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# Garudapurana 1.165

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.165

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.165.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.165.14) — 1 part

### [1.165.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.165.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 165  
dhanvantariruvāca /  
krimayaśca dvidhā proktā bāhyabhyantarabhedataḥ /  
bahirmalakaphāsṛgviṭjanmabhedāccaturvidhāḥ //

> Glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa — 165 / Dhanvantari said: / Worms are declared to be of two kinds according to the division between external and internal; / and fourfold according to origin from external dirt, kapha, blood, and faeces.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.165.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.165.2)

nāmato viṃśatividhā bāhyāstatra malodbhavāḥ /  
tilapramāṇasaṃsthānavarṇāḥ keśāmbarāśrayāḥ //

> By name they are of twenty kinds. Among them, the external ones arise from dirt, / having the size, shape, and colour of sesame seeds, residing in the hair and clothing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.165.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.165.3)

bahupādāśca sūkṣmāśca yūkā likṣāśca nāmataḥ /  
dvidhā te koṣṭhapiḍikāḥ kaṇḍūgaṇḍānprakurvate //

> Having many feet and minute, they are named yūkās and likṣās; / of two kinds, they produce eruptions on the trunk, itching, and swellings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.165.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.165.4)

kuṣṭhaikahetavo 'ntarjāḥ śleṣmajā bāhyasambhavāḥ /  
madhurānnaguḍakṣīradadhimatsyanavaudanaiḥ //

> The internal ones are sole causes of kuṣṭha; those born of kapha have external manifestations; / by means of sweet food, jaggery, milk, curds, fish, and freshly cooked rice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.165.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.165.5)

kaphādāmāśaye jātā vṛddhāḥ sarpanti sarvataḥ /  
pṛthubradhnanibhāḥ kecitkecidgaṇḍūpadopamāḥ //

> they are born of kapha in the stomach, grow, and crawl everywhere. / Some resemble broad roots, some are like earthworms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.165.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.165.6)

rūḍhadhānyāṅkurākārāstanudīrghāstathāṇavaḥ /  
śvetāstāmrāvabhāsāśca nāmataḥ saptadhā tu te //

> having the shape of sprouted grain shoots, thin, long, and tiny, / white and copper-coloured; by name they are sevenfold:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.165.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.165.7)

antrādā udarāveṣṭā hṛdayādā mahāgudāḥ /  
cyuravo darbhakusumāḥ sugandhāste ca kurvate //

> antrādās, udarāveṣṭas, hṛdayādās, mahāgudās, / cyurus, darbhakusumas, and sugandhas; and they cause  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.165.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.165.8)

hṛllāsamāsyaśravaṇamavipākamarocakam /  
mūrchācchardijvarānāhakārśyakṣavathupīnasān //

> nausea, salivation from the mouth, indigestion, loss of appetite, / fainting, vomiting, fever, abdominal distension, emaciation, sneezing, and chronic rhinitis.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.165.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.165.9)

raktavāhiśirāsthānaraktajā jantavo 'ṇavaḥ /  
apādā vṛttatāmrāśca saukṣmyātkecidadarśanāḥ //

> The organisms born from blood, located in the blood-carrying vessels, are minute, / footless, round, copper-colored, and some are invisible due to their subtleness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.165.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.165.10)

keśādā romavidhvaṃsā romadvīpā udumbarāḥ /  
ṣaṭte kuṣṭhaikakarmāṇaḥ sahasaurasamātaraḥ //

> The keśādas, romavidhvaṃsas, romadvīpas, and udumbaras— / these six perform the singular work of producing leprosy, along with the saurasas and mātaras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.165.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.165.11)

pakvāśaye purīṣotthā jāyante 'thovisarpiṇaḥ /  
vṛddhāste syurbhaveyuśca te yadāmāśayonmukhāḥ //

> Those arising from feces are born in the large intestine and move downwards; / when they grow large, they may also move upward toward the stomach.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.165.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.165.12)

tadāsyodgāraniḥ śvāmaviḍgandhānuvidhāyinaḥ /  
pṛthuvṛttatanusthūlāḥ śyāvapītasitāsitāḥ //

> Then they make the breath of his belches smell of undigested feces; / broad, round, slender, and thick, they are brownish, yellow, white, and black.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.165.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.165.13)

te pañcanāmnā krimayaḥ kakerukamakerukāḥ /  
sausurādāḥ saśūlākhyā lelihā janayanti hi //

> Those worms are known by five names: kakerukas, makerukas, / sausurādas, those called saśūlas, and lelihas; they indeed produce  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.165.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.165.14)

vaṅbhedaśūlaviṣṭambhakārśyapāruṣyapāṇḍutāḥ /  
romaharṣāgnisadanaṃ gudakaṇḍūṃrvimārgagāḥ //

> diarrhea, colic, constipation, emaciation, roughness, pallor, / horripilation, loss of digestive fire, and itching in the rectum when going astray.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.165.14.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.165.14.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe kriminidānaṃ nāma pañcaṣaṣṭhyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the one hundred and sixty-fifth chapter, named 'Diagnosis of Worms,' in the Code of Conduct, the first part of the first section in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.165.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (7)

- [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.2982) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit
- [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.14.45) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit
- [Bhāvaprakāśa (another edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.bhavaprakasa*alt.3.2-4.2) — Sanskrit
- [Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.sarngadharasamhita.1.7.16) — Śārṅgadhara (physician), Sanskrit
- [Yogataraṅgiṇī (Trimalla)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.yogatarangini-trimalla-bhatta.103.1) — Trimalla, Sanskrit
- [Cikitsāsārasaṅgraha (Vaṅgasena)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.vangasena.13.3) — Vaṅgasena, Sanskrit
- [Bṛhadyogataraṅgiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.brhadyogatarangini.105.1) — Trimalla, Sanskrit

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