અથાતો મધુમેહચિકિત્સિતં વ્યાખ્યાસ્યામઃ ||૧|| યથોવાચ ભગવાન્ ધન્વન્તરિઃ ||૨|| મધુમેહિત્વમાપન્નં ભિષગ્ભિઃ પરિવર્જિતમ્ | યોગેનાનેન મતિમાન્ પ્રમેહિણમુપાચરેત્ ||૩|| માસે શુક્રે શુચૌ ચૈવ શૈલાઃ સૂર્યાંશુતાપિતાઃ | જતુપ્રકાશં સ્વરસં શિલાભ્યઃ પ્રસ્રવન્તિ હિ ||૪|| શિલાજત્વિતિ વિખ્યાતં સર્વવ્યાધિવિનાશનમ્ |૫|
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अथातो मधुमेहचिकित्सितं व्याख्यास्यामः ||१|| यथोवाच भगवान् धन्वन्तरिः ||२|| मधुमेहित्वमापन्नं भिषग्भिः परिवर्जितम् | योगेनानेन मतिमान् प्रमेहिणमुपाचरेत् ||३|| मासे शुक्रे शुचौ चैव शैलाः सूर्यांशुतापिताः | जतुप्रकाशं स्वरसं शिलाभ्यः प्रस्रवन्ति हि ||४|| शिलाजत्विति विख्यातं सर्वव्याधिविनाशनम् |५|
Meaning of the śloka
The chapter on the treatment of madhumeha is now explained, as taught by Bhagavān Dhanvantari. The passage says that a discerning physician may treat, by the regimen described here, a person with prameha who has progressed to madhumeha and has been given up by physicians. In the months called Śukra and Śuci, mountains heated by the sun's rays exude from their rocks a resin-like substance known as śilājatu, which the text traditionally describes as destroying all diseases.
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મધુમેહિત્વમિત્યાદિ| શુક્રો માસો જ્યેષ્ઠઃ| શુચિરાષાઢઃ| યદ્યપ્યન્યસ્મિન્ કાલે શિલાજતુપ્રસ્રવણં દૃશ્યતે, તથાઽપિ શુચિશુક્રમાસપરિગૃહીતં ખરતરતરણિકિરણતાપિતાભ્યઃ શિલાભ્યો ગુણવત્તરં ભવતિ| જતુપ્રકાશં લાક્ષાપ્રકાશમ્| સર્વવ્યાધિઃ મધુમેહાદિઃ||૧-૪||-
Meaning of the commentary
The commentary identifies Śukra as the month of Jyeṣṭha and Śuci as Āṣāḍha. Although śilājatu may be seen exuding at other times, that collected in these two months from rocks heated by the especially intense rays of the sun is regarded as superior in quality. Jatuprakāśa means having the appearance of lac. In the phrase 'all diseases,' the commentary has conditions such as madhumeha in view.
Key terms
- madhumeha
- The advanced condition named in the chapter and addressed by the regimen introduced here.
- prameha
- The broader classical disorder from which the person is described as having progressed to madhumeha.
- śilājatu
- A resin-like substance described as exuding from sun-heated mountain rocks.
- jatuprakāśa
- Resembling resin; the commentary specifies an appearance like lac.