaP 1 201.10
रसोनं सैन्धवं वापि तक्रकाञ्जिकपोषितम् । तिलसक्तुकपिण्डिका दधियुक्ता ससैन्धवा । निम्बपत्रयुतं पिण्डं व्रणशोधनरोपणम्
rasonaṃ saindhavaṃ vāpi takrakāñjikapoṣitam / tilasaktukapiṇḍikā dadhiyuktā sasaindhavā / nimbapatrayutaṃ piṇḍaṃ vraṇaśodhanaropaṇam
or garlic and rock salt, steeped in buttermilk and sour gruel; a ball of sesame meal mixed with curds and with rock salt, a paste combined with neem leaves — (this) cleanses and heals the sore.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 201.11
पटोलं निम्बपत्रञ्च वचा चित्रकमेव च । पिप्पलीशृङ्गवेरञ्च चूर्णमेकत्र कारयेत्
paṭolaṃ nimbapatrañca vacā citrakameva ca / pippalīśṛṅgaverañca cūrṇamekatra kārayet
Paṭola, neem leaf, vacā and citraka, and long pepper and ginger — he should have (them) made into powder together.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.12
एतत्पानात्क्रिमिश्लेष्ममन्दानिलविनाशनम् । निम्बपत्रं पटो लञ्च त्रिफला खदिरं तथा
etatpānātkrimiśleṣmamandānilavināśanam / nimbapatraṃ paṭo lañca triphalā khadiraṃ tathā
From drinking this, worms, phlegm and sluggish wind are destroyed. Neem leaf and paṭola, the three myrobalans and likewise khadira —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.13
क्वाथयित्वा ततो वाहं सृतरक्तं विचक्षणः । त्र्यहमेव प्रिदातव्यं हयकुष्ठोपशान्तये
kvāthayitvā tato vāhaṃ sṛtaraktaṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ / tryahameva pridātavyaṃ hayakuṣṭhopaśāntaye
having boiled (these), the skilled man should then, for three days only, administer (it) to the horse whose blood has been let, for the allaying of equine leprosy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 201.14
सव्रणेषु च कुष्ठेषु तैलं सर्षपजं हितम् । लशुनादिकषायश्च पानभुक्त्युपशान्तये
savraṇeṣu ca kuṣṭheṣu tailaṃ sarṣapajaṃ hitam / laśunādikaṣāyaśca pānabhuktyupaśāntaye
In ulcerated conditions and in skin diseases, oil made from mustard is beneficial, and a decoction of garlic and the rest, as drink and food, for allaying (the disease).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.15
मातुलुङ्गरसोपेतं मांसीनां रसकेन वा । सद्यो दद्यात्तत्र नस्यमन्यैर्वातैः सुसंयुतैः
mātuluṅgarasopetaṃ māṃsīnāṃ rasakena vā / sadyo dadyāttatra nasyamanyairvātaiḥ susaṃyutaiḥ
Mixed with citron juice, or with the juice of jaṭāmāṃsī, one should at once give a nasal medicine there, well combined with other wind(-relieving substances).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 201.16
पलद्वयं प्रथमे ऽह्नि एकैकपलवृद्धितः । यावद्दिनानि पूर्णानि पलान्यष्टादशोत्तमे
paladvayaṃ prathame 'hni ekaikapalavṛddhitaḥ / yāvaddināni pūrṇāni palānyaṣṭādaśottame
Two palas on the first day, increasing by one pala each (day), until the days are complete — eighteen palas for the best (horse).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.17
अधमे ऽष्टपलानि स्युर्मध्यमे स्युश्चतुर्दश । शरन्निदाघयोर्नैवदेयं नैव तु दापयेत्
adhame 'ṣṭapalāni syurmadhyame syuścaturdaśa / śarannidāghayornaivadeyaṃ naiva tu dāpayet
For the lowest it should be eight palas, for the middling fourteen; but in autumn and in the hot season it is not to be given, nor should one have it given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.18
तैलेन वातिके रोगे शर्कराज्यपयोन्वितैः । कटुतैलैः कफे व्योषैः पित्ते चत्रिफलाम्बुभिः
tailena vātike roge śarkarājyapayonvitaiḥ / kaṭutailaiḥ kaphe vyoṣaiḥ pitte catriphalāmbubhiḥ
With oil in a wind-disease; with sugar, ghee and milk; with pungent oils in phlegm, with the three pungents; and in bile with water of the three myrobalans.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.19
शालिषष्टिकदुग्धाशी हयो हिन जुगुप्सितः । पक्वजम्बूनिभो हेमवर्णो ऽश्वो न जुगुप्सितः
śāliṣaṣṭikadugdhāśī hayo hina jugupsitaḥ / pakvajambūnibho hemavarṇo 'śvo na jugupsitaḥ
A horse that feeds on śāli rice, ṣaṣṭika rice and milk is not to be despised; a horse the colour of a ripe rose-apple or of gold is not to be despised.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.20
अर्धप्रहरणे धुर्ये गुग्गुलुं प्राशयेद्धयम् । भोजयेत्पायसं दुग्धं सत्वरं सुस्थिरो हयः
