धन्वन्तरिश्च भगवान् स्वयमेव कीर्ति- र्नाम्ना नृणां पुरुरुजां रुज आशु हन्ति । यज्ञे च भागममृतायुरवावरुन्ध आयुष्यवेदमनुशास्त्यवतीर्य लोके ॥ २१ ॥
dhanvantaris ca bhagavan svayam eva kirtir namna nrnam puru-rujam ruja asu hanti yajne ca bhagam amrtayur-avavarundha ayusya-vedam anusasty avatirya loke
- dhanvantarih
- the incarnation of God named Dhanvantari
- ca
- and
- bhagavan
- the Personality of Godhead
- svayam eva
- personally Himself
- kirtih
- fame personified
- namna
- by the name
- nrnam puru-rujam
- of the diseased living entities
- rujah
- diseases
- asu
- very soon
- hanti
- cures
- yajne
- in the sacrifice
- ca
- also
- bhagam
- share
- amrta
- nectar
- ayuh
- duration of life
- ava
- from
- avarundhe
- obtains
- ayusya
- of duration of life
- vedam
- knowledge
- anusasti
- directs
- avatirya
- incarnating
- loke
- in the universe
The Lord in His incarnation of Dhanvantari very quickly cures the diseases of the ever-diseased living entities simply by his fame personified, and only because of him do the demigods achieve long lives. Thus the Personality of Godhead becomes ever glorified. He also exacted a share from the sacrifices, and it is he only who inaugurated the medical science or the knowledge of medicine in the universe.