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# Garudapurana 1.161

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.161

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.161.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.45) — 1 part

### [1.161.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 161  
dhanvantariruvāca /  
udarāṇāṃ nidānañca vakṣye suśruta tacchṛṇu /  
rogāḥ sarve 'pi mandāgnau sutarāmudarāṇi tu //

> The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 161.  
> Dhanvantari said: / I shall declare the diagnosis of abdominal enlargements (\*udara\*); hear that, Suśruta: / All diseases occur when the digestive fire is weak, but abdominal enlargements especially so.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.2)

anīrṇāmayāścāpyanye jāyante malasaṃcayāt /  
ūrdhvādho vāyavo ruddhvā vyākulāvipravāhiṇī? //

> Other diseases also arise from indigestion through the accumulation of waste matter. / Wind, obstructed above and below, agitated, flowing incorrectly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.3)

prāṇānapānānsaṃdūṣya kuryustānmāṃsasandhigān /  
ādhmāpya kukṣimudaramaṣṭadhā te ca bhedataḥ //

> vitiating \*prāṇa\* and \*apāna\*, and reaching the muscle and joints, / distends the belly, causing abdominal enlargement, which is of eight types according to its divisions:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.4)

pṛthagdoṣaiḥ samastauśca plīhavaṅkṣakṣatodakaiḥ /  
tenārtāḥ śuṣkatālvoṣṭhāḥ sarvapādakarodarāḥ //

> by each humor separately, by all together, by spleen, by intestinal perforation, and by water. / Afflicted thereby, their palate and lips dry up, their feet, hands, and belly swollen entirely,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.5)

naṣṭaceṣṭabalāhārāḥ kṛtapradhmāt kukṣayaḥ /  
puruṣāḥ syuḥ pretarūpā bhāvinastasya lakṣaṇam //

> their movements, strength, and appetite destroyed, their bellies blown up, / men take on the appearance of ghosts. The premonitory signs of this are:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.6)

kṣunnāśo 'rucivatsarvaṃ savidāhañca pacyate /  
jīrṇānnaṃ yo na jānāti so 'pathyaṃ sevatenaraḥ //

> loss of hunger, and everything is digested with a burning sensation, as if without appetite; / the man who does not know when food is digested indulges in unwholesome food;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.7)

kṣīyate balamaṅgasya śvasityalpo 'viceṣṭitaḥ /  
viṣayāvṛttibuddhiśca śokaśoṣādayo 'pica //

> the strength of the body wastes away; he breathes heavily even after slight exertion; / the mind turns away from sensual objects, and there are grief, wasting, and so on;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.8)

rugbastisandhau satataṃ laghvalpabhojanairapi /  
jarājīrṇo balabhraṃśo bhavejjaṭhararogiṇaḥ //

> there is constant pain in the bladder-joint, even with light and small meals; / one suffering from belly disease is worn out by decrepitude and loses strength.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.9)

svatantratandrālasatā malasargo 'lpavahnitā /  
dāhaḥ śvayathurādhmānamantre salilasambhave //

> Drowsiness, lassitude, discharge of wastes, weak digestive fire, / burning, swelling, and distension in the bowels occur when water develops;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.10)

sarvatra toye maraṇaṃ śocanaṃ tatra niṣphalam /  
gavākṣavacchirājālairudaraṃ guḍguḍāyate //

> when water is present in all parts, death \[occurs\], and grieving there is useless; / the belly rumbles, covered with a network of veins like latticed windows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.11)

nābhimantraśca viṣṭabhya vegaṃ kṛtvā praṇaśyati /  
mārute hṛtkaṭīnābhipāyuvaṅkṣaṇavedanāḥ //

> Obstructing the navel and the intestines, causing an urge, it subsides. / When wind is involved, there is pain in the heart, waist, navel, anus, and groin;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.12)

saśabdo niḥ saredvāyurvahate mūtramalpakam /  
nātimātraṃ bhavellaulyaṃ narasya virasaṃ mukham //

> wind is expelled with noise; urine flows in small amounts; / the man has excessive craving, and the mouth has an unpleasant taste.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.13)

tatravātodare śothaḥ pāṇipānmukhakukṣiṣu /  
kurkṣipārśvodarakaṭīpṛṣṭharukparvabhadanam //

> In wind-induced abdominal enlargement, there is swelling in the hands, feet, face, and belly; / pain in the belly, flanks, abdomen, waist, and back, and breaking pain in the joints;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.14)

śuṣkakāsāṅgamardādhogurutāmalasaṃgrahaḥ /  
śyāmāruṇatvagāditvaṃ mukhe ca rasavaddhitā //

> dry cough, body aches, heaviness below, retention of feces, / dusky and reddish skin and other parts, and an enhanced taste for flavors in the mouth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.15)

satodabhedamudaraṃ nīlakṛṣṇaśirātatam /  
ādhmātamudare śabdamadbhutaṃ vā karoti saḥ //

> the belly has pricking and piercing pains and is spread with bluish-black veins; / distended, it produces an extraordinary sound in the abdomen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.16)

vāyuścātra sarukcchabdaṃ vidhatte sarvathā gatim /  
pittodare jvaro mūrchā dāhitvaṃ kaṭukāsyatā //

