और
नख-दृग-लालिमा की तर-तमता से
रोग को पहचान पाते हैं।
आया है एक वैद्य वह भी
जिसने अपने जीवन में
परम-पुण्य का पाक पा कर
सुदीर्घ साधना-साधित
अनन्य-दुर्लभ स्वर-बोध में
सफलता पाई है;
मन्त्र-तन्त्रवेत्ता,
अरिष्ट-शास्त्र का
वरिष्ठ ज्ञाता भी है।
सबने अपनी-अपनी विधाओं से
सेठ का निरीक्षण किया,
रुक-रुक कर अर्द्ध-मूच्छित-सी
दशा हो आती है,
निद्रा से घिरी-सी
काया की चेष्टा है
पर, वचन की चेष्टा नहीं के बराबर!
क्रमशः सबने।
अपने-अपने निर्णय लिये
सबका अभिमत एक रहा।
कि
दाह का रोग हुआ है
आह का योग हुआ है,
एक ही दिशा में
एक ही गति से
चाह का भोग हुआ है;
और
And
By the comparative degree of redness of nails and eyelids Diagnose the disease.
There has arrived one such physician also
Who, having achieved the maturity of supreme
Auspiciousness In his life
Has achieved success
In the uncommon and rare of voice-understanding
Which was accomplished through a long devotion;
Who is well-versed in the mystical and the ritual
formularies, Who is a senior expert also
In the science of death-symptoms.
All of them examined the eminent trader
Through their respective pathies,
He appears to be arriving at the condition
Of intermittent semi-delirium-stage,
The motions of the body
Seem to be clouded with drowsiness But, the gestures of speaking come almost to a stand still !
Step by step, all of them
Took their own decisions
All of them were unanimous in their opinion,
That
The ailment of feverish inflammation has caught the patient There has been the addition of the mental
distress to it, In one and the same direction
With one and the same speed –
The gratification of desires has been fulfilled;
And...