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# Garudapurana 1.149

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.149

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.149.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.21) — 1 part

### [1.149.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 149  
dhanvantariruvāca /  
āśukārī yataḥ kāsaḥ sa evātaḥ pravakṣyate /  
pañca kāsāḥ smṛtā vātapittaśleṣmakṣatakṣayaiḥ //

> The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 149  
> Dhanvantari said: / Since cough is swift-acting, it alone will be spoken of next. / Coughs are considered to be fivefold, caused by wind, bile, phlegm, injury, and wasting.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.2)

kṣayāyopekṣitāḥ sarve balinaścottarottaram /  
teṣāṃ bhaviṣyatāṃ rūpaṃ kaṇṭhe kaṇḍūrarocakaḥ //

> If neglected, all lead to wasting, each more potent than the preceding. / The premonitory sign of their impending onset is an itch in the throat and loss of taste.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.3)

śuṣkakarṇāsyakaṇṭhatvaṃ tatrādhovihito 'nilaḥ /  
ūrdhvaṃ pravṛttaḥ prāpyo rastasminkaṇṭhe ca saṃsṛjan //

> Dryness of the ears, mouth, and throat occurs. There, the wind assigned to the lower parts, / moving upward and reaching the chest, enters into the throat;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.4)

śirāsrotāṃsi saṃpūrya tato 'ṅgānyutkṣipanti ca /  
kṣipannivākṣiṇī kliṣṭasvaraḥ pārśve ca pīḍayan //

> filling the channels of the veins, it then agitates the limbs, / seeming to throw the eyes out, afflicting the voice, and causing pain in the flanks;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.5)

pravartate savakreṇa bhinnakāṃsyopamadhvaniḥ /  
hṛtpārśveruśiraḥ śūlamohakṣobhasvarakṣayān //

> it proceeds through the mouth with a sound like broken bronze, / producing pain in the heart, flanks, thighs, and head, stupefaction, agitation, and loss of voice;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.6)

karoti śuṣkakāsañca mahāvegarujāsvanam /  
soṃgaharṣo kaphaṃ śuṣkaṃ kṛchrānmuktvālpatāṃ vrajet //

> it causes a dry cough, with great impetus, pain, and sound. / With horripilation, having expelled dry phlegm with difficulty, it subsides into minuteness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.7)

pittātpītākṣikatvaṃ ca tiktāsyatvaṃ jvaro bhramaḥ /  
pittāsṛgvamanaṃ tṛṣṇā vaisvaryaṃ dhūmako madaḥ //

> From bile there is yellowness of the eyes, bitterness of the mouth, fever, giddiness, / vomiting of bile and blood, thirst, hoarseness, a feeling of being fumed, intoxication,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.8)

pratataṃ kāsavege ca jyotiṣāmiva darśanam /  
kaphāduro 'lparuṅmūrdhi hṛdayaṃ stimite guru //

> and, during a continuous paroxysm of coughing, the apparent perception of sparks. / From phlegm, the chest and head have little pain, and the heart is motionless and heavy;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.9)

kaṇṭhe pralepamadajaṃ pīnasacchardyarocakāḥ /  
romaharṣo dhanasnigdhaṃśleṣmaṇāñca pravartanam //

> there is a coating in the throat, sluggishness, coryza, vomiting, loss of taste, / horripilation, and the discharge of thick, unctuous phlegm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.10)

yuddhādyaiḥ sāhasaistaistaiḥ sevitairayathābalam /  
upasyantaḥ kṣato vāyuḥ pittenānugato balī //

> Through various rash acts such as fighting, undertaken beyond one's strength, / wind injured within the chest, followed by strong bile,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.11)

kupitaḥ kurute kāsaṃ kaphaṃ tena saśoṇitam /  
pītaṃ śyāvañca śuṣkañca grathitaṃ kupitaṃ bahu //

> aggravated, produces a cough. Because of it, \[the patient\] spits phlegm accompanied by blood, / yellow, dark, dry, knotty, aggravated, and copious,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.12)

ṣṭhīvetkaṇṭhena rujatā vibhinnenaiva corasā /  
sūcībhiriva tīkṣṇābhistudyamānena śūlinā //

> with a painful throat and a chest feeling as if shattered, / pierced as if by sharp needles and aching,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.13)

duḥ khasparśena śūlena bhedapīḍāhitāpinā /  
parvabhedajvaraśvāsatṛṣṇāvaisvaryakampavān //

> with pain tender to the touch, and burning heat caused by the pain of tearing; / having cracking of the joints, fever, breathlessness, thirst, hoarseness, and trembling;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.14)

pārāvata ivotkūjanpārśvaśūlī tato 'sya ca /  
kaphādyairvamanaṃ paktibalavarṇañca hīyate //

> cooing like a pigeon, suffering from flank pain, and then for him / vomiting of phlegm and other humors \[occurs\], and digestion, strength, and complexion decline.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.15)

kṣīṇasya sāsṛṅmūtratvaṃ śvāsapṛṣṭakaṭigrahaḥ /  
ṣāyupradhānāḥ kupitā dhāvato rājayakṣmaṇaḥ //

> In the emaciated \[patient\], there is blood in the urine, dyspnea, and stiffness of the back and waist. / With wind predominant, the aggravated \[humors\] running in the course of consumption  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.16)

karvanti yakṣmāyatane kāsaṃ ṣṭhīvatkaphaṃ tataḥ /  
pūtipūyopamaṃ vītaṃ miśraṃ haritalohitam //

> produce cough in the seat of consumption; then he spits phlegm / resembling foul-smelling pus, yellow, mixed, greenish, and red;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.17)

supyate tudyata iva hṛdayaṃ pacatīva ca /  
akasmāduṣṇaśītecchā bahvāśitvaṃ balakṣayaḥ //

> his chest feels numb, as if pierced, and as if burning; / he has sudden desire for hot and cold, excessive eating, loss of strength,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.18)

snigdhaprasannavakratvaṃ śrīmaddarśananetratā /  
tato 'sya kṣayarūpāṇi sarvāṇyāvirbhavanti ca //

> an unctuous and bright face, and eyes of radiant appearance; / then all the symptoms of wasting appear in him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.19)

ityeṣa kṣayajaḥ kāsa kṣīṇānāṃ dehanāśanaḥ /  
yāpyau vā balināṃ tadvatkṣatajo 'pi navau tu tau //

> Thus this cough born of wasting destroys the body of the emaciated. / Or in the strong, both it and the injury-born one are manageable; but when both are fresh,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.20)

sidhyetāmapi sāmarthyātsādhyādau ca pṛthakkramaḥ /  
miśrā yāpyāśca ye sarve jarasaḥ sthavirasya ca //

> they may be cured by proper efficacy; and in curable and other cases, the treatment is distinct. / All mixed types are manageable, as is that of old age in the elderly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.21)

kāsaśvāsakṣayacchardisvarasādādayo gadāḥ /  
bhavantyupekṣayā yasmāttasmāttāstvarayā jayet //

> Because diseases such as cough, dyspnea, wasting, vomiting, and loss of voice / arise from negligence, one should conquer them with haste.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.21.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.149.21.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe kāsanidānā nāmaikonapañcāśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the one hundred and forty-ninth chapter, entitled 'Diagnosis of Cough', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.149.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.2432) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit
- [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.3.21_3) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit

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