Vaat 1.92
Swamini Vato Prakaran 1 Vaat 92 · 1 · Verse 92
Sanskrit Original
“Doṣh kem ṭaḷatā nathī?” E prashna pūchhyo. Teno uttar je, “E to Dhanvantar Vaid1 chhe te khoṭā kem thāshe? Ne jem Akṣharānand Swāmīne goḷī daīne rāfī2 kāḍhī nākhī, tem ja kām-krodhādik ghaṇī rāfiyu chhe, te kāḍhī mūkashe. Āpaṇe to ene bāzī paḍavu eṭalu ja karavu.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Viṣhṇuno termo avatār. Āyurvednā pravartak Dhanvantari, Dīrghatamānā putra ane Ketumānnā pitā hatā. Purāṇ anusār Samudra-manthan vakhate nīkaḷelā chaud ratno paikī amṛutkumbh sāthe teo pragaṭ thayelā. Bhāgprakāsh granth mujab Indre swayam āyurved shikhavāḍīne temane pṛuthvī par lokkalyāṇ māṭe mokalyā hatā. (Bhāgwat: 9/17/4-5 tathā Viṣhṇu Purāṇ: 4/8/8-11) 2. Hāthī jevo pag thaī javāno ek jātno rog. Te ek jātnu jantujanya pagnu darad chhe. Sādhāraṇ rīte te eḍī ke faṇāmā thāy chhe. Temā ghaṇā chhidro paḍī paru vahe chhe. Tenā dāṇā rātā, dhoḷā ke kāḷā hoy chhe. Rāfīvāḷo pagno bhāg ṭheṭh hāḍakā sudhī saḍī jāy chhe.
Someone asked, “Why can’t the flaws be destroyed?” Swami answered, “How can the physician Dhanvantar be proved wrong?1 Just as Aksharanand Swami’s disease of the feet was cured by giving him a pill, there are many diseases, such as lust, anger, etc., that [the Satpurush] will cure. We simply have to cling to him. That is all we have to do.” Footnotes: 1. 1. The analogy Swami draws is that the medicine prescribed by Dhanvantar, an ayurvedic physician, cannot be wrong. Similarly, the Satpurush will certainly cure the jivas’ disease.