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# Garudapurana 1.177

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.177

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.177.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.89) — 1 part

### [1.177.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 177  
hariruvāca /  
sobhāñjanapatrarasaṃ madhuyuktaṃ hi cakṣuṣoḥ /  
bha (ca) raṇādrogaharaṇaṃ bhavennāstyatra saṃśayaḥ //

> The Holy Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 177 / Hari said: / The juice of śobhāñjana leaves mixed with honey, indeed, by applying to the eyes, / removes disease; there is no doubt about this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.2)

aśītitilapuṣpāṇi jātyāśca kusumāpi ca /  
uṣānimbāmalāśuṇṭhīpippalītaṇḍulīyakam //

> Eighty sesame flowers, and jasmine flowers, / uśīra, nimba, āmalaka, dry ginger, pippalī, and taṇḍulīyaka;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.3)

chāyāsuṣkāṃ vaṭīṃ kuryātpiṣṭvā taṇḍulavāriṇā /  
madhunā sahasā cākṣṇorañjanāttimirādinut //

> having ground \[these\] with rice water, one should make pills dried in the shade. / With honey, anointing the eyes immediately cures cataract and other diseases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.4)

bibhītakāsthimajjā tu śaṅkhanābhirmanaḥ śilā /  
nimbapatramarīcā ni ajāmūtreṇa peṣayet //

> The marrow of the bibhītaka stone, conch columella, realgar, / nimba leaves, and black pepper should be ground with goat's urine.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.5)

puṣpaṃ rātryandhatāṃ hanti timiraṃ paṭalaṃ tathā /  
caturbhāgāni śaṅkhasya tadardhena manaḥ śilā //

> It cures corneal opacity, night-blindness, cataract, and ocular veil. / Four parts of conch shell, half of that of realgar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.6)

saindhavaṃ ca tadardhenatvetatpiṣṭvādakena tu /  
chāyāśuṣkāṃ tu vaṭikāṃ kṛtvā nayanamañjayet //

> and half of that of rock salt; having ground these with water / and made a pill dried in the shade, one should apply it to the eyes as a collyrium.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.7)

timiraṃ paṭalaṃ hanti piciṭaṃ ca mahauṣadham /  
trikaṭu triphalāṃ caiva karaṃ jasya phalāni ca //

> This potent medicinal herb dispels cataract, ocular veil, and eye secretions. / Trikaṭu, triphalā, and the fruits of karañja,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.8)

saindhavaṃ rajanīdve va bhṛṅgarājarasena hi /  
piṣṭvā tadañjanādeva timirādivināśanam //

> rock salt, and the two turmerics, ground with the juice of bhṛṅgarāja: / simply by applying that collyrium, cataract and other diseases are destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.9)

āṭarūṣakamūlaṃ tu kāñjikāpiṣṭameva tu /  
tenākṣibūmilepācca cakṣuḥ śūlaṃ vinaśyati //

> Root of āṭarūṣaka ground with sour gruel: / by smearing that on the region of the eyes, eye-ache is destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.10)

satakraṃ badarīmūlaṃ pītaṃ vākṣivyathāṃ haret /  
saindhaṃvaṃ kaṭutailaṃ ca apāmārgasya mūlakam //

> Root of badarī drunk with buttermilk removes eye affliction. / Rock salt, mustard oil, and root of apāmārga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.11)

kṣīrakāñjikasaṃghṛṣṭaṃ tāmrapātre tu tena ca /  
añjanātpiñjaṭasyaiva nāśo bhavati śaṅkara //

> rubbed with milk and sour gruel in a copper vessel: / by applying that as a collyrium, O Śaṅkara, eye secretions are destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.12)

oṃ dadru sara kroṃ hrīṃ ṭhaḥ ṭhaḥ dadru sara hrīṃ hrīṃ oṃ uṃ ū sara krīṃ krīṃ ṭhaḥ ṭhaḥ /  
ādyā hi vaśāmāyānti mantreṇānena cāñjanāt //

> ‘Oṃ dadru sara kroṃ hrīṃ ṭhaḥ ṭhaḥ dadru sara hrīṃ hrīṃ oṃ uṃ ū sara krīṃ krīṃ ṭhaḥ ṭhaḥ.’ / Even foremost people are brought under one's control by this mantra and application of collyrium.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.13)

bilvakanīlikāmūlaṃ piṣṭamabhyañjanena ca /  
anenāñjitamātreṇa naśyanti timirāṇi hi //

