औषधं जाह्नवी तोयं
(Gangaajala is THE medicine)
The shloka goes - When the body is eaten up by age and tormented by diseases, Lord Naaraayan Hari is the doctor and Gangaajala is the medicine.
My Baappammaa had a treasure chest of stories for grandchildren, containing life's experiences and any number of proverbs in Amchigele, TuLu, KannaDa and Samskruta. Also, shlokas from Geetaa. She would utter the most relevant and appropriate quotation as the occasion arose. The shloka quoted was one of them.( These days grandchilden do not see the treasure chest even when grandmothers are present; misssing most are the Geetaa shlokas).
Faith in Gangaajala is dwindling. Our anscestors were not illiterate fools . They had seen miraculous cures by Gangaajala and also performed by sages and saints. RaamakruShNa and RamaNa had taken on themselves the diseases of devotes by touch or by mere sight. By touch or sight they cured diseases of devotees.*
Nature cure with or without herbal medicines is a lost art now. We are ignorant of our real nature. Years ago, they thought malaria was eradicated. They cut down cinchona trees. 20 years later, malaria resurrected! Cinchona was dificult to get and they were surprised the malaria germs have grown immune to cincona over many many generations!
If a germ can fight back for survival why not modern man? If at all, science has made man lose his natural state, being fed by modern medicines and amenities.
NOTE:
* Ramakrushna , Ramana and other sages took on the diseases on themselves from the devotees and suffered personally. Ramana had said that by Samaadhi process he could eliminate some diseases but never tried to purposefully to reduce his burden.
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