स वै भगवत: साक्षाद्विष्णोरंशांशसम्भव: । धन्वन्तरिरिति ख्यात आयुर्वेददृगिज्यभाक् ॥ ३४ ॥
sa vai bhagavatah saksad visnor amsamsa-sambhavah dhanvantarir iti khyata ayur-veda-drg ijya-bhak
- sah
- he
- vai
- indeed
- bhagavatah
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- saksat
- directly
- visnoh
- of Lord Visnu
- amsa-amsa-sambhavah
- incarnation of the plenary portion of a plenary portion
- dhanvantarih
- Dhanvantari
- iti
- thus
- khyatah
- celebrated
- ayuh-veda-drk
- fully conversant in the medical science
- ijya-bhak
- one of the demigods eligible to share the benefits of sacrifices.
This person was Dhanvantari, a plenary portion of a plenary portion of Lord Visnu. He was very conversant with the science of medicine, and as one of the demigods he was permitted to take a share in sacrifices.