> Bilvaka and root of nīlikā ground and used as an eye ointment: / by merely applying this as a collyrium, cataracts are indeed destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.14)

kaṭukaṃ (pippalī) tagaraṃ caiva haridrāmalakaṃ vacā /  
khadirapiṣṭavāttaśca añjanānnetraroganut //

> Katuka, long pepper, and tagara, turmeric, āmalaka, and vacā,  
> and khadira pounded with water, applied as a collyrium, cure eye diseases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.15)

nīrapūrṇamukho dhauti bṛhanmānena yo 'kṣiṇī /  
prabhāte netrarogaiśca nityaṃ sarvaiḥ pramucyate //

> Whoever washes both eyes with a large measure of water with the mouth full of water  
> in the morning, is perpetually freed from all eye diseases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.16)

śuklairaṇḍasya mūlena patreṇāpi prasādhitam /  
chagadagdhasekamauṣṇyāccakṣuṣorvātaśalanat //

> Prepared with the root and leaf of white castor,  
> irrigation with goat's milk through warmth cures disorders of the eyes caused by vāta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.17)

candanaṃ saindhavaṃ vṛddhapālāśaśca harītakī /  
paṭalaṃ kusumaṃ nīlī ca (va) krikāṃ harate 'ñjanam //

> Sandalwood, rock salt, mature pālāśa, and harītakī,  
> \[applied as\] a collyrium, removes the film, flower-like cataract, blue darkness, and squint.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.18)

guñjāmūlaṃ chāgamūtre ghṛṣṭaṃ timiranucca tat raupyatāmrasuvarṇānāṃ hastaghṛṣṭaśalākayā //

> Guñjā root rubbed in goat's urine cures cataract;  
> applied with an applicator rubbed by hand made of silver, copper, or gold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.19)

ghṛṣṭamudvartanaṃ rudra kāmalāvyādhināśanam /  
ghoṣāphalamapāghrātaṃ pītakāmalanāśanam //

> Rubbed on as an unguent, O Rudra, it destroys jaundice disease.  
> The ghoṣā fruit smelled destroys yellow jaundice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.20)

dūrvādāḍimapuṣpaṃ tu alaktakaharītakī /  
nāsārśavātaraktanunnasyādvai svarasena hi //

> Dūrvā grass, pomegranate flower, lac, and harītakī;  
> by their fresh juice indeed administered as nasal drops, nasal polyps and gout are cured.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.21)

āpiṣṭvā jāṅgalī mū (tū) laṃ tadrasena vṛṣadhvaja /  
nasyādārādvinaśyeta nāśārśo nīlalohita //

> Having crushed the jāṅgalī root, by its juice, O Bull-bannered One,  
> administered as nasal drops, nasal polyp is quickly destroyed, O Nīlalohita.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.22)

gavyaṃ ghṛtaṃ sarjarasaṃ rudra dhanyākasaindhavam /  
dhuttūrakaṃ gairikaṃ ca etaiḥ sādhitasikthakam //

> Cow's ghee, sal-tree resin, O Rudra, coriander, rock salt,  
> dhatura, and red ochre; beeswax prepared with these,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.23)

satailaṃ vraṇanutsyācca sphuṭitoddhaṭitādhare /  
jātīpatraṃ ca carvitvā vidhṛtaṃ mukharoganut //

> along with oil, relieves wounds and cracked or chapped lips.  
> And chewing and holding jasmine leaf in the mouth cures diseases of the mouth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.24)

bhakṣātkesarabījasya dantāḥ syuścalitāḥsthirāḥ /  
muṣṭakaṃ kuṣṭhamelā ca yaṣṭikaṃ madhuvālakam //

> From eating the seed of kesara, loose teeth become firm.  
> Musta, kuṣṭha, cardamom, licorice, madhuvālaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.25)

dhanyākametadadanānmukhadurgandhanuddhara /  
kaṣāyaṃ kaṭukaṃ vāpi tiktaśākasya bhakṣaṇāt //

> and coriander—from eating these, bad breath is cured, O Hara.  
> By eating an astringent, pungent, or bitter vegetable  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.26)

talayuktasya nityaṃ syānmukhadurgandhatākṣayaḥ /  
dantavraṇāni sarvāṇi kṣayaṃ gacchantyanena tu //

> mixed with sesame oil, bad breath is perpetually destroyed;  
> and all ulcers of the teeth perish by this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.27)

kāñjikasya satailasya gaṇḍūṣakavalāsthitiḥ /  
tāmbūlacūrṇadagdhasya mukhasya vyādhinucchiva ! //

> Holding a mouth-rinse and gargle of sour rice-gruel mixed with oil  
> cures the ailment of a mouth burned by betel lime, O Śiva!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.28)

parityaktaśleṣmaṇaśca śuṇṭhīcarvaṇato yathā /  
mātuluṅgadalānyelā yaṣṭī madhu ca pippalī //

> As by chewing dry ginger after expelling phlegm,  
> \[so\] leaves of citron, cardamom, licorice, honey, and long pepper,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.29)

jātīpatramathaiṣāṃ ca cūrṇaṃ līḍhvā tathā kṛtam /  
śephālikajaṭāyāśca carvaṇaṃ galaśuṇṭhinut //

> and jasmine leaf: licking a powder prepared of these \[relieves it\];  
> and chewing the root of sephālikā cures uvulitis.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.30)

nāsāśirāraktakarṣānnaśyecchaṃśakara jihvikā /  
rasaḥ śirīṣabījānāṃ haridrāyāścaturguṇaḥ //

> Bleeding from the nasal veins relieves the uvula, O Peace-maker.  
> The juice of sirīṣa seeds with four times as much turmeric—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.31)

tena pakvena bhūteśa nasyaṃ mastakaroganut /  
galarogā vinaśyanti nasyamātreṇa tatkṣaṇāt //

> boiled with this, O Lord of Spirits, nasal drops cure diseases of the head.  
> Diseases of the throat are destroyed immediately simply by nasal drops.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.32)

dantakīṭavināśaḥ myādguñjāmūlasya carvaṇāt /  
kākajaṅghāsnuhīnīlīkavāyo madhumojitaḥ //

> Destruction of tooth-worms occurs from chewing guñjā root.  
> A decoction of kākajaṅghā, snuhī, and nīlī, mixed with honey,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.33)

dantākrāntāndantajāṃśca kṛmīnnāśayate śiva /  
ghataṃ karkaṭapādena dugdhonmiśreṇa sādhitam //

> destroys the worms that afflict teeth and those born in the teeth, O Śiva.  
> Ghee cooked with crab-foot \[herb\] mixed with milk:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.34)

tena cāmyaṅgitādantāḥ kuryuḥ kaṭakaṭānna hi /  
liptvā karkaṭapādena kevalenāthavāśiva //

> anointing teeth with that, they will not chatter;  
> or by anointing simply with crab-foot \[herb\], O Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.35)

trisaptāhaṃ vāḥ piṣṭāni jyotiṣmatyāḥ phalāni hi /  
śuklābhayāmajjalepāddantasyāṅkakalaṅkanut //

> Fruits of jyotiṣmatī ground with water for three weeks,  
> or an ointment made of the marrow of white abhayā, removes blemishes on the tooth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.36)

lodhrakuṅkumamañjiṣṭhālohakā leyakāni ca /  
yavataṇḍulametaiśca yaṣṭī madhusamanvitaiḥ //

> Lodhra, saffron, mañjiṣṭhā, aloeswood, and kāleyaka,  
> barley and rice, along with licorice and honey—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.37)

vāripiṣṭairvaktralepaḥ strīṇāṃ śobhanavaktrakṛt /  
dvibhāgaṃ chāgadugdhena tailaprasthaṃ tu sādhitam //

> a face pack ground with water makes women's faces radiant.  
> One prastha of oil prepared with two parts of goat's milk,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.38)

raktavandanamañjiṣṭhālakṣāṇāṃ karṣakeṇa vā /  
yaṣṭīmadhukuṅkumābhyāṃ saptāhānmukhakāntikṛt //

> or with one karṣa each of red sandalwood, mañjiṣṭhā, and lac,  
> and licorice and saffron, produces facial beauty in seven days.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.39)

śuṇṭhīpippalicūrṇaṃ tu guḍūcī kaṇṭakārikā /  
ebhiśca kvathitaṃ vāri pītaṃ cāgniṃ karoti vai //

