[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) › 1.174 # Garudapurana 1.174 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.174 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.174.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.24) — 1 part ### [1.174.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 174 dhanvatariruvāca / ghṛtatailādi vakṣyāmi śṛṇu suśruta roganut / śaṅkhapuṣpī vacā somā brāhmī brahmasuvarcalā // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, \[chapter\] 174. / Dhanvantari said: / I shall describe medicated clarified butters, oils, and other remedies that dispel disease; listen, Suśruta! / Śaṅkhapuṣpī, vacā, somā, brāhmī, brahmasuvarcalā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.2) abhayā ca guḍūcī ca aṭarūpakavāgujī / etairakṣasamairbhāgairghṛtaprasthaṃ vipācayet // > abhayā, guḍūcī, aṭarūṣaka, and bākucī— / with equal parts of these, measured by an akṣa, one should cook a prastha of clarified butter, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.3) kaṇṭakāryā rasaprasthakṣīraprasthamamanvitam / etadbrāhmīghṛtaṃ nāma śrutimedhākaraṃ param // > together with a prastha of juice of kaṇṭakārī and a prastha of milk. / This is called Brāhmīghṛta, supreme in promoting hearing, memory, and intellect. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.4) triphalācitrakabalānirguṇḍī nimbavāsakāḥ / punarnavā guḍūcī ca bṛhatī ca śatāvarī // > Triphalā, citraka, balā, nirguṇḍī, neem, vāsaka, / punarnavā, guḍūcī, bṛhatī, and śatāvarī— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.5) etairghṛtaṃ yathālābhaṃ sarvarogavimardanam / balāśatakaṣāye tu tailasyārdhāḍhakaṃ pacet / kalkairmadhūkamañjiṣṭhācandanotpalapadmakaiḥ // > clarified butter prepared with these as available crushes all diseases. / In a decoction of a hundred \[palas\] of balā, one should cook half an āḍhaka of oil / with pastes of madhūka, mañjiṣṭhā, sandalwood, water-lily, and lotus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.6) sūkṣmailāpippalīkuṣṭhatvagelāgurukesaraiḥ / gandhāśvajīvanīyaiśca kṣīrāḍhakasamāśritam // > small cardamom, pippalī, kuṣṭha, cinnamon bark, larger cardamom, aguru, saffron, / aśvagandhā, and the vitality-promoting herbs, along with an āḍhaka of milk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.7) etanmṛdvagninā pakvaṃ sthāpayedrājate śubhe / sarvavātavikārāṃstu sarvadhātvantarāśrayān // > Cooked over a gentle fire, this \[oil\] should be kept in an auspicious silver vessel. / All wind-disorders and all those residing within the tissues, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.8) tailametatpraśamayedvalyākyaṃ rājavallabham / śatāvarīrasaprasthaṃ kṣīraprasthaṃ tathaiva ca // > this oil, named Balyā \[or Balā oil\], beloved by kings, alleviates. / Take a prastha of the juice of śatāvarī and likewise a prastha of milk; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.9) śatapuṣpaṃ devadāru māṃsī śaileyakaṃ balā / candanaṃ tagaraṃ kuṣṭaṃ manaḥ śilā jyotiṣmatī // > śatapuṣpā, devadāru, māṃsī, śaileya, balā, / sandalwood, tagara, kuṣṭha, realgar, and jyotiṣmatī— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.10) etaiḥ karṣasamaiḥ kalkaiḥ ghṛtaprasthaṃ vipācayet / kuvjavāmanapaṅgūnāṃ badhiravyaṅgakuṣṭhinām // > with pastes of these, each equal to a karṣa, one should cook a prastha of clarified butter \[or oil\]. / For the hunchbacked, dwarfs, the lame, the deaf, those with facial blemishes, those with skin diseases, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.11) vāyunā bhagnagātrāṇāṃ ye ca sīdanti maithune / jarājarjaragātrāṇāṃ cādhmānamukha śoṣiṇām // > those whose limbs are broken by wind, those who falter in sexual intercourse, / those whose bodies are wasted by old age, and those afflicted with abdominal distention and dryness of the mouth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.12) tvaggatāścāpi ye vātā śirāsnāyugatāśca ye / sarvāṃstānnāśayatyāśu tailaṃ rogakulāntakam // > wind disorders located in the skin, and those located in the veins and tendons: / this oil, the destroyer of the host of diseases, swiftly removes them all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.13) nārāyaṇamidaṃ tailaṃ viṣṇunoktaṃ rugardanam / pṛthaktailaṃ ghṛtaṃ kuryātsamastairauṣadhaiḥ pṛthak // > This is the Nārāyaṇa oil declared by Viṣṇu, destroying diseases. / One may make the oil and clarified butter separately, with all the herbs individually, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.14) śatāvaryā guḍūcyā vā citrakai gocanānvitaiḥ / nirguṇḍyā vā prasāraḥ syātkaṇṭakāryā rasādibhiḥ // > with śatāvarī, or guḍūcī, or citraka combined with gorocanā; / or there may be a decoction with nirguṇḍī, or with juice of kaṇṭakārī and other herbs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.15) varṣābhūvālayā vāpi vāsakana phalatrikaiḥ / brāhayā caigṇḍakenāpi bhṛṅgarājena kuṣṭinā // > or with varṣābhū and bālā, or with vāsaka and the three fruits, / or with brāhmī and eraṇḍa, with bhṛṅgarāja and kuṣṭha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.16) musalyā daśamūlena khadireṇa vaṭādibhiḥ / vaṭikā modako vāpi cūrṇa syātsarvaroganut // > with musalī, the daśamūla, khadira, and vaṭa and others. / A pill, sweet bolus, or powder \[made from these\] will remove all diseases, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.17) ghṛtena madhunā vāpi adbhiḥ khaṇḍaguḍādibhiḥ / lavaṇaiḥ kaṭukairyuktaṃ yathālābhaṃ ca geganut // > taken with clarified butter, honey, water, sugar-candy, jaggery, and the like, / and combined with salts and pungents as available, it cures diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.18) citrakārkatrivṛdvāpi yavānīhayamārakam / sudhāṃ ca bālāṃ gaṇikāṃ saptaparṇasuvarcikām // > Taking citraka, arka, trivṛt, yavānī, oleander, / snuhī, bālā, gaṇikā, saptaparṇa, and suvarcikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.19) jyotiṣmatīñca saṃbhṛtya tailaṃ dhīro vipācayet / etanniṣyandanaṃ tailaṃ bhṛśaṃ dadyādbhagandare // > and collecting jyotiṣmatī, the wise physician should cook an oil. / One should apply this trickling oil copiously in fistula-in-ano; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.20) śodhanaṃ gepaṇaṃ caiva sarvavarṇakaraṃ param / citrakādyaṃ mahātailaṃ sarvarogaprabhañjanam // > it cleanses, heals, and is supreme in restoring natural colour. / This is the Citrakādya Mahātaila, destroyer of all diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.21) ajamodaṃ sasindūraṃ haritālaṃ niśādvayam / kṣāradvayaṃ phenayutamārdraka sara (śavaḥ lodbhavam // > Ajamodā, red lead, orpiment, the two turmerics, / the two alkalis, cuttlefish bone, dry ginger, and \[substances\] produced from marshes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.22) indravāruṇyapāmārgakadalaiḥ syandanaiḥ samam / ebhiḥ sarṣapajaṃ tailamajāmūtraiścayojitam // > along with indravāruṇī, apāmārga, kadalī, and syandana in equal measure: / with these, mustard oil combined with goat's urine > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.23) mṛdvagninā pacedetgavyakṣīreṇa saṃyutam / ajamodādikaṃ tailaṃ gaṇḍamālāṃ vyapohati // > should be cooked over a gentle fire together with cow's milk. / This oil, named Ajamodādya, eradicates scrofulous swellings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.24) vidagdhastu pacetpakvaṃ caiva viśodhayet / ropaṇaṃ mṛdubhāvaṃ ca tailenānena kārayet // > It ripens what is inflamed, purifies what is ripe, / and brings about healing and softening through this oil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.174.24.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174.24.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe brāhmīghṛtādivarṇanaṃ nāma catuḥ saptatyuttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-fourth chapter, entitled “Description of Brāhmīghṛta and Other Remedies,” in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part 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.1.174.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.174) · Pramāṇa