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| १. सूत्रस्थानम् 1.sūtrasthānam,-१. दीर्घञ्जीवितीयोऽध्यायः 1. dīrghañjīvitīyō'dhyāyaḥ, (S.-1, Ch.-1, V.-6-7) |
विघ्नभूता [१] यदा रोगाः प्रादुर्भूताः शरीरिणाम्| तपोपवासाध्ययनब्रह्मचर्यव्रतायुषाम् [२] ||६|| तदा भूतेष्वनुक्रोशं पुरस्कृत्य महर्षयः| समेताः पुण्यकर्माणः पार्श्वे हिमवतः शुभे||७|| |
vighnabhūtā [1] yadā rōgāḥ prādurbhūtāḥ śarīriṇām| tapōpavāsādhyayanabrahmacaryavratāyuṣām [2] ||6|| tadā bhūtēṣvanukrōśaṁ puraskr̥tya maharṣayaḥ| samētāḥ puṇyakarmāṇaḥ pārśvē himavataḥ śubhē||7|| 1. ‘vighnabhūtā ityatrābhūtatadbhāvē cvirna sambhavati, rōgāṇāmutpattita ēva vighnasvarūpatvēnāvighnasvarūpatvābhāvāt’ iti gaṅgādharaḥ| 2. ‘vratājuṣām’ iti, tathā ‘upavāsatapaḥpāṭhabrahmacaryavratāyuṣām’ iti ca pā.| |
| himavatpārśvē maharṣīṇāmēkatrīkaraṇē hētuḥ |
When diseases began to crop up, they created impediments to the performance of penance, abstinence, study, celibacy and religious observances. They cut human beings' life-spans short. The great holy wise men, out of sympathy for human beings, assembled on one of the auspicious sides of the Himalaya mountains to discuss what to do about diseases. |
Commentary
These were great masters for whom awareness of Ayurveda was part of their consciousness. Every one of these teachers has his own great story. They were the first receivers of Ayurveda who participated in the first meeting of the wise men seeking a way to help people sustain their health. Agastya Muni, for example, was a great wise man capable of great feats. He knew how to dry up the sea. The story of the Ramayana tells how it became necessary to dry up the sea to attack the land of Lanka and rescue the kidnapped Princess Sita. Agastya said he could do this, but he was worried about the animals who might die because of his actions, so he gave them advice on how to survive. We could talk forever about all of the wise ones who were at this gathering. Vashistha, for example, was a teacher of Rama. He taught him everything he knew: Martial arts, religious rituals, mantras, and also Ayurveda, which is a component of the art of consciousness. Sankhya, for example, was a philosopher. Patanjali and Vashistha are also considered gurus and philosophers. All of these wise men adopted Ayurveda as an inseparable part of their consciousness. At their meeting, the wise men discovered that human beings live mentally in the past and in the future, not in the present moment. They discovered that the fundamental effect of this is to weigh down the mind, which causes disease. Because the nervous system is not nourished, the organs in the body stop functioning and become damaged. Consequently, diseases arise. When the wise men were seeking a way to help people, they invented certain principles regarding Time and Space - the Dharma. By practicing Dharma, one automatically lives one's life in the present and does not burden one's mind with thoughts of the future or the past. Thus began the human social system, which establishes the duties of a mother, the duties of a soldier, the duties of a merchant and the principles that must be followed with respect to Time and Space. Thanks to these laws, rules and principles, it is possible to live in the present moment, fulfilling our Dharma and maintaining our health. This is how the munis and rishis established the first civil code. They gathered in the Himalayas and came to an agreement on the code. Then they returned to their home districts and the same rules, the same social system, came into existence everywhere they went.
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