> Powder of dry ginger and long pepper, guḍūcī, and kaṇṭakārī—  
> water boiled with these, when drunk, kindles the digestive fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.40)

vātaśūlakṣayaṃ caiva kageti prathameśvara /  
karañjaparpaṭośīraṃ bahatī kaṭurohiṇī //

> and relieves colic and wasting caused by vāta, O First Lord.  
> Karañja, parpaṭa, uśīra, bṛhatī, and kaṭurohiṇī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.41)

gokṣuraṃ kvathitaṃ tvabhirvāri pītaṃ śramāpahan /  
dāhaṃ pittaṃ jvaraṃ śoṣaṃ mūrchāṃ caiva kṣayaṃ nayet //

> and gokṣura boiled with water: drunk, it removes exhaustion;  
> it relieves burning sensation, pitta, fever, wasting, and fainting.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.42)

madhvājyapippalīcūrṇaṃ kvathitaṃ kṣīrasaṃyutam /  
pītaṃ hṛdrogakāsasya viṣamajvaranudbhavet //

> Powder of long pepper with honey and ghee, boiled and mixed with milk,  
> when drunk, cures heart disease, cough, and intermittent fever.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.43)

kvāthaupadhīnāṃ sarvāsāṃ karṣārdhaṃ grāhyameva ca /  
vayo 'nurūyato jñeyo viśeṣo vṛṣabhadhvaja //

> For a decoction, half a karṣa of each of all the herbs should be taken;  
> a modification is to be understood according to age, O Bull-bannered One.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.44)

dugdhaṃ pītaṃ tu saṃyuktaṃ gopurīṣarasena ca /  
viṣamajvaranutsyācca kākajandhārasastathā //

> Milk drunk mixed with the juice of cow dung  
> cures intermittent fever; and so does the juice of kākajaṅghā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.45)

maśuṇṭhi kvathitaṃ kṣīgmajāyā jvaranudbhavet /  
yaṣṭīmadhukamustaṃ ca saindhavaṃ bṛhatīphalam //

> Dry ginger boiled in goat's milk relieves fever.  
> Licorice, musta, rock salt, and bṛhatī fruit—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.46)

etairnasvapridānācca nidrā syātpurupasya ca /  
marīcapradhvaśvalālānasyānnidrā bhavecchiva //

> by administering nasal drops with these, sleep comes to a person;  
> from nasal drops of black pepper and dog saliva, sleep comes, O Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.47)

mūlaṃ tu kākajaṅghāyā nidrākṛtsyācchirasthitam /  
siddhaṃ tailaṃ kāñjikena tathā sarjarasena ca //

> The root of kākajaṅghā placed on the head induces sleep.  
> Oil prepared with sour rice-gruel and sal-tree resin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.48)

śītodakasamāyuktaṃ lepātsantāpanāśanam /  
śoṇitajvaradāhebhyo jātasantāpanuttathā //

> combined with cold water, destroys burning sensation by application;  
> likewise it relieves burning sensation arising from blood-fever and burning.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.49)

śṛkaśaivālamanthaśca śuṇṭhīpāpāṇabhedakam /  
śauvāñjanaṃ gokṣuraṃ vā varuṇacchannameva ca //

> Water-chestnut, moss, mantha, dry ginger, and pāṣāṇabheda,  
> saubhāñjana, gokṣura, or covered with varuṇa—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.50)

saubhāñjanasya mūlaṃ ca etaiḥ kvathitavāri ca /  
dattvā hiṅguyavakṣāraṃ pītaṃ vātavināśanam //

> and the root of saubhāñjana; water boiled with these,  
> given with asafoetida and barley alkali, when drunk, destroys vāta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.51)

pippalī pippalīmūlaṃ tathā bhallātakaṃ śiva /  
vāryetaiḥ kvathitaṃ pītaṃ varaśūlāpahārakṛt //

> Long pepper, long pepper root, and bhallātaka, O Śiva;  
> water boiled with these, when drunk, relieves severe colic.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.52)

aśvagandhāmūlakābhyāṃ siddhā valmīkamṛttikā /  
etayā mardanādrudra ūrustambhaḥ praśāmyati //

