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,remembering Lord Dhanvantari bestows good health

 

 

dhanvantariç ca bhagavän svayam eva kértir

nämnä nåëäà puru-rujäà ruja äçu hanti

yajïe ca bhägam amåtäyur-avävarundha

äyuñya-vedam anuçästy avatérya loke

SYNONYMS

dhanvantariù—the incarnation of God named Dhanvantari; ca—and; bhagavän—the

Personality of Godhead; svayam eva—personally Himself; kértiù—fame

personified; nämnä—by the name; nåëäm puru-rujäm—of the diseased living

entities; rujaù—

diseases; äçu—very soon; hanti—cures; yajïe—in the sacrifice; ca—also;

bhägam—share; amåta—nectar; äyuù—duration of life; ava—from; avarundhe—obtains;

 

äyuñya—of duration of life; vedam—knowledge; anuçästi—directs; avatérya—

incarnating; loke—in the universe.

TRANSLATION

The Lord in His incarnation of Dhanvantari very quickly cures the diseases of

the ever-diseased living entities simply by his fame personified, and only

because of him do the demigods achieve long lives. Thus the Personality of

Godhead becomes ever glorified. He also exacted a share from the sacrifices,

and it

is he only who inaugurated the medical science or the knowledge of medicine

in the universe.

PURPORT

As stated in the beginning of the Çrémad-Bhägavatam, everything emanates from

the ultimate source of the Personality of Godhead; it is therefore understood

in this verse that medical science or knowledge in medicine was also

inaugurated by the Personality of Godhead in His incarnation Dhanvantari, and

thus the

knowledge is recorded in the Vedas. The Vedas are the source of all

knowledge, and thus knowledge in medical science is also there for the perfect

cure of

the diseases of the living entity. The embodied living entity is diseased by

the very construction of his body. The body is the symbol of diseases. The

disease may differ from one variety to another, but disease must be there just

as

there is birth and death for everyone. So, by the grace of the Personality of

Godhead, not only are diseases of the body and mind cured, but also the soul

is relieved of the constant repetition of birth and death. The name of the Lord

 

is also called bhavauñadhi, or the source of curing the disease of material

existence.

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