Shloka 10
ग्राम्यारण्याश्लौषधी श्व दुदुहे पय एव च । षड़सं चामृतनिभं रसायनमनुत्तमम्
grāmyāraṇyāślauṣadhī śva duduhe paya eva ca | ṣaḍrasaṃ cāmṛtanibhaṃ rasāyanam anuttamam ||
Wika ng Gandharva: “Ang asong-babae ay wari’y naggatas mula sa pinakadiwa ng mga halamang-gamot—yaong nasa nayon at yaong nasa gubat—at ang gatas na iyon ang siyang lumitaw; at mula roon ay sumibol ang isang walang kapantay na rasayana, isang panumbalik-lakas na eliksir, matamis sa lahat ng anim na lasa at kahawig ng amrita.”
गन्धर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the Mahābhārata’s recurring idea that extraordinary nourishment and healing can arise from nature in wondrous ways; it also echoes the Indian medical-cultural ideal of rasāyana—restorative substances that sustain vitality and well-being.
A Gandharva describes a marvel: a she-dog is said to have ‘milked out’ the essence of medicinal herbs from both village and forest, producing milk and an unsurpassed, nectar-like rasāyana endowed with all six tastes.