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# Garudapurana 1.158

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.158

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.158.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.40) — 1 part

### [1.158.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 158  
dhanvantariruvāca /  
athāto mūtraghātasya nidānaṃ śṛṇu suśruta /  
bastibastiśiromeḍhrakaṭīvṛṣaṇapāyu ca //

> The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa—\[Chapter\] 158. / Dhanvantari said: / Now then, hear, O Suśruta, the diagnosis of retention of urine. / The bladder, the head of the bladder, the penis, the waist, the testicles, and the anus  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.2)

ekasaṃvahanāḥ proktā gudāsthivivarāśrayāḥ /  
adhomukho 'pi bastirhi mūtravāhiśirāmukhaiḥ //

> are described as a single functional complex located in the cavity of the pelvic bones. / Indeed, although the bladder is downward-facing, through the openings of the channels carrying urine,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.3)

pārśvebhyaḥ pūryate ślakṣṇai (sūkṣmaiḥ) syandamānairanāratam /  
taistaireva praviśyaivandoṣānkuvanti viṃśatim //

> it is continuously filled from the flanks by subtle, flowing streams. / Entering through these very \[channels\], the doshas produce twenty varieties \[of urinary disease\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.4)

mūtrāghātaḥ pramehaśca kṛcchrānmarma samāśrayet /  
bastivaṅkṣaṇameḍhrārtiyuktolpālpaṃ muhurmuhuḥ //

> Retention of urine and obstinate urinary disorders severely afflict the vital spot. / Accompanied by pain in the bladder, groins, and penis, one passes \[urine\] in tiny amounts repeatedly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.5)

mūtrāṇyāvātaje kṛcchrapītte pītaṃ sadāharuk /  
raktaṃ vā kaphajo bastimeḍhragauravaśothavān //

> In the vāta type, urination is painful; in the pitta type, it is yellow, with burning and pain, / or bloody; in the kapha type, there is heaviness and swelling of the bladder and penis,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.6)

sapicchaṃ saniruddhaṃ ca sarvaiḥ sarvātmakaṃ malaiḥ /  
yadā vāyurmukhaṃ bastervyāvartya pāriśoṣayan //

> slimy, obstructed, and possessing all the symptoms when caused by all the doshas combined. / When vāta, having twisted and desiccated the neck of the bladder,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.7)

mūtraṃ sapittaṃ sakaphaṃ saśukraṃ vā tadā kramāt /  
saṃjāyate 'śmarī ghorā pittaṃ goriva rocanā //

> dries the urine mixed with pitta, kapha, or semen, then gradually / a dreadful calculus is formed, just as biliary stone (rocanā) is formed in a cow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.8)

śleṣmāśrayā ca sarvā syādathāsyāḥ pūrvalakṣaṇam /  
bastyādhmānaṃ tadāsannadeśohi parito 'tiruk //

> All \[calculi\] are rooted in kapha. Now, the premonitory symptom of this: / distension of the bladder, severe pain all around the neighbouring regions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.9)

bastau ca mūtrasaṅgitvaṃ mūtrakṛcchraṃ jvaro 'ruciḥ /  
sāmānyaliṅgaṃ ruṅnābhisīvanībastimūrdhasu //

> retention of urine in the bladder, dysuria, fever, and loss of appetite. / The general sign is pain at the navel, the perineal raphe, and the crown of the bladder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.10)

vistīrṇavā saṃ mūtraṃ syāttathā mārganirodhane /  
baddhaṃ baddhvā sukhaṃ mehedacchaṃ gomedakopamam //

> Urine may flow in divided streams, and when the passage is obstructed, / it is blocked; once unblocked, one urinates with ease, the urine clear like a hessonite gem.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.11)

tatsaṃkṣobhādbhavetsāsṛṅmāṃsamadhvani rugbhavet /  
tatra bātābhisṛtyārtodantān khādati vepate //

> From its irritation, there is blood and pain in the passage along the muscular tissue. / In that condition, afflicted by the movement of vāta, one grinds the teeth and trembles;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.12)

gṛhṇāti mehanaṃ nābhiṃ pīḍayatyatilakṣaṇam /  
sānilaṃ muñcati śakṛnmuhurmehati binduśaḥ //

> one grasps the penis and presses the navel, which is a marked sign; / one passes stool with flatulence and repeatedly urinates drop by drop.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.13)

śyāmarūkṣāśmarī cāsya syāccitā kaṇṭakairiva /  
pittena dahyate bastiḥ pacyamāna ivoṣṇavān //