> Termite-mound clay prepared with aśvagandhā and radish;  
> by rubbing with this, O Rudra, stiffness of the thighs is alleviated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.53)

bṛhatīkasya vai mūlaṃ saṃpiṣṭamudakena ca /  
pītaṃ saṃghātavātasya vipāṭanakṛdeva ca //

> The root of bṛhatī finely ground with water,  
> when drunk, breaks up aggregated vāta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.54)

pītaṃ takreṇa mūlaṃ ca ārdrasya tagarasya ca /  
haret jhiñjinīvātaṃ?vai vṛkṣamindrāśaniryathā //

> The root of fresh tagara drunk with buttermilk  
> removes tingling vāta, as Indra's thunderbolt strikes a tree.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.55)

asthisaṃhāramekena bhaktena saha vāditam /  
patiṃ māṃsarasenāpi vātanuccāsthibhaṅganut //

> Asthisaṃhāra combined with a single portion of food,  
> or drunk with meat broth, relieves vāta and cures bone fractures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.56)

ghṛtaliptaṃ saśuṣkaṃ ca chāgīkṣīreṇa saṃyutam /  
tallopātpādayārnaṃśyetsakṣepye cātra saṃśayaḥ //

> Anointed with ghee, dried, and combined with goat's milk,  
> by application of that, foot pain is destroyed; there is no doubt in this case.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.57)

madhvājyasaindhavaṃ sikthaṃ guḍakairikaguggulaiḥ /  
sasarjarasasphuṭitaḥ klomaśuddhiśca lepanāt //

> Honey, ghee, rock salt, beeswax, jaggery, red ochre, and guggulu,  
> with sal-tree resin: cracked \[skin\] is cleansed and purified by applying \[it\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.58)

kaṭutailena lipto vai vidhūmāgnau pratāpitaḥ /  
mṛttikārakhāditaḥ pādaḥ samaḥ syādvṛṣabhadhvaja //

> Anointed with mustard oil and warmed over a smokeless fire,  
> a foot eaten away by soil becomes whole, O Bull-bannered One.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.59)

sarjarasāḥ sikthakaṃ ca jīrakaṃ ca harītakī /  
utsādhitaghṛtābhyaṅgo hyagnidagdhavyathāpanut //

> Sal-tree resin, beeswax, cumin, and harītakī—  
> an unguent boiled with ghee removes the pain of burns caused by fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.60)

tilatailaṃ cāgnidagdhaṃ yavabhasmasamanvitam /  
agnidagdhavraṇaṃ naśyedbrahuśaḥ kṛtalepataḥ //

> Sesame oil heated over fire, combined with ash of barley—  
> a burn-wound caused by fire perishes from repeated plastering.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.61)

navanītaṃ māhiṣaṃ ca dagdhapiṣṭatilāni ca /  
sabhallākaṃ vraṇaṃ naśyeddhṛcchūlaṃ nasyalepanāt //

> Buffalo butter and burnt, ground sesame seeds  
> with bhallātaka: wounds perish, and chest pain is relieved by nasal drops and application.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.62)

karpūragavyasarpirbhyāṃ prahāraḥ pūrito hara /  
śastrodbhavaḥ sabaddhaśca śuklavarṇena śaṅkara ! /  
pākaṃ ca vedanāṃ caiva saṃspṛśedvṛṣabhadhvaja //

> A blow filled with camphor and cow's ghee, O Hara, / caused by a weapon, and bound with a white cloth, O Śaṅkara, / does not succumb to suppuration or pain, O Bull-bannered One.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.63)

āmra (tasya) mūlarasenaiva śastraghātaḥ prapūritaḥ /  
ḍhaukate śastraghātābhyāṃ nirvraṇo ghṛpūritaḥ //

> A weapon-wound filled with the root-juice of the mango tree, / \[or\] filled with ghee, approaches \[healing\] from weapon-blows, becoming free of wounds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.64)

śarapuṅkhā lajjālukā pāṭhā caiṣāṃ tu mūlakam /  
jalapiṣṭaṃ tasya lepācchastraghātaḥ praśāmyati //

> Śarapuṅkhā, lajjālukā, and pāṭhā—the root of these, / ground with water: by applying it as a paste, a weapon-wound is soothed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.65)

mūlaṃ ca kākajaṅghāyāstrirātreṇaiva śoṣitaḥ /  
pākapūtiṃ vedanāṃ ca hanti vai rohito vraṇe //

