JAY MAHAN BRAHMASHREE GOPALAVALLIDASAR
JAY SHREE RADHEKRISHNA SATHSANG
Dear Readers,
Radhekrishna!
Continuing from where we left in the previous article, we had started the explanation of some shloka’s that describe the “Test of cure” for a diseased person. The test of cure at that point in time was very simple. Let us look at two more shloka’s in the same context.
Kaaryaphalam sukhaavaaptih, tasya lakshanam
Manobuddhindriyasharirtushtihi
Meaning: Attainment of good health is the fruit of this effort. Its characteristic is the contentment of the mind, the intellect, the sense organs and the body.
Anubandhastu khalvayuha tasya lakshanam
praanaih saha samyogaha
Meaning: Is not longetivity the long-term result? Its feature is union with life energy (prana *)
Prana: The breathing which is done by living things due to which we are alive. In other words life, vitality or vital air, principle of life. Usually plural in this sense as there are five prana’s in all – prana, apana, samana, vyana and udana.
Source: Caraka-samhita, Vimana-sthanam, Adhyaayah 8, Paragraph 89-91 (1st Century B.C.)
Let us discuss about these five types of prana in brief our next article.
Coming to our second section, the herb that we will be telling you about in this article is Karanjwa also known as the Fever Nut in English and Caesalpinia Bonducella in Latin.
· It is a wild plant growing into a bush has bitter fruit and leaves
· Its leaves are a remedy for malarial fevers
· The kernel of its fruit purifies the blood and kills intestinal parasites
· Its kernel if roasted in shell and then powdered helps cure asthma
· Its also used in case of flatulence and scabies
That concludes the article for this forthnight.
Till the next article, Radhekrishna to all our readers.
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Sarvam Guruvaarpanam
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