Chapter 12
ज्वरामयार्तस्य यथागदं सत् निदाघदग्धस्य यथा हिमाम्भ: । कुदेहमानाहिविदष्टदृष्टे: ब्रह्मन् वचस्तेऽमृतमौषधं मे ॥ २ ॥
Transliteration
jvarāmayārtasya yathāgadaṁ sat nidāgha-dagdhasya yathā himāmbhaḥ kudeha-mānāhi-vidaṣṭa-dṛṣṭeḥ brahman vacas te ’mṛtam auṣadhaṁ me
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
jvara — of a fever; āmaya — by the disease; ārtasya — of a distressed person; yathā — just as; agadam — the medicine; sat — right; nidāgha-dagdhasya — of one scorched by the heat of the sun; yathā — just as; hima-ambhaḥ — very cold water; ku-deha — in this body made of matter and full of dirty things such as stool and urine; māna — of pride; ahi — by the serpent; vidaṣṭa — bitten; dṛṣṭeḥ — of one whose vision; brahman — O best of the brāhmaṇas; vacaḥ — words; te — your; amṛtam — nectar; auṣadham — medicine; me — for me.
Translation
“O best of the brāhmaṇas, my body is filled with dirty things, and my vision has been bitten by the serpent of pride. Due to my material conceptions, I am diseased. Your nectarean instructions are the proper medicine for one suffering from such a fever, and they are cooling waters for one scorched by the heat.”