> The root of kākajaṅghā, dried for three nights, / destroys suppuration, foul smell, and pain in a wound, promoting healing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.66)

sajalaṃ tilatailaṃ ca apāmārgasya mūlakam /  
tatsekadānānnaśyecca prahārodbhavavedanā //

> Sesame oil with water and the root of apāmārga: / from applying it as an effusion, pain arising from a blow is destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.67)

abhayāṃ saindhavaṃ śuṇṭhīmetatpiṣṭvodakena tu /  
bhakṣayitvā hyajīrṇasya nāśo bhavati śaṅkara ! //

> Abhayā, rock salt, and dry ginger—having ground these with water / and consumed them, there is destruction of indigestion, O Śaṅkara!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.68)

kaṭibaddhaṃ nimbamūlamakṣisūlaharaṃ bhavet /  
śaṇamūlaṃ satāmbūlaṃ dagdhamindriyakasya (lpa) hṛt //

> Nimbaroot bound to the waist removes eye pain. / Śaṇaroot with betel, charred, removes weakness of the senses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.69)

annasvinnaharidrā ca śvetasarṣapamūlakam /  
bījāni mātuluṅgasya eṣāmudvartanaṃ samam /  
saptarātraprayogeṇa śubhadehakaraṃ bhavet //

> Steam-cooked turmeric with boiled rice, root of white mustard, / and seeds of citron—an equal unguent of these, / applied for seven nights, makes the body auspicious.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.70)

śvetāparājitāpatraṃ nimbapatrarasena tu /  
nasyadānāḍḍākinīnāṃ mātṝṇāṃ brahmarakṣasām /  
mokṣaḥ syānmadhusāreṇa nasyācca vṛṣabhadhvaja //

> Leaves of white aparājitā with the juice of nimba leaves: / by administering it as snuff, liberation from ḍākinīs, / mothers, and brahmarakṣasas occurs, and \[likewise\] from snuff with the essence of honey, O Bull-bannered One.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.71)

mūlaṃ śvetajayantyāśca puṣyarkṣe tu samāhṛtam /  
śvetāparājitārkasya citrakasya ca mūlakam /  
kṛtvā tu vaṭikāṃ nārī tilakena vaśī bhavet //

> The root of white jayantī gathered under the Puṣya asterism, / the root of white aparājitā, arka, and citraka: / having made a pill, a woman becomes subdued by a forehead mark \[made of it\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.72)

pippalīlohacūrṇaṃ tu śuṇṭhīścāmalakāni ca /  
samāni rudra jānīyātsaindhavaṃ madhuśarkarā //

> Pippalī, iron powder, dry ginger, and āmalakī fruits, / one should know as equal, O Rudra, with rock salt, honey, and sugar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.73)

udumbarapramāṇena saptāhaṃ bhakṣaṇātsamam /  
pumāṃśca balavānsa syājjīvedvarṣaśatadvayam /  
oṃ ṭha ṭha ṭha iti sarvavaśyaprayogeṣu prayuktaḥ sarvakāmakṛt //

> From consuming an equal amount the size of an udumbara fruit for a week, / a man becomes strong and lives for two hundred years. / "Om tha tha tha"—employed in all subjugation rituals, it grants all desires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.74)

saṃgṛhya vidvānkākasya nilayaṃ pradahecca tat /  
citāgnau bhasma tacchatrordattaṃ śirasi śaṅkara //

> Gathering a crow's nest, the wise man should burn it / in the fire of a funeral pyre; that ash placed upon the head of an enemy, O Śaṅkara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.75)

tamuccāṭayate rudra śṛṇu tadyogamuttamam /  
niḥ kṣiptaṃ ca purīṣaṃ vai vanamūṣikacarmaṇi //

> eradicates him, O Rudra; listen to that excellent preparation! / And feces placed inside the skin of a wild mouse,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.76)

kaṭitantunibaddhaṃ vai kuryānmalanirodhanam /  
kṛṣṇakākasya raktena yasya nāma pralipya ca //

> bound with a thread at the waist, causes obstruction of the bowels. / And having smeared someone's name with the blood of a black crow  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.77)

cyutadale madhyamadhye tato niḥ kṣipyate hara ! /  
sa khādyate kākavṛndairnārī puruṣa eva ca //

