Thread by @aayurarogyam

Thread on Dhanteras / Dhantrayodashi / Dhanvantri Jayanthi

-The 13th day of Krishna Paksha of Ashwin/Kartik month is celebrated as

-Dhanatrayodashi
- Dhanteras
- Dhanwantari Triodasi or Dhanvantri Jayanti

- Hanuman Pooja or Kali Chaudas - Yamadeep Pooja

-Lord Dhanvantari is the Vedic God of medicine.

-He is described as the family physician to all Vedic deities

-The Mahabharata tells the story of an Avatar of Vishnu named Dhanvantari who “emerged from the Milky Ocean while it was being churned for Amrita

-After his emergence, Vishnu appeared before him and told him that he would have two incarnations.

-In his second emergence, Dhanvantari would “help the living beings on earth” because “uncommon disease is going to become a common feature”

-Dhanvantari is now known as the the Divine Father of Ayurveda
-Sage Bharadwaj became known as the human Father of Ayurveda

-Spiritual origins and history of Ayurveda has greater influence of the Gods as well as a closer connection to the rishis of Ayurveda
- their inference about diseases were mostly intuitive
- Founding father of ayurveda were acharya with deep intuitive interface to supreme powers

-Ayurveda was pivotal branch of our ancient vedas and vedic culture

- Rishis and Acharya were able to get insight and foresight of human Anatomy without any use of investigative research equipment

- Their vedic knowledge & their spiritual intuition was key for their wisdom

- Vedas gave the concept of fertility well before embryo was identified by West

-Hiranyagarbha suktam is a part of Rig Veda which describes the whole universe as a "golden womb"

- Hiranyagarbha Sukta describes how there was the Hiranyagarbha at the beginning, and how Prajapati expanded it into the extant Universe (Brahmanda) because avidya arose in his mind, entering Akasha and Kala (roughly translated as space and time, respectively)

- Brahma was born from a golden egg formed out of the seed deposited in the waters when they were produced as the first creation of the Self-existent; this seed became a golden egg

-This resplendent as the sun, in which the Self-existent Brahma was born as Brahmā the Creator, who is therefore regarded as a manifestation of the Self-existent / Swayambu

-Any vedic rituals or even a small pooja requires a guru to guide and support to do without any flaw so does the treatment of diseases as per Ayurveda

In Ayurveda the physician is called "Ayurveda acharya "

Any vedic rituals has to be concluded with gratitude to the acharya..

Here again we refer the golden womb with below vedic verse

"Hiranyagarbha Garbastham Hemabhijam Vibhavaso
Ananthapunya Phaladham Agasanthim Prayachame
''ACHARYAYE DHUBYAMAHAM SAMPRATATE NAMAHA...NAMAMA"

-The Hiraṇyagarbha Sūkta of the Rig Veda declares that God or Lord manifested Himself in the beginning as the Creator of the Universe encompassing all things, including everything within Himself

the collective totality, as it were, of the whole of creation, animating it as the Supreme Intelligence. He is Supreme personality Lord Hari in form of Lord Dhanvantari

- Maha Vishnu is pleased when his consort Maha lakshmi devi is worshipped

- Gold is a symbol of maha lakshmi

Hirannya-Varnnaam Harinniim Suvarnna-Rajata-Srajaam |
Candraam Hirannmayiim Lakssmiim Jaatavedo Ma Aavaha

- Sri Suktam, Rigveda

-Our ancestors were wise to include Dhanteras and Dhanvantri Jayanthi to seek the blessings of health and wellbeing

Dhanvantri Mantra :

"Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaaya Dhanvantaraye
Amrutha-Kalasa-Hasthaaya Sarvaamaya-Vinaashanaaya
Tri-Lokya-Naathaaya Shri Mahaavishnave Namaha"

Meaning :
Salutations to Lord Dhanvantari (the physician of the gods), also known as Šri Vãsudeva, Who holds in His hand, a pot filled with amruta (the immortality giving nectar), Who removes all ailments, Who is the Lord of the three worlds, and an avatar of Šri Mahã Vishnu.