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 ||
那罗陀言曰：为病所苦之人，厚赐医者，医者亦竭力除疾，然终不能尽去病者之痛。即便那些极其精妙的医师——善于疗治，药物充盈——亦为疾病所牵制拖拽，如鹿为猎人所击倒。
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.