> in the middle of a fallen leaf, it is thrown down, O Hara! / That woman or man is eaten by flocks of crows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.78)

śarkarāmadhvajākṣīraṃ tilagokṣurakaṃ samam /  
sa śatruṃ nāśayedrudra ! uccāṭitamidaṃ hara ! //

> Sugar, honey, goat's milk, sesame, and gokṣura in equal parts: / this destroys an enemy, O Rudra! This is an eradication rite, O Hara!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.79)

ulūkakṛṣṇakākasya bilvasyātha samicchatam /  
rudhireṇa samāyuktaṃ yayornāmnā tu hūyate /  
tayormadhye mahāvairaṃ bhavennāstyatra saṃśayaḥ //

> A hundred kindling sticks of an owl's or black crow's \[nest, or\] bilva, / mixed with blood, offered in the name of two people: / great enmity arises between the two; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.80)

bhāvitaṃ ṛkṣadugdhena matsyasya rohitasya ca /  
māṃsaṃ tatsādhitaṃ tailaṃ tadabhyaṅgācca roganut /  
candanodakanasyāttu romotthānaṃ bhavetpunaḥ //

> Flesh of a rohita fish steeped in bear's milk— / oil prepared with it cures disease when used for massage. / And from snuff of sandalwood water, hair grows again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.81)

haste lāṅgalikākandaṃ gṛhītaṃ tena lepitam /  
śarīraṃ yena sa pumānvṛddherdarpaṃ vyapohati //

> A lāṅgalikā bulb held in the hand, and smeared by it / over the body—a man by this removes the pride of aging.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.82)

mayūrarudhireṇaiva jīvaṃ saṃharate śiva /  
jvalatāṃ tu bhujaṅgānāṃ bilasthānāmapīśvara //

> By peacock blood alone one destroys the life, O Śiva, / even of burning serpents residing in holes, O Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.83)

dehaścitāgnau dagdhaśca sarpasyājagarasya hi /  
tadbhasma saṃmukhe kṣiptaṃ śatraṇāṃ bhaṅgakṛdbhavet //

> The body of a python burned in the fire of a funeral pyre— / its ash thrown in front causes the rout of enemies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.84)

mantreṇānena tatkṣiptaṃ mahābhaṅgakaraṃ ripoḥ /  
oṃ ṭha ṭha ṭha cāhīhicāhīhi svāhā /  
oṃ udaraṃ pāhihi pāhihisvāhā //

> Thrown with this mantra, it causes a great rout of the enemy: / "Om tha tha tha cāhīhi cāhīhi svāhā! / Om protect the belly, protect, svāhā!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.85)

sudarśanāyā malaṃ tu puṣyarkṣe tu samāhṛtam /  
niḥ kṣiptaṃ gṛhamadhye tu bhujaṅgā varjayanti tat //

> The root of sudarśanā gathered under the Puṣya asterism / and placed inside a house—serpents avoid it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.86)

arkamūlena raviṇā arkāgnijvalitā śiva /  
yuktā siddhārthatailena vartirmārgāhināśinī //

> A wick ignited in arka fire on a Sunday with arka root, O Śiva, / combined with white mustard oil, destroys serpents on the path.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.87)

mārjārapalalaṃ viṣṭhā haritālaṃ ca bhāvitam /  
chāga mūtreṇa tallipto mūṣiko mūṣikānharet //

> Cat flesh and feces, and yellow orpiment, steeped / in goat's urine—a mouse smeared with this carries away \[other\] mice  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.88)

mukto hi mandire rudra nātra kāryā vicāraṇā /  
viphalārjunapuṣpāṇi bhallātakaśirīṣakam //

> when released in a house, O Rudra; no doubt should be entertained here. / Flowerless arjuna blossoms, bhallātaka, and śirīṣa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.89)

lākṣā sarjarasaścaiva viḍaṅgaścaiva gugguluḥ /  
etairdhūpo makṣikāṇāṃ maśakāṇāṃ vināśanaḥ //

> lac, resin of the sarja tree, viḍaṅga, and guggulu: / incense made with these destroys flies and mosquitoes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.177.89.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.177.89.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe netrāñjanādinirūpaṇaṃ nāma saptasaptatyuttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-seventh chapter, entitled "Description of Eye Salves and Other Remedies," in the section on proper conduct, the first division 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.1.177.1) — English, machine translation

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