Shloka 31
नरनारायण-नारदसंवादः
Nara-Nārāyaṇa–Nārada Discourse on Vision, Elements, and Entry into Vāsudeva
रोगोंसे पीड़ित हुए मनुष्य वैद्योंको बहुत-सा धन देते हैं और वैद्यलोग रोग दूर करनेकी बहुत चेष्टा करते हैं, तो भी उन रोगियोंकी पीड़ा दूर नहीं कर पाते हैं ।।
te cātinipuṇā vaidyāḥ kuśalāḥ sambhṛtauṣadhāḥ | vyādhibhiḥ parikṛṣyante mṛgā vyādhair ivārditāḥ ||
ナーラダは言った。病に苦しむ人は医師に多くの財を与え、医師も病を退けようと懸命に努める。だがそれでも、患者の苦痛を取り除けないことがある。さらに、治療にきわめて巧みで薬を豊かに備えた名医でさえ、病に引きずり倒される—それは、猟師に撃たれて倒れる鹿のようである。
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the most competent and well-equipped experts cannot fully master fate and suffering; therefore one should avoid pride in worldly skill and cultivate humility, dharmic living, and inner steadiness amid illness and adversity.
Nārada illustrates a moral point with a vivid simile: physicians, despite their expertise and stores of medicines, can themselves be overwhelmed by disease—just as deer, despite their natural agility, are felled by hunters.