ardhapraharaṇe dhurye gugguluṃ prāśayeddhayam / bhojayetpāyasaṃ dugdhaṃ satvaraṃ susthiro hayaḥ
For a draught horse, at half a prahara one should make the horse swallow guggulu; one should feed (it) milk-rice and milk — the horse (becomes) quickly firm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 201.21
विकारे भोजने दुग्धं शाल्यन्नं वातले ददेत् । कर्षमांसरसैः पित्ते मधुमुद्गरसाज्यकैः
vikāre bhojane dugdhaṃ śālyannaṃ vātale dadet / karṣamāṃsarasaiḥ pitte madhumudgarasājyakaiḥ
In a disorder one should give milk as food, and śāli rice, to a wind-afflicted (horse); with a karṣa of meat-juices in bile, with honey, mung-bean broth and ghee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 201.22
कफे मुद्गान्कुलत्थान्वा कटुतिक्तान्कफे हये । बाधिर्ये व्याधिते ग्रासे त्रिदोषादौ तु गुग्गुलुः
kaphe mudgānkulatthānvā kaṭutiktānkaphe haye / bādhirye vyādhite grāse tridoṣādau tu gugguluḥ
In phlegm, mung beans or horse-gram, pungent and bitter (things) for a horse with phlegm; in deafness, in a sick (horse's) fodder, and in disorders of the three humours, guggulu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 201.23
घासैर्दूर्वा सर्वरोगे प्रथमे ऽह्नि पलं ददेत् । विवर्धयेत्ततः कर्षमेकाह्नि पलपञ्चकम्
ghāsairdūrvā sarvaroge prathame 'hni palaṃ dadet / vivardhayettataḥ karṣamekāhni palapañcakam
Among fodders, dūrvā grass in every disease: on the first day one should give a pala, then increase (it) by a karṣa, up to five palas in a single day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.24
पाने च भोजने चैव अशीतिपलकं परम् । मध्ये षष्टिश्चाधमेषु चत्वारिंशच्च भोगिषु
pāne ca bhojane caiva aśītipalakaṃ param / madhye ṣaṣṭiścādhameṣu catvāriṃśacca bhogiṣu
In drink and likewise in food, eighty palas is the maximum; sixty for the middling, and forty for the lowest, among those (horses) enjoyed (i.e. in use).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 201.25
व्रणे कुष्ठेषु खञ्जेषु त्रिफलाक्वाथसंयुतम् । मन्दाग्नौ शोथरोगे च गवां मूत्रेण योजितम्
vraṇe kuṣṭheṣu khañjeṣu triphalākvāthasaṃyutam / mandāgnau śotharoge ca gavāṃ mūtreṇa yojitam
In (cases of) a sore, in skin diseases, in lameness, (it is to be given) combined with a decoction of the three myrobalans; in weak digestion and in dropsical swelling, mixed with the urine of cows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.26
वातपित्ते व्रणे व्याधौ गोक्षीरं घृतसंयुतम् । देयं कृशानां पुष्ट्यर्थं मांसैर्युक्तं च भोजनम्
vātapitte vraṇe vyādhau gokṣīraṃ ghṛtasaṃyutam / deyaṃ kṛśānāṃ puṣṭyarthaṃ māṃsairyuktaṃ ca bhojanam
In (disorders of) vāta and pitta, in a wound, in (any) disease, cow's milk combined with ghee is to be given; and for the emaciated, for the sake of putting on flesh, food mixed with meats.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.27
सुपिष्टायाः प्रदातव्यं गुडूच्याः पलपञ्चकम् । प्रभाते घृतसंयुक्तं शरद्गीष्मे च वाजिनाम्
supiṣṭāyāḥ pradātavyaṃ guḍūcyāḥ palapañcakam / prabhāte ghṛtasaṃyuktaṃ śaradgīṣme ca vājinām
Five palas of well-ground guḍūcī should be given (to) horses in the morning, mixed with ghee, in autumn and summer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.28
रोगघ्नं पुष्टिदं चापि बलतेजोविवर्धनम् । तदेवाश्वायदातव्यं क्षीरयुक्तमथापि वा
rogaghnaṃ puṣṭidaṃ cāpi balatejovivardhanam / tadevāśvāyadātavyaṃ kṣīrayuktamathāpi vā
It destroys disease, gives nourishment, and increases strength and vigor; that same thing should be given to a horse, or else mixed with milk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.29
गुडूचीकल्पयोगेन शतावर्यश्वगन्धयोः । चत्वारि त्रीणि मध्यस्य जघन्यस्य पलानि हि
guḍūcīkalpayogena śatāvaryaśvagandhayoḥ / catvāri trīṇi madhyasya jaghanyasya palāni hi
By the same preparation-method as the guḍūcī (formula), (one should use) śatāvarī and aśvagandhā: four palas, three palas — for the middling and for the lowest (grade of animal, respectively).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 201.30
अकस्माद्यत्र वाहानामेकरूपं यदा भवेत् । म्रियते च यदा क्षिप्रमुपसर्गं तमादिशेत्