> The stone from vāta is dusky, rough, and covered as if with thorns; / due to pitta, the bladder burns as though being cooked, accompanied by heat;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.14)

bhallātakāsthisaṃsthānā raktā pītā sitāśmarā /  
bastirnistudyata iva śleṣmaṇā śītalo guruḥ //

> it is shaped like a marking-nut seed, red, yellow, or white. / Due to kapha, the bladder feels as if pierced with needles, cold, and heavy;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.15)

aśmarī mahatī ślakṣṇā madhuvarṇātha vā sitā /  
etā bhavanti bālanāṃ teṣāmeva ca bhūyasām //

> the stone is large, smooth, honey-coloured or white. / These occur in children, and predominantly in them,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.16)

āśayopacayālpatvādgahaṇāharaṇe sukhī /  
sukrāśmarī tu mahatī jāyate śukradhāraṇāt //

> because of the smallness of their bladder and its growth, extraction and removal are easy. / Seminal calculus, however, is large and is produced by the suppression of ejaculation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.17)

sthānacyutamabhuktaṃ vā aṇḍayorantare 'nilaḥ /  
śoṣayatyupasaṃgṛhya śukraṃ tacchukramaśmarī //

> When semen displaced from its place or unspent is held between the testicles, vāta / desiccates it, compacting it; that is a seminal calculus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.18)

bastirukkṛcchramūtratvaṃ śuklā śvayathukāriṇī /  
tasyāmutpannamātrāyāṃ śuṣkametya vilīyate //

> It causes pain in the bladder, dysuria, whitish urine, and swelling; / as soon as it is produced, it reaches the dry state and dissolves.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.19)

pīḍite jvarakāse 'sminnaśmaryeva ca śarkarā /  
asau vā vāyunā bhinnā sā tvasminnamulomage //

> When it is compressed, in fever and cough, gravel appears just like calculus; / or that \[calculus\] is broken by vāta, and when the vāta moves downwards,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.20)

nireti saha mūtreṇa pratilome vipacyate /  
mūtrasaṃdhāraṇaṃ kuryātkruddho bastermukhe marut //

> it passes out together with the urine; but when it moves in the reverse direction, it solidifies. / When vāta is provoked at the mouth of the bladder, it causes retention of urine,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.21)

mūtrasaṅgaṃ rujaṃ kaṇḍūṃ kadācicca suvāmataḥ /  
pracchādya bastimuddhṛtya garmāntaṃ sthūlaviplutām //

> urinary obstruction, pain, and itching, and sometimes a severe discharge. / Covering and elevating the bladder, it produces a thick, spreading swelling up to the abdomen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.22)

karoti tatra rugdāhaṃ spandanodveṣṭanāni ca /  
binduśaśca pravarteta mūtraṃ bastau tu pīḍite //

> causing pain, burning, throbbing, and twisting cramps there; / urine is passed drop by drop, and when the bladder is pressed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.23)

dhārāvarodhaścāpyeṣa vātabastiriti smṛtaḥ /  
dustaro dustarataro dvitīyaḥ prabalo 'nilaḥ //

> the flow is also obstructed; this is known as vātabasti (spasm of the bladder), / difficult to overcome; a second form is even more difficult to overcome, caused by powerful vāta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.24)

śakṛpmārgasya basteśca vāyurantaramāśritaḥ /  
aṣṭhīlābhaṃ ghanaṃ granthiṃ karotyaca (ba) lamunnatam //

> Vāta located between the rectum and the bladder / produces a firm, immobile, and elevated lump resembling an anvil (aṣṭhīlā).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.25)

vātāṣṭhīleti sātmānaṃ viṣṇūtrānila (ti) sargakṛt /  
viguṇaḥ kuṇḍalībhūto bastau tīvravyathonilaḥ //

> That is vātāṣṭhīlā, which causes obstruction to feces, urine, and flatus. / When vāta becomes disordered, coiled up in the bladder, and causes severe pain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.26)

ābadhya mūtraṃ bhramati saṃstambhodveṣṭagauravam /  
mūtramalpālpamathavā vimuñcati sakṛtsakṛt //

> it moves about blocking the urine, causing rigidity, cramping, and heaviness, / or discharges urine in very small quantities now and then.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.27)

vātakuṇḍaliketyeva mūtraṃ tu vidhṛte 'ciram /  
na nireti niruddhaṃ vā mūtrātītaṃ tadalparuk //

> This is called vātakuṇḍalikā. But when urine is suppressed, it is soon / held back and does not come out, or comes out obstructed with mild pain, known as mūtrātīta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.28)

vidhāraṇātpratihataṃ vātādāvartitaṃ yadā /  
nābheradhastādudaraṃ mūtramāpūrayettadā //