> And the wind here moves in all directions with pain and sound. / In bile-induced abdominal enlargement, there is fever, fainting, burning sensation, bitterness in the mouth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.17)

bhramotisāraḥ pītatvaṃ tvagādāvudaraṃ harit /  
pītatāmraśirāditvaṃ sasvedaṃ soṣma dahyate //

> dizziness, diarrhea, yellowness of the skin and other parts, a greenish abdomen, / yellow and coppery veins, and it burns with sweat and heat;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.18)

dhūmāyate mṛdusparśaṃ kṣaiprapākaṃ pradūyate /  
śleṣmodareṣu sadanaṃ svedaśvayathugauravam //

> it fumes, is soft to the touch, suppurates quickly, and causes pain. / In phlegm-induced abdominal enlargements, there is prostration, sweating, swelling, and heaviness;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.19)

nidrā kleśo 'ruciḥ śvāsaḥ kāśaḥ śuklatvagāditā /  
udaraṃ timiraṃ snigdhaṃ śuklakṛṣṇaśirāvṛtam //

> sleepiness, distress, loss of appetite, dyspnea, cough, whiteness of the skin and other parts; / the abdomen is dark, glossy, and covered with white and black veins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.20)

nīrātivṛddhau kaṭhinaṃ śītasparśaṃ guru sthiram /  
tridoṣakopane taistaistridoṣajīnaitarmalaiḥ //

> when fluid increases excessively, it is hard, cold to the touch, heavy, and firm. / In the provocation of all three humors by their respective wastes produced by the three humors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.21)

sarvadūṣaṇaduṣṭāśca saraktāḥ sañcitā malāḥ /  
koṣṭhaṃ prāpya vikurvāṇāḥ śoṣamūrchābhramānvitam //

> vitiated by all corrupting agents, mixed with blood and accumulated, / reaching the abdomen and mutating, accompanied by wasting, fainting, and dizziness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.22)

kuryustriliṅgamudaraṃ śīghrapākaṃ sudāruṇam /  
vardhate tacca sutarāṃ śītavātapradarśane //

> they produce abdominal enlargement having the symptoms of all three, suppurating quickly and very severe; / and it increases especially upon exposure to cold wind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.23)

atyaśanācca saṃkṣobhādyānapānādiceṣṭhitaiḥ /  
avihitaiśca pānādyairvamanavyādhikarṣaṇaiḥ //

> and from overeating, shaking, the exertion of riding and walking, / and unprescribed drinks, emesis, and emaciation from diseases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.24)

vāmapārśvāsthitaḥ plīhā tyutasthāno vivardhate /  
śoṇitādvā rasādibhyo vivṛddho janayedvyathām //

> Situated on the left flank, displaced from its seat, the spleen enlarges; / or swollen by blood, chyle, and the other \[bodily elements\], it produces pain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.25)

so 'ṣṭhīlā cātikaṭhinaḥ pronnataḥ kūrmapṛṣṭhavat? /  
krameṇa vardhamānaśca kukṣau vyātatimāharet //

> It is like a stony swelling, exceedingly hard, elevated like a tortoise's shell; / and gradually growing, it brings about distension in the belly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.26)

śvāsakāsapipāsāsyavairasyādhmānakajvaraiḥ /  
pāṇḍutvamūrchācharditvagdāhamohaiśca saṃyutaḥ //

> accompanied by dyspnoea, cough, thirst, bad taste in the mouth, tympanites, fever, / pallor, fainting, vomiting, burning of the skin, and stupor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.27)

aruṇābhaṃ vicitrābhaṃ nīlahāridrarājitam /  
udāvartena cānāhamohatṛḍdgahanajvaraiḥ //

> Reddish, mottled, or marked with blue and yellow lines; / with upward movement of wind, constipation, delusion, thirst, and deep fever;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.28)

gauravārucikāṭhinyairvighātabhramasaṃkramāt /  
plīhavaddakṣiṇātpārśvātkuryādyakṛdapi cyutam //

> with heaviness, anorexia, hardness, obstruction, and giddy agitation— / like the spleen, the displaced liver also produces \[the same condition\] from the right flank.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.29)

pakve bhūte yakṛti ca sadā baddhamalo gude /  
durnāmabhirudāvartairanyairvā pīḍito bhavet //

> When the liver has become inflamed, with stool constantly blocked in the rectum, / one may be afflicted with piles, upward movement of wind, or other \[ailments\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.30)

varcaḥ pittakaphānbaddhānkaroti kupito 'nilaḥ /  
apāno jaṭhare tena saṃruddho jvararukkaraḥ //

> The vitiated wind blocks the stool, bile, and phlegm; / obstructed thereby in the belly, the apāna \[wind\] causes fever and pain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.31)

kāśaśvāsorusadganaṃ śiroruṅnābhipārśvaruk /  
malāsaṃgo 'ruciśchardirudare malamārutaḥ //

