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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.7.21
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 21
- dhanvantariś ca bhagavān svayam eva kīrtir
- nāmnā nṛṇāṁ puru-rujāṁ ruja āśu hanti
- yajñe ca bhāgam amṛtāyur-avāvarundha
- āyuṣya-vedam anuśāsty avatīrya loke
dhanvantariḥthe incarnation of God named Dhanvantari — the incarnation of God named Dhanvantari; caand — and; bhagavānthe Personality of Godhead — the Personality of Godhead; svayampersonally Himself evapersonally Himself — personally Himself; kīrtiḥfame personified — fame personified; nāmnāby the name — by the name; nṛṇāmof the diseased living entities puruof the diseased living entities-rujāmof the diseased living entities — of the diseased living entities; rujaḥdiseases — diseases; āśuvery soon — very soon; hanticures — cures; yajñein the sacrifice — in the sacrifice; caalso — also; bhāgamshare — share; amṛtanectar — nectar; āyuḥduration of life — duration of life; avafrom — from; avarundheobtains — obtains; āyuṣyaof duration of life — of duration of life; vedamknowledge — knowledge; anuśāstidirects — directs; avatīryaincarnating — incarnating; lokein the universe — in the universe.
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.
As stated in the beginning of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, 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 bhavauṣadhi, or the source of curing the disease of material existence.