> When thwarted by suppression, turned around by vāta, / the urine then fills the abdomen below the navel.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.29)

kuryāttīvrarugādhmānamaśaktiṃ malasaṃgraham /  
tanmūtraṃ jāṭharacchidravaiguṇyenānilena vā //

> It produces severe pain, distension, inability \[to pass waste\], and retention of feces; / that urine, due to a disorder in the abdominal aperture or by vāta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.30)

ākṣiptamalpamūtrasya vastau nābhau ca vā male /  
sthitvā plavecchanaiḥ paścātsarujaṃ vāthavārujam //

> Thrown into the bladder or into the navel or feces of one whose urine is scanty, / having stayed there, it may flow slowly afterward, accompanied by pain or without pain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.31)

mūtrotsargaṃ savicchinnaṃ tacchreyo guruśephasoḥ /  
antarvasti mukhe tṛṣṇā sthirālpaṃ sahasā bhavet //

> The discharge of urine is interrupted, producing a heaviness in the groin and penis; / within the neck of the bladder, thirst suddenly occurs, firm and slight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.32)

aśmarītulyaruggranthirmūtragranthiḥ sa ucyate /  
mūtritasya striyaṃ yāto vāyunā śukramuddhṛtam //

> A tumor with pain equal to a urinary calculus is called mūtragranthi. / When one who has the urge to urinate goes to a woman, semen displaced by vāyu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.33)

sthānāccyutaṃ mūtrayataḥ prāk paścādvā pravartate /  
bhasmodakapratīkāśaṃ mūtraśukraṃ taducyate //

> dislodged from its proper place, comes forth before or after urinating; / resembling ash-water, it is called mūtraśukra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.34)

rūkṣadurbalayorvātenodāvartaṃ śakṛdyadā /  
mūtrasroto 'nuparyeti saṃsṛṣṭaṃ śakṛtā tadā //

> When upward movement of wind occurs in a dry and weak person, / the feces enters the urinary tract mixed with fecal matter;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.35)

mūtrabinduṃ tulyagandhaṃ syādvighātaṃ tamādiśet /  
pittavyāyāmatīkṣṇāmlabhojanādhmānakādibhiḥ //

> a drop of urine has the same smell \[as feces\]; one should designate that as \[vātaja\] vighāta. / Due to pitta, physical exertion, sharp and sour food, flatulence, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.36)

pravṛddhavāyunā mūtre vastisthe caiva dāhakṛt /  
mūtraṃ vartayate pūrvaṃ saraktaṃ raktameva vā //

> by aggravated vāyu in the urine located in the bladder, causing a burning sensation, / it discharges urine first mixed with blood or purely red \[with blood\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.37)

uṣṇaṃ punaḥ punaḥ kṛcchrāduṣṇavātaṃ vadanti tam /  
rūkṣasya klāntadehasya bastisthau pittamārutau //

> Hot, again and again, with difficulty: that they call uṣṇavāta. / In a person who is dry and whose body is exhausted, pitta and wind situated in the bladder  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.38)

mūtrakṣayaṃ sarugdāhaṃ janayetāṃ tadāhvayam /  
pittaṃ kapho dvādapi vā saṃhanyetenilenacet //

> produce a depletion of urine (mūtrakṣaya) accompanied by pain and burning, bearing that name. / If pitta or kapha, or both, should be solidified by wind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.39)

kṛcchrānmūtraṃ tadā pītaṃ raktaṃ śvetaṃ ghanaṃ sṛjet /  
sadāhaṃ rocanāśaṅkhacūrṇavarṇaṃ bhavecca tat //

> then with difficulty one discharges urine that is yellow, red, white, or dense, / accompanied by burning, and having the color of gallstone or conch-shell powder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.40)

śuṣkaṃ samastavarṇaṃ vā mūtrasādaṃ vadantitam /  
iti vistārataḥ proktā rogā mūtrapravartitāḥ //

> When dried, it has all colors; they call it mūtrasāda. / Thus at length have been spoken the diseases arising from the urine.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.158.40.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.158.40.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe mūtrāghātamūtrākṛcchanidāna nāmāṣṭapañcāśaduttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-eighth chapter, named 'The Diagnosis of Retention of Urine and Dysuria', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section called Pūrvakhaṇḍa in the glorious and great Garuḍa Purāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.158.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (5)

- [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.2675) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit
- [Mādhavanidāna (Rugviniścaya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.madhavanidana.36.3) — Mādhavakara, Sanskrit
- [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.9.15_3) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit
- [Gadanigraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.gadanigraha.43.5) — Soḍhala, Sanskrit
- [Mādhavacikitsā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nidana.madhavacikitsa.39.8) — Mādhava Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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