Skip to main content

65. "Medicine-Free Living!" #KURAL 942

#KROM 65. "Medicine-Free Living!"

No need for medicines, if you eat after making sure that the previously taken food is properly digested!

மருந்து என வேண்டாவாம் யாக்கைக்கு அருந்தியது
அற்றது போற்றி உணின்.  942

marundhu ena vENDaavaam yaakkaikku arundhiyadhu
aRRadhu poRRi uNin.

(yaakkai = body)

Sri Valluvar describes here the dynamics of feeding oneself. One should eat only as much as he can digest! If you feed more than you can digest, even when you can afford, the food energy will end up dissipating in the form of disease. Instead, consistent with the "energy economics" theme we saw before, feeding other needy persons would be the proper investment one can make!

Sri Parimel Azhagar in his "encyclopedic" Kural commentary (circa 10 - 12th century), provides a gist of ancient Ayurvedic texts{1} throughout this entire chapter (95. மருந்து). In this Kural, he mentions the following indications on how to know the previously taken food has digested: 1) tiredness in body 2) clean burp or belching without any residual tastes 3) sharpness in senses and 4) increasing hunger.

Latest studies{2} on Microbiomes show the importance of colon health in maintaining overall body health.
---
{1} - caraka samhita, susruta samhita, ashTaanga hrudayam
{2} - http://www.anandaclaritymagazine.com/2015/02/the-human-microbiome/
---
#108GURU 31. ॐ सर्वरोग समन अनामयाय नमः
ஓம்  ஸர்வரோக3 ஸமன அனாமயாய நம:

#KURAL 942 Recently Occurred in Mind
---
#PHD (D.l. Sivakumar)
Jai Gurudev! AUM!
http://kromphd.blogspot.com (in English)
http://soukromphd.blogspot.com (in Sourashtra)

Comments