> cough, dyspnoea, weakness of the thighs, headache, pain at the navel and flanks, / retention of stool, anorexia, vomiting, and foul wind in the belly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.32)

sthiranīlāruṇaśirājālairudaramāvṛtam /  
nābherupari ca prāyo gopucchākṛti jāyate //

> The belly is covered with a network of firm blue and reddish veins, / and above the navel it usually assumes the shape of a cow's tail.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.33)

asthyādiśalyai ranyaiśca viddhe caivodare tathā /  
pacyate yakṛtādiśca tacchidraiśca saranbahiḥ //

> And when the belly is pierced by foreign bodies such as bones and other \[objects\], / the liver and other \[organs\] suppurate, and flowing outward through those perforations,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.34)

āma eva gudāheti tato 'lpālpaḥ śakṛdrasaḥ /  
sa syādvikṛtagandho 'pi picchilaḥ pītalohitaḥ //

> the intestinal fluid oozes into the rectum; thence the faecal liquid comes out little by little, / and it may have an abnormal smell, slimy, yellow, and red.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.35)

śeṣaścāpūrya jaṭharaṃ ghoramārabhate tataḥ /  
vardhate tadadho nābherāśu caiti jalātmatām //

> Then, filling the remaining \[parts of the\] belly, it produces a dreadful \[condition\]; / that enlarges below the navel and quickly turns watery.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.36)

udrikte doṣarūpe ca vyāpte ca śvāsatṛṭbhramaiḥ /  
chidrodaramidaṃ prāhuḥ paristrāvīti cāpare //

> When the characteristics of the doṣas are aggravated and accompanied by dyspnoea, thirst, and vertigo, / they call this perforated abdomen; others call it weeping \[abdomen\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.37)

pravṛttasnehapānādeḥ sahasāpathyasevinaḥ /  
atyambupānānmandāgneḥ kṣīṇasyātikṛśasya ca //

> In one who has taken drinks of unctuous substances and then suddenly consumes unwholesome foods, / or from drinking excessive water, with sluggish digestive fire, emaciated and exceedingly lean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.38)

ruddhaḥ svamārgādanilaḥ kaphaśca jalamūrchitaḥ /  
vardhate tu tadevāmbu tanmātrādvindurāśitaḥ //

> the wind, blocked from its path, and the phlegm, mixed with water, / increase that very water, dropping by dropping accumulated in measure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.39)

tatkopādudaraṃ tṛṣṇāgudasnutirujānvitam /  
kāśaśvāsāruciyutaṃ nānāvarṇāśirātatam //

> From its irritation, the abdomen is attended by thirst, rectal discharge, and pain, / accompanied by cough, dyspnoea, anorexia, and covered with veins of various colours.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.40)

toyapūrṇānmṛdusparśātsadṛśakṣobhavepathu /  
bakodaraṃ sthiraṃsnigdhaṃ nāḍīmāvṛtya jāyate //

> Full of water, soft to the touch, with agitation and trembling similar \[to a water bag\], / ascites develops, firm and smooth, enveloping the channels.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.41)

upekṣāyāñca sarveṣāṃ svasthānāṃ paricālitāḥ /  
pākā dravā dravīkuryuḥ sandhisrotomukhānyapi //

> When all \[forms of abdominal disease\] are neglected, displaced from their seats, / the suppurations and fluidities liquefy even the joints and channel openings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.42)

svede caiva tu saṃruddhe mūrchitāścāntarasthitāḥ /  
tadevodaramāpūrya kuryādudarāmayam //

> And when perspiration is obstructed, aggravated and situated inside, / filling that very abdomen, it causes the disease of the belly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.43)

gurūdaraṃ sthitaṃ vṛttamāhatañca na śabdakṛt /  
hīnabalaṃ tathā ghoraṃ nāḍyāṃ spṛṣṭañca sapati //

> The abdomen is heavy, steady, round, and emits no sound when struck; / the person has diminished strength, and it is dreadful; when touched at the channel, it throbs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.44)

śirāntardhānamudare sarvalakṣaṇamucyate /  
vātapittakaphaplīhasannipātodakodaram //

> The disappearance of the veins on the belly is said to be common to all. / Abdominal disease is of wind, bile, phlegm, spleen, combination of all three, and water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.45)

pakṣācca jātasalilaṃ viṣṭambhopadravānvitam /  
janmanaivodaraṃ sarvaṃ prāyaḥ kṛcchratamaṃ matam //

> When fluid is produced after a fortnight, accompanied by obstinate constipation and complications, / abdominal disease is regarded as mostly very difficult to cure from its very onset.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.161.45.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.161.45.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇme pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe ekaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the one hundred and sixty-first chapter in the Ācārakāṇḍa, designated as the first part in the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.161.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (5)

- [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.2844) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit
- [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.21_3) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit
- [Mādhavanidāna (Rugviniścaya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.madhavanidana.39.5) — Mādhavakara, Sanskrit
- [Gadanigraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.gadanigraha.46.13) — Soḍhala, Sanskrit
- [Mādhavacikitsā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nidana.madhavacikitsa.44.5) — Mādhava Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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