DOCTOR- VAIDHYO NARAYANO HARIH-वैद्यो नारायणो हरिः

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शरीरे  झर्झरीभूते  व्याधिग्रस्ते  कलेवरे  |

औषधं   जाह्नवीतोयं  वैद्यो  नारायणो  हरिः  ||"

"sharIre jharjharIbhUte vyAdhigraste kalevare |

auShadhaM jAhnavItoyaM vaidyo nArAyaNo hariH ||"

 "When the sharIra (body) is suffering and the body is beset with disease, medicine is like the sacred water of the Ganga and the doctor is naaraayana Himself". ( There are many other meanings attributed to this sloka )

धनिकः श्रोत्रियो राजा नदी वैद्यस्तु पञ्चमः।

 पञ्च यत्र न विद्यन्ते न तत्र दिवसे वसेत ॥Chanakya neeti

Dhanikah shrothriyo raajaa nadee vaidhyastu panchamah I

Pancha yatra na vidhyante na tatra divase vaseta II

One should not stay at a place where there no money lender ( bank) ,a vedic scholar, a king, a physician (doctor ) , and a river even for a day.

 वैद्यराज नमस्तुभ्यम्   यमराजसहोदर !

यमस्तु हरति प्राणान्   वैद्यः प्राणान् धनानि च ॥

vaidhyarAja namaH tubhyaM yamarAjasahodara |

yamaH tu harati prANAm vaidhyarAjaH dhanAni cha ||

O Doctor, I salute you! You are the brother of Yama Raja!

While Yama only takes the life, the doctor takes the money too!

चितां प्रज्वलितां दृष्ट्वा वैद्यो विस्मयमागतः ।

नाहं गतः न मे भ्राता कस्यैदं हस्तलाघवं ॥

chitAM prajvalitAM dRuShTvA vaidyo vismayamAgataH |

nAhaM gataH na me bhrAtA kasyaidaM hastalAghavaM ||

Seeing a body burning on a pyre, a doctor remarks in surprise:

"He is gone not by me, or by my brother, then whose sleight of hand is this?"

वैद्यानां शारदी माता पिता च कुसुमाकर: ।

यमदंष्ट्रा स्वसा प्रोक्ता हितभुक् मितभुक् रिपु: ॥

Vaidhyaanaam shaaradee maataa pita cha kusumakarah I

Yamadamshtra svasaa proktaa hita bhuk mita bhuk ripuh II

During rainy season it is common for diseases to spread and hence it is called the mother of doctors, the spring season is conducive to spread them more and hence it is termed as the father, the teeth of Yama is considered as their sister, and those who have (a healthy and light diet) good health and hence don’t need their attention are called enemies.

रोगस्योपक्रमे सान्त्वं मध्ये किञ्चिद्धनव्यय: ।

शनैरनादर: शान्तौ स्नातो वैद्यं न पश्यति ॥

Rogaasyopakrame saantvam madhye kinchiddhanavyayah I

Shaanair ranaadarah shaanto snaato vaidhyam na pasyati II

During early stages of sickness, men show respect to the doctor; when further treatment is necessary they even give money to him; once the sickness is cured they start avoiding him; once fully cured they forget him totally.

अव्याकरणमधीतं भिन्नद्रोण्या तरंगिणीतरणम् |
भेषजमपथ्यसहितं त्रयमिदमकॄतं वरं न कॄतं ||

Learning without grammar (i.e. not learning fundamentals), crossing river using boat which has a hole, and consuming medicines without following the instructions of the physician, better not to do these three things rather than doing them this way. It is advisable not to do something rather than doing it improperly.

 ब्राह्मणा  गणका वैध्या  सारमेयाश्च कुकुटाः 

 दृष्ट मात्रेणकुप्यन्ति  न जाने  तस्य कारणम्Brahmana Ganaka Vaidhyaa Saarmeyascha Kukuttah
Drashtamaatrena  Kupyanti Na Jaane Tasya Kaaranam.
 Brahmins, astrologers(Ganak), physicians, dogs (Saarmeya), and Cocks (Kukutta), become angry merely on being looked upon, and nobody knows the reason for such a behaviour.

भैषज्यं तु यथाकामं पथ्यं तु कठिनं वदेत् ।

आरोग्यं दैवमाहात्म्यात् अन्यथात्वमपश्यत: ॥

Bhaishajyam tu yathaa kaamam pathyam tu katinam vadet I

Aarogyam daivamaahaamyaat anyathaatvamapasyatah II

When a patient comes to a doctor he should prescribe medicines as he feels necessary. But along with he should prescribe a very strict diet ( pathyam) . If due to god’s grace he becomes normal, all is well. If for any reason he is not cured he  can always blame that the patient  has not followed the diet properly.

षडेते ह्यवमन्यन्ते नित्यं पूर्वोपकारिणं

आचार्यं शिक्षिताः शिष्याः कृतदाराश्च मातरम् ।

नारीं विगतकामास्तु कृतार्थाश्च प्रयोजकम्

नावं निस्तीर्णकान्तारा आतुराश्च चिकित्सकम् ॥Vidura niti

The following six people are known to forget those who helped them before - students forgetting their teachers, daughters forgetting about mothers after marrying, a mendicant who has no interest in sensual pleasures forgetting the ladies who gave him pleasures, any beneficiary of help forgetting the benefactor, people forgetting the boatman after crossing the river and patients forgetting about the doctor after being treated.

धर्मस्यार्थस्य कामस्य नृलोकस्योभयस्य च|

दाता सम्पद्यते वैद्यो दानाद्देहसुखायुषाम्|| (Char. Samh. 16. 38)[6]

 By virtue of his aptitude to bestow physical happiness and longevity the physician is regarded as the donor of virtue, wealth and desires belonging to this mundane world and the world eternal.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH