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तेनायुरमितं लेभे भरद्वाजः सुखान्वितम्। ऋषिभ्योऽनधिकं तच्च शशंसानवशेषयन् ॥२६॥

With this, Bharadwaja attained immeasurably blissful long-life. Thereafter, he transmitted that knowledge as it is neither more or less to the sages.

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ऋषयश्च भरद्वाजाज्जगृहुस्तं प्रजाहितम्। दीर्घमायुश्चिकीर्षन्तो वेदं वर्धनमायुषः ॥२७॥

Six Basic Principles of Knowledge: The sages, desirous of long life, also received that benevolent veda (compendium of knowledge) of enhancing life from Bharadwaja.

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महर्षयस्ते ददृशुर्यथावज्ज्ञानचक्षुषा। सामान्यं च विशेषं च गुणान् द्रव्याणि कर्म च ॥२८॥

The great sages further grasped properly the knowledge of samanya (similarity), vishesha (dissimilarity), guna (properties), dravya (substances), karma (action) and

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समवायं च तज्ज्ञात्वा तन्त्रोक्तं विधिमास्थिताः। लेभिरे परमं शर्म जीवितं चाप्यनित्वरम् ॥२९॥

samvaya (inherence) by which they followed the tenets of the compendium and attained highest well-being and non-perishable life span.

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अथ मैत्रीपरः पुण्यमायुर्वेदं पुनर्वसुः। शिष्येभ्यो दत्तवान् षड्भ्यः सर्वभूतानुकम्पया ॥३०॥

Six disciples of Punarvasu Atreya: Now, Punarvasu (Lord Atreya), the friend of humanity, out of his benevolence, bestowed the virtuous Ayurveda upon his six disciples.

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Chapter 1

Verses 31-35