akasmādyatra vāhānāmekarūpaṃ yadā bhavet / mriyate ca yadā kṣipramupasargaṃ tamādiśet
When, without apparent cause, one and the same form (of disease) appears among the mounts, and when (they) die quickly, one should declare that an epidemic affliction (upasarga).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.31
होमाद्यै रक्षया विप्रभोजनैर्बलिकर्मणा । शान्त्योपसर्गशान्तिः स्याद्धरीतक्यादिकल्पतः
homādyai rakṣayā viprabhojanairbalikarmaṇā / śāntyopasargaśāntiḥ syāddharītakyādikalpataḥ
By oblations and the rest, by a protective rite, by feeding brahmins, by the offering of bali, and by a pacification ceremony there would be a quelling of the plague — (and) by the regimen of harītakī and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.32
हरीतकी गवां मूत्रैस्तैलेन लवणान्विता । आदौ पञ्च ततः पञ्च वृद्ध्या पूर्णशतावधि । उत्तमा च शतं मात्रास्त्वशीतिः षष्टिरेव वा
harītakī gavāṃ mūtraistailena lavaṇānvitā / ādau pañca tataḥ pañca vṛddhyā pūrṇaśatāvadhi / uttamā ca śataṃ mātrāstvaśītiḥ ṣaṣṭireva vā
Harītakī with cows' urine and oil, together with salt: at first five, then five (more) by increase, up to a full hundred; and the highest dose is a hundred, but (also) eighty or just sixty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.33
गजायुर्वेदमाख्यास्ये उक्ताः कल्पा गजे हिताः । गजे चतुर्गुणा मात्रास्ताभिर्गजरुगर्दनः
gajāyurvedamākhyāsye uktāḥ kalpā gaje hitāḥ / gaje caturguṇā mātrāstābhirgajarugardanaḥ
I shall declare the Āyurveda of elephants; the regimens beneficial for an elephant have been stated. For an elephant the doses are fourfold; by them the disease of elephants is destroyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.34
गजो पसर्गव्याधीनां शमनं शान्तिकर्म च । पूजयित्वा सुरान्विप्रान्रत्नैर्गां कपिलां ददेत्
gajo pasargavyādhīnāṃ śamanaṃ śāntikarma ca / pūjayitvā surānviprānratnairgāṃ kapilāṃ dadet
(Now) the quelling of the epidemic diseases of an elephant and the pacification rite: having honoured the gods and the brahmins with jewels, one should give a tawny cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.35
दन्तिदन्तद्वये मालां निबन्धीयादुपोषितः । मन्त्रेण मन्त्रितान्वैद्यैर्वचासिद्धार्थकांस्तथा
dantidantadvaye mālāṃ nibandhīyādupoṣitaḥ / mantreṇa mantritānvaidyairvacāsiddhārthakāṃstathā
Fasting, one should bind a garland on the pair of tusks of the elephant, and likewise vacā and white mustard seeds charmed with a mantra by the physicians.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.36
सूर्यादिशिवदुर्गाश्रीविष्ण्वर्चा रक्षयेद्गजम् । बलिं दद्याच्च भूतेभ्यः स्नापयेच्च चतुर्घटैः
sūryādiśivadurgāśrīviṣṇvarcā rakṣayedgajam / baliṃ dadyācca bhūtebhyaḥ snāpayecca caturghaṭaiḥ
With the worship of Sūrya and the others, of Śiva, Durgā, Śrī and Viṣṇu, one should protect the elephant; and one should give bali to the spirits, and should bathe (it) with four pots.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.37
भोजनं मन्त्रितं दद्याद्भस्मनोद्धूनयेद्गजमम् । भूतरक्षा शुभा मेध्या वारणं रक्षयेत्सदा
bhojanaṃ mantritaṃ dadyādbhasmanoddhūnayedgajamam / bhūtarakṣā śubhā medhyā vāraṇaṃ rakṣayetsadā
One should give food over which mantras have been said, and should dust the elephant with ash; protection from spirits, auspicious and purifying, always guards the elephant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.38
त्रिफलापञ्चकोले च दशमूलं विडङ्गकम् । शतावरीगुडूची च निम्बवासककिंशुकाः
triphalāpañcakole ca daśamūlaṃ viḍaṅgakam / śatāvarīguḍūcī ca nimbavāsakakiṃśukāḥ
Triphalā and pañcakola, daśamūla, viḍaṅga, śatāvarī and guḍūcī, nimba, vāsaka and kiṃśuka:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 201.39
गजरोगविनाशाय हितो रूक्षः कषायकः । आयुर्वेदद्वयोक्तानामुक्तं संक्षेपसारतः
gajarogavināśāya hito rūkṣaḥ kaṣāyakaḥ / āyurvedadvayoktānāmuktaṃ saṃkṣepasārataḥ
a dry astringent decoction (of these) is good for the destruction of an elephant's disease. Of the things stated in the two Āyurvedas, (this much) has been told by way of a brief summary.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition