k¢l¢vfØbnm¯ KALIVIDAMBANAM
                                                       
ON   PHYSICIANS
ÞvÞTWrsaÒyraEgWà   jÓt¤¢BnaI¢Þt   ¢k|cn   .
katra   d£GIraEgaà   ¢Bxja|   BaÂyhEtv:   ¡23¡

ÞvÞTW:

those who are healthy

AsaÒyraEgW:

those who are stricken with terminal disease

c

and

jÓt¤¢B:

people

na¢Þt

there is no

¢k|cn

little utility

katra:

those who fear illness

d£GIraEga:

protracted illness

c

and

¢Bxja|

of the physicians

BaÂy

fortune

hEtv:

source of

 
A   physician   has   no   use   of   persons   who   are   healthy   or   in   the   terminal   stage  of   sickness.   His   sources   of   fortune   are   those   who   fear   illness and   those   with   protracted   illness         (23).    
na¢tDWyI|   p#datÛy|   na¢tB£¢tà   raE¢gN£   .
nW¢àÓÏya°a¢dmE   dan|   nWraÜyadEv   na¢ÓtmE   ¡24¡

n

never

A¢tDWyI|

over confidence

p#datÛy|

should be given

n

not

A¢tB£¢t:

extreme fear

c

and

raE¢gN£

in the patient

nW¢àÓÏyat¯

due to having no anxiety

na¢dmE

will not make

dan|

payment

nWraÜyat¯

due to despondency

ev

likewise

na¢ÓtmE

will not make (payment)

A   physician   should   neither   give   sure   hope   nor   indicate   despair   in   treating  his   patients.   In   the   first   case,   no   fee   will   be   forthcoming   as   there   is   no cause   for   worry;   and   in   the   second   too,   no   payment     can   be   expected  due   to   the   hopelessness   of   the   case   (24).  
BWxÇy|   t¤   yTakam|   pÐy|   t¤   k¢Zn|   vdEt¯   .
AaraEÂy|   vWïmahaÏØyadÓyTaÏvmpÐyt:   ¡25¡

BWxÇy|

line of treatment

t¤

however

yTakam|

as one would like

pÐy|

diet

t¤

however

k¢Zn|

extremely strict

vdEt¯

should lay down

AaraEÂy|

health

vWïmahaÏØyat¯

(could be claimed as arising from) the excellence of treatment

AÓyTaÏv|

the state of being otherwise (no improvement)

ApÐyt:

(could be attributed to) dietary indiscipline

 
A   doctor   can   treat   a   patient   as   he   likes   but   he   should   take   care   to   lay down   strict   restrictions   regarding   food   etc.   If   the   patient   is   restored   to health,   the   credit   can   be   claimed   for   the   efficacy   of   the   treatment   and   if otherwise,   failure   can   be   attributed   to   the   breach   of   his   instructions   (25).  
¢ndan|   raEgnama¢n   saØyasaØyE   ¢c¢k¢Ïstm¯   .
svImÔy¤pdEßy¢Ót   raE¢gN:   sdnE   ¢ÞæOy:   ¡26¡

¢ndan|

state

raEgnama¢n

name etc, of the sickness

saØyasaØyE

nature, duration etc;

¢c¢k¢Ïstm¯

of the patient

svI|

all about

A¢p	exahustively

updEßy¢Ót

will inform

raE¢gN:

of the sick person

sdnE	in the house

¢ÞæOy:

the female folk

   
When   a   doctor   turns   up   to   examine   a   patient,   he   gets   a   lot   of   information   about   the nature   of   the   disease,   what   has   been   done   so   far,  how   long the illness  has  continued,   what   the   astrological   predictions   are   etc,   from     the   women   of    the   household   (26).  
j¦ØBmaNEx¤   raEgEx¤   ¢m#ymaNEx¤   jÓt¤x¤   .
raEgtÏvEx¤   SnkWrÛy¤ÏpïÓtE   ¢c¢kÏska:   ¡27¡

j¦ØBmaNEx¤

when they aggravate

raEgEx¤

diseases

¢m#ymaNEx¤

when deaths take place

jÓt¤x¤

in beings

raEgtÏvEx¤

diagnosis of diseases

SnkW:

slowly

Ûy¤ÏpïÓtE

understand

¢c¢kÏska:

physicians

 
Some   physicians   diagnose   a   disease   only   when   the   condition   becomes   grave or   critical   or   sometimes,   after   the   patient   has  died   (27).  
p#vtInaTImarØBE   mÒyE   ÏvaWxD   hEtvE   .
bh^manaTImÓtE   c   ¢jh£xI¢Ót   ¢c¢kÏska:   ¡28¡  

p#vtInaTI|

to commence

AarØBE

at the start

mÒyE	in the middle

t¤

verily

AaWxD

medicine

hEtvE

for this reason

bh^manaTI|

as honouring

AÓtE	at the end

c

and

¢jh£xI¢Ót

desire to take (fees)

¢c¢kÏska:

physicians

 
A   resourceful   doctor   collects   fees   from   the   patients   in   three   stages--   at commencement   of     treatment,     for   making   medicines   miday, and   as   gifts   at   the   end   (28).  
¢lÔsmanEx¤   vWïEx¤   ¢cradasaï   raE¢gNm¯   .
dayda:   s|p#raEh¢Ót   dWvMa   ma¢ÓæOka   A¢p   ¡29¡  

¢lÔsmanEx¤

desirous of continuous income

vWïEx¤

the physicians

¢crat¯

for long

Aasaï

in that state

raE¢gNm¯

from the patient

dayda:

shareholders

s|p#raEh¢Ót

manifest, as if from nowhere

dWvMa:

astrologers

ma¢ÓæOka:

magicians

A¢p

also

 
When   a   doctor   thinks   of   collecting   fees   continuously   from   a   patient   suffering from   a   protracted   illness,   he   will   soon   find   two   more   partners   getting   into his   business--the   astrologer   and   the   exorcist   (29).  
raEgÞyaEp@mE   saÓÏv|   mÒyE   ¢k|¢cÑGnÛyy:   .
SnWrnadr:   SaÓtaE   s"ataE   vWï|   n   pÜy¢t   ¡30¡

raEgÞy

of the disease

up@mE

at the onset

saÓÏv|

eulogises

mÒyE	in the middle

¢k|¢ct¯

a little

DnÛyy:

expenditure

SnW:

slowly

Anadr:

indifference

SaÓt:

when full cured

s"at:

having taken bath

vWï|	the physician

n

never

pÜy¢t

sees

 
A   patient   eulogises   the   doctor   initially   when   he   goes   to   him   for   treatment.   During the   course   of   treatment   he   pays   him   some   fee.   Later   he   starts   ignoring   his instructions   and   finally   when   fully   cured,   forgets   the   doctor   altogether   (30)..
 
dWvMÏv|   ma¢ÓæOkta   BWxÇy|   caz¤kaWSlm¯   .
ekWkmTIlaBay   ¢¹¢æOyaEgÞt¤   ѤlIB:   ¡31¡  

dWvMÏv|

being an astrologer

ma¢ÓæOkta

being a magician

BWxÇy|

being a physician

caz¤kaWSlm¯

clever speaker

ekWk|

even one of these

ATIlaBay

for acquisition of wealth

¢¹¢æOyaEgÞt¤

a combination of two or more

ѤlIB:

rare

For   accumulation   of   wealth,   it   is   enough   if   one   is   an   astrologer,   a   black magician,   a   doctor   or   an   impressive   speaker.   But   more   than   one   of   these  capabilities   are   rarely   blended   in   an   individual     (31).                                                                    
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