[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garudapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › 1.159 # Garudapurana 1.159 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.159 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.159.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.39) — 1 part ### [1.159.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 159 dhanvanvariruvāca / pramehāṇāṃ nidānante vakṣye 'haṃ śṛṇu suśruta ! / pramehā viṃśatistatra śleṣmaṇo daśa pittataḥ // > The glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa—159. / Dhanvantari said: / I shall declare to you the diagnosis of urinary disorders (pramehas); listen, Suśruta! / There are twenty urinary disorders: ten from phlegm, \[six\] from pitta, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.2) ṣaṭcatvāro 'nilātteca medomatrakaphāvahāḥ / hāridramehī kaṭukaṃ haridrāsannibhaṃ śakṛt // > six, and four from wind; and they carry fat, urine, and phlegm. / One suffering from hāridrameha \[passes\] pungent feces resembling turmeric; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.3) vistraṃ māñjiṣṭhameheca mañjiṣṭhā salilopamam / vistramuṣṇaṃ salavaṇaṃ raktābha raktamehataḥ // > in māñjiṣṭhameha, \[the urine\] smells raw and resembles madder water; / smelling raw, hot, salty, and blood-like in raktameha; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.4) vasāmehī vasāmiśraṃ vasābhaṃ mūtrayenmuhuḥ / majjābhaṃ majjamiśraṃ vā majjamehī muhurmuhuḥ // > in vasāmeha, one urinates frequently \[urine\] mixed with marrow or resembling fat; / in majjāmeha, repeatedly resembling bone marrow or mixed with bone marrow; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.5) hastī matta ivājastraṃ mūtraṃ vegavivarjitam / salasīkaṃ vivaddhaṃ ca hastimehī pramehati // > like an elephant in rut, without an urge, constantly, / accompanied by lymph and obstructed, the patient with hastimeha urinates. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.6) madhumehī madhusamaṃ jāyate sa kila dvidhā / kruddhe dhātukṣayādvāyau doṣāvṛtapathe yadā // > In madhumeha, \[the urine\] is like honey; it is said to arise in two ways: / when vāyu is aggravated by the depletion of bodily tissues, or when its path is obstructed by a doṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.7) āvṛto doṣaliṅgāni so 'nimittaṃ pradarśayet / kṣaṇātkṣīṇaḥ kṣaṇātpūrṇo bhajate kṛcchrasāghyatām // > When obstructed, it exhibits the symptoms of that doṣa without an obvious cause; / depleted in a moment, filled in a moment, it is considered difficult to cure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.8) kālenopekṣitaḥ sarvohyāyāti madhumehatām / madhuraṃ yacca meheṣu prāyo madhviva mehati // > When neglected over time, all urinary disorders become madhumeha. / Whatever is sweet among urinary disorders, one generally urinates like honey; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.9) sarve te madhumehākhyā mādhuryācca tanoryataḥ / avipāko 'ruciśchardirnidrā kāsaḥ sapīnasaḥ // > all of them are called madhumeha because of the sweetness of the body. / Indigestion, loss of appetite, vomiting, excessive sleep, cough, and chronic rhinitis— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.10) upadravāḥ prajāyante mehānāṃ kaphajanmanām / bastimehanayostodomuṣkāvadaraṇaṃ jvaraḥ // > these complications arise in urinary disorders born of phlegm. / Pricking pain in the bladder and penis, splitting of the scrotum, fever, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.11) dāhastṛṣṇāmlikā mūrchā viḍbhedaḥ pittajanmanām / vātajānāmudāvartaḥ kampahṛdgahalolatāḥ // > burning sensation, thirst, acid regurgitation, fainting, loose bowels \[arise\] in those born of pitta. / In those born of wind, upward movement of wind, trembling, cardiac spasm, restlessness, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.12) śūlamunnidrātā śoṣaḥ śvāsaḥ kāsañca jāyate / śarāvikā kacchapikā jvālinī vinatālajī // > acute pain, sleeplessness, wasting, dyspnea, and cough arise. / Śarāvikā, kacchapikā, jvālinī, vinatā, alajī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.13) masūrikā sarṣapikā putriṇī savidārikā / vidradhiśceti piḍikāḥ pramehopekṣayā daśa // > masūrikā, sarṣapikā, putriṇī, vidārikā, / and vidradhi: these are the ten carbuncles due to neglect of urinary disorders. