The Father of Ayurveda/
Science of Medicine Lord Dhanvantari
As mentioned in the Srimad Bhagavatam ,
Dhanvantari is the incarnation of Lord Vishnu who rapidly cures the sicknesses
of the ever-sick living beings just by his eminence represented, and simply
because of him do the demigods accomplish long lives. Consequently the
Personality of Godhead turns out to be ever celebrated. He additionally claimed
an offer from the penances, and it is he just who initiated the medicinal
science or the information/ knowledge of medication in the world.
dhanvantariś ca bhagavān svayam eva kīrtir
nāmnā nṛṇāṁ puru-rujāṁ ruja āśu hanti
yaj'e ca bhāgam amṛtāyur-avāvarundha
āyuṣya-vedam anuśāsty avatīrya loke
Dhanvantari, who was carrying the pot
containing nectar a complete portion of Lord Vishnu. He was very familiar with
the science of medicine, and as one of the demigods he was permitted to take a
share in sacrifices.
sa vai bhagavataḥ sākṣād
viṣṇor aḿśāḿśa-sambhavaḥ
dhanvantarir iti khyāta
āyur-veda-dṛg ijya-bhāk
At the time of the stirring the ocean of milk, Lord Vishnu
predicted that Lord Dhanvantari would show up again on the earth to teach
peoples the art of Ayurveda.
Dirghatamas king of Kashi was performing serious penance and
offering them to Lord Dhanvantari in the trusts that he would be satisfied with
them and bless him a child. The Lord showed up and offered a boon to him, so
Dirghatamas requested that Lord Dhanvantari be conceived as his own child. The
Lord answered that he would. Lord Dhanvantari was conceived in the royal family
of Kashi and inevitably turned into the ruler. Indeed, even as a young man he
had ascetic propensities, was greatly restrained and performed serious
severities. He taught Ayurveda orally to the sages and rishis who turned into
his supporters. His teachings are recorded in the Agni Purana.
The son of Kasya was Kasi, and his son
was Rashtra, the father of Dirghatama. Dirghatama had a son named Dhanvantari,
who was the inaugurator of the medical science and an incarnation of Lord
Vasudeva, the enjoyer of the results of sacrifices. One who remembers the name
of Dhanvantari can be released from all disease.
kasyasya kasis tat-putror
ashtro dirghatamah-pita
dhanvantarir dirghatamasa
ayur-veda-pravartakah
yajna-bhug vasudevamsah
smrita-matrarti-nasanah
Story of Dhanvantari - Ayurveda God
Dhanvantari is known as the father of
Ayurveda, since he was the first perfect incarnation to grant its intelligence
amongst people. He initially showed up amid the immense churning of the cosmic sea
of milk (Samudra manthan) to provide amrit (Divine nectar) to the demigods. The
stirring of the sea of milk is a well-known scene in the Puranas that represents
the spiritual efforts of a person to accomplish Self-acknowledgment through meditation
of mind, withdrawal of the sanity, and control of all cravings.
Story narrated in Srimad Bhagavatham
Once, Durvasa, an old
sage, gave a festoon of blooms to Indra (the king of gods in the Vedas) who set
it upon his elephant Airavata. The elephant tossed it on the ground and pounded
it. Durvasa, who was terrible tempered, reviled Lord Indra and the various
devas that they would lose their quality of power. As devas became weaker, the
asuras, a gathering of harmful divinities in the Hindu pantheon, attempted to
vanquish them. Because of this, a war took after, which proceeded for a long
time. Devas battled dauntlessly, however couldn't win over the asuras. So they
appealed Lord Vishnu to help them.
Lord Vishnu told
devas to associate with asuras together to churn the cosmic ocean of milk for
the nectar of immortality. The devas/demigods agreed and started churning the ocean
using the mountain Mandara as the pole and Vasuki the serpent as the string,
both demigods and evil presences continued to agitate the sea of milk.
Fourteen Valuable Divine things appeared during Mount Mandara
Because of the
consistent churning by the devas, fourteen valuable things showed up on the
surface of the water, to be specific, the Parijata tree, which conceded wishes,
the elephant Airavata, the moon (which Lord Shiva took to his head), the Halahala poison (drank by Lord Shiva), the Kamadhenu, the bovine which
satisfies needs, Varuni, the goddess of wine, the apsaras, a gathering of Hindu
Goddesses, the white steed Uchchaisravas, and the Goddess Lakshmi. Likewise,
the conch, the bow, the mace, and the gem, which were taken by Vishnu, showed
up.
The last valuable divine thing which turned out from the milk sea was Lord Dhanvantari,
the heavenly doctor, who landed with an amrit, the nectar of eternality.
Despite the fact that the asuras attempted to assume control over the solution,
Lord Vishnu played another trap in which he showed up as the female Mohini and
frustrated the asuras. In this manner, devas achieved the remedy of godlikeness
for themselves and the force of eternality stayed in the hands of the divine
beings.
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