ज्वरामयार्तस्य यथागदं सत् निदाघदग्धस्य यथा हिमाम्भ: । कुदेहमानाहिविदष्टदृष्टे: ब्रह्मन् वचस्तेऽमृतमौषधं मे ॥ २ ॥
jvaramayartasya yathagadam sat nidagha-dagdhasya yatha himambhah kudeha-manahi-vidasta-drsteh brahman vacas te ’mrtam ausadham me
- jvara
- of a fever
- amaya
- by the disease
- artasya
- of a distressed person
- yatha
- just as
- agadam
- the medicine
- sat
- right
- nidagha-dagdhasya
- of one scorched by the heat of the sun
- yatha
- just as
- hima-ambhah
- very cold water
- ku-deha
- in this body made of matter and full of dirty things such as stool and urine
- mana
- of pride
- ahi
- by the serpent
- vidasta
- bitten
- drsteh
- of one whose vision
- brahman
- O best of the brahmanas
- vacah
- words
- te
- your
- amrtam
- nectar
- ausadham
- medicine
- me
- for me
O best of the brahmanas, 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.