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.14) annasya kaphasaṃśleṣātprāyastatra pravartanam / svādvamlalavaṇasnigdhagurupicchilaśītam // > Their manifestation is generally due to the adherence of phlegm to food: / sweet, sour, salty, unctuous, heavy, slimy, cold, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.15) navaṃ dhānyaṃ surāsūpamāṃsekṣuguḍagorasam / ekasthānāsanavati śayanaṃ vinivartanam // > new grain, liquor, soup, meat, sugarcane, jaggery, milk products, / sitting in one place, lying down, and lack of exercise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.16) bastimāśritya kurute pramehāddūṣitaḥ kaphaḥ / dūṣayitvā vapuḥ kledaṃ svedamedovasāmiṣam // > Vitiated kapha, resorting to the bladder, produces urinary disorders, / having corrupted the body's moisture, sweat, fat, marrow, and flesh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.17) pittaṃ raktamatikṣīṇe kaphādau mūtrasaṃśrayam / dhātuṃ bastimupānīya tatkṣayeccaiva mārutaḥ // > When kapha and the rest are severely depleted, pitta \[vitiates\] blood; wind, resorting to urine / and bringing the tissues to the bladder, \[acts\] upon their depletion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.18) sādhyāsādhyapratītyādyāḥ mehāstenaiva tadbhavāḥ / same samakṛtā doṣe paramatvāttathāpi ca // > Thus the urinary disorders arise therefrom, being curable or incurable by consideration; / they are formed equally when the doṣas are equal, yet owing to predominance \[they differ\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.19) sāmānya lakṣaṇanteṣāṃ prabhūtāvilamūtratā / doṣadūṣyā viśeṣe 'pi tatsaṃyogaviśeṣataḥ // > The general characteristic of them is copious and turbid urination. / Even without a distinction among the doṣas and susceptible bodily components, by their special combination, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.20) mūtravarṇādibhedena bhedo meheṣu kalpyate / acchaṃ bahusitaṃ śītaṃ nirgandhamudakopamam // > the division among urinary disorders is conceived by the differences in the color of the urine and the like. / Clear, abundant, white, cold, odorless, water-like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.21) mehatyudakamehena kiñcidāvilapicchilam / ikṣo rasamivātyarthaṃ madhuraṃ cekṣumehataḥ // > one urinates in udakameha, somewhat turbid and slimy; / like sugarcane juice, and exceedingly sweet in ikṣumeha; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.22) sāndrī bhavetparyuṣitaṃ sāndramehena mehati / surāmehī surātulyamuparyacchamadhoghanam // > it becomes dense after standing in sāndrameha; / in surāmeha, it resembles liquor, clear on top and dense below; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.23) sahṛṣṭaromā piṣṭena piṣṭabadbahulaṃ sitam / śukrābhaṃ śukramiśraṃ vā śukramehī pramehati // > with hair standing on end, one with piṣṭameha \[urinates urine\] thick and white like flour; / one with śukrameha passes urine resembling semen or mixed with semen; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.24) mūtrayetsikatāmehī sikatārūpiṇo malān / śītamehī subahuśo madhuraṃ bhṛśaśītalam // > in sikatāmeha, one urinates gravel-like impurities; / in śītameha, very often, sweet, and intensely cold; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.25) śanaiḥ śanaiḥ śanairmehī mandaṃ mandaṃpramehati / lālātantuyutaṃ mūtraṃ lālāmehena picchilam // > in śanairmeha, one urinates very slowly and gently; / in lālāmeha, the urine has threads of saliva and is slimy; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.26) gandhavarṇarasasparśeḥ kṣāreṇa kṣāratoyavat / nīlamehana nīlābhaṃ kālamehī masīnibham // > in kṣārameha, it resembles alkaline water in smell, color, taste, and touch; / in nīlameha, it has a blue hue; in kālameha, it resembles ink. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.27) sandhimarmasu jāyante māṃsaleṣu ca dhāmasu / antonnatā madhyaninmā akledasurujānvitā // > They appear in joints, vital spots, and fleshy locations: / elevated at the edges, depressed in the middle, free of discharge, and accompanied by great pain, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.28) śarāvamānasaṃsthānā piḍikā syāccharāvikā / sadāhā kūrmasaṃsthānā jñeyā kacchapikā budhaiḥ // > having the size and form of a saucer, such a carbuncle is śarāvikā; / burning and shaped like a tortoise, kacchapikā is known by the wise; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.29) mahatī piḍikā nīlā vinatā nāma sā smṛtā / dahati tvacamutthāne jvālinī kaṣṭadāyinī // > a large, dark carbuncle is known as vinatā; / jvālinī burns the skin upon erupting and causes intense torment; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.30) raktā sitā sphoṭacitā dāruṇā tvalajī bhavet / masūrākṛti saṃsthānā vijñeyā tu masūrikā // > alajī is red and white, covered with blisters, and terrible; / masūrikā is to be known as having the shape of a lentil; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.31) sarṣapopamasaṃsthānā jihvāpākamahārujā / putriṇī mahatī cālpā susūkṣmā piḍikā smṛtā // > sarṣapikā resembles a mustard seed, with inflammation of the tongue and severe pain; / putriṇī is known as a large carbuncle \[covered with\] small, very minute eruptions; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.32) vidārīkandavadvṛttā kaṭhinā ca vidārikā / vidradherlakṣaṇairyuktā jñeyā vidradhikā tu sā // > vidārikā is round like a vidārī tuber and hard; / and that which is endowed with the characteristics of an abscess is to be recognized as vidradhikā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.33) putriṇī ca vidārī ca duḥ sahā bahumedasaḥ / sadyaḥ pittolbaṇāstvanyāḥ sambhavantyalpamedasaḥ // > Putriṇī and vidārī are difficult to endure and occur in those with abundant fat; / the others, predominant in pitta, arise suddenly in those with little fat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.34) piḍikāstā bhaveyuḥ syāddoṣodreko yathāyatham / prameheṇa vināpyetā jāyante duṣṭamedasaḥ // > These carbuncles appear according to the respective excitation of the doṣas; / they arise even without urinary disorders in one whose fat is vitiated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.35) tāvacca nopalakṣyante yāvadvarṇañca varjitam / hāridraṃ raktavarṇaṃ vā mehaprāgrūpavarjitam // > And they are not noticed as long as color is devoid \[of anomaly\], / whether turmeric-colored or red, devoid of the premonitory symptoms of urinary disorders. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.36) yo mūtrayeta tanmaheṃ raktapittantu tadviduḥ / svedo 'ṅgagāndhaḥ śithilatvamaṅge śyyāśanasvapnasukhābhiṣaṅgaḥ / hṛnnetrajihvāśravaṇopadāhā ghanogratā keśanakhābhivṛddhiḥ // > \[The urinary affliction in which\] one urinates that \[blood\] is known as raktapitta. / Sweating, a bodily odor, flaccidity in the limbs, attachment to the comforts of bed, seat, and sleep, / a burning sensation in the heart, eyes, tongue, and ears, thickness and fierceness \[of skin\], excessive growth of hair and nails, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.37) śītapriyatvaṃ galatāluśoṣo mādhurya māsye karapādadāhaḥ / bhaviṣyato mehagaṇasya rūpaṃ mūtre 'pi dhāvanti pipīlikāśca // > fondness for cold things, dryness of the throat and palate, sweetness in the mouth, and burning in the hands and feet / are the prodromal symptoms of the forthcoming group of urinary disorders (meha), and even into the urine the ants run. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.38) tṛṣṇā pramehe madhuraṃ prapicchaṃ madhvāmaye syādvividhovikāraḥ / sampūraṇādvā kaphasambhavaḥ syātkṣīṇeṣu doṣeṣvanilātmako vā // > Thirst in urinary disorder is sweet and slimy; in honey-urine disease (diabetes mellitus) there may be various disorders. / Or it may arise from kapha due to over-nourishment, or from wind when the humors are depleted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.39) sampūrṇarūpāḥ kaphapittamehāḥ krameṇa ye vai ratisambhavāśca / sakrāmate pittakṛtāstu yāpyāḥ sādhyo 'sti meho yadi nāsti diṣṭam // > The urinary disorders of kapha and pitta with fully developed symptoms arise in due course indeed from sexual indulgence; / those caused by pitta become incurable or only palliable; the urinary disorder is curable if destiny does not \[forbid it\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.39.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159.39.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe pramehanidāna nāmaikonaṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-ninth chapter, entitled 'Diagnosis of Urinary Disorders', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.159.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.2718) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit - [Mādhavanidāna (Rugviniścaya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.madhavanidana.37.6) — Mādhavakara, Sanskrit - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.6.14) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit - [Gadanigraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.gadanigraha.44.6) — Soḍhala, Sanskrit - [Mādhavacikitsā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nidana.madhavacikitsa.40.17) — Mādhava Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.159) · Pramāṇa