VEDA DHARMA SASTRA PARIPALANA SABHA (Regd.)
Kumbhakonam
Publication No. 17
Our country is called by the
name of India. From Himalayas, right down to Kanyakumari, it is all
India. This land was known as Bharatabhumi in olden days. For the
welfare of people living here, Sastras have been produced. There is a
Sastra for the purpose of keeping the body healthy and avoiding
untimely death. That Sastra is called Ayurveda. This Ayurveda teaches
many methods for extending human life span and leading a comfortable
life so long as one is alive. Ayurveda has taught ways to cure people
here of diseases by using herbs produced in this country. But people
took to western methods of cure as the government did not encourage
Ayurveda. Once the government started to be run by ministers drawn from
amongst our people, Raja of Panagal established a school of Ayurveda
in Chennai, considering that the medicines from our own herbs are alone
suitable for us and other methods will cause adverse effects. This
school was not extended even a thousandth of assistance given to
western system of medicine. However being well versed in Samskrit, the
Raja of Panagal was keen to encourage our Sastras. Had he lived a
little longer, he would have contributed more to this cause. Now it is
only Ayurveda that is encouraged a little by our government; our
Mathematics etc. are still not supported by our government. They teach
the western sciences alone to our children. Ayurveda got a little
encouragement because the Raja of Panagal became a minister.
