व्याधेर् अनिष्टसंस्पर्शाच् छ्रमाद् इष्टविवर्जनात् ॥
दुःखं चतुर्भिः शारीरं कारणैः संप्रवर्तते ॥
तद् आशुप्रतिकाराच् च सततं चाविचिन्तनात् ॥
आधिव्याधिप्रशमनं क्रियायोगद्वयेन तु ॥
मतिमन्तो ह्य् अतो वैद्याः शमं प्राग् एव कुर्वते ॥
मानसस्य प्रियाख्यानैः संभोगोपनयैर् नृणाम् ॥
मानसेन हि दुःखेन शरीरम् उपतप्यते ॥
अयःपिण्डेन तप्तेन कुम्भसंस्थम् इवोदकम् ॥
मानसं शमयेत् तस्माज् ज्ञानेनाग्निम् इवाम्बुना ॥
प्रशान्ते मानसे दुःखे शारीरम् उपशाम्यति ॥
vyādher aniṣṭasaṃsparśāc chramād iṣṭavivarjanāt ||
duḥkhaṃ caturbhiḥ śārīraṃ kāraṇaiḥ saṃpravartate ||
tad āśupratikārāc ca satataṃ cāvicintanāt ||
ādhivyādhipraśamanaṃ kriyāyogadvayena tu ||
matimanto hy ato vaidyāḥ śamaṃ prāg eva kurvate ||
mānasasya priyākhyānaiḥ saṃbhogopanayair nṛṇām ||
mānasena hi duḥkhena śarīram upatapyate ||
ayaḥpiṇḍena taptena kumbhasaṃstham ivodakam ||
mānasaṃ śamayet tasmāj jñānenāgnim ivāmbunā ||
praśānte mānase duḥkhe śārīram upaśāmyati ||
‘Bodily suffering arises from four causes: disease, unwanted contact, fatigue, and separation from what is dear. It is calmed by two means: swift remedy and by not dwelling constantly upon it. Therefore wise physicians remove pain in advance, and the mental suffering of people — with kind words and by leading them toward joy. From mental suffering the body grows heated, like water in a vessel heated by a red-hot iron ball. Therefore mental suffering should be pacified with knowledge, as fire is quenched with water; when mental suffering is pacified, bodily suffering subsides too.’
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Here is a very practical view: body and mind are linked, and thought can kindle suffering. Knowledge does not replace treatment, but it keeps pain from becoming the master of consciousness. For spiritual life this matters greatly: the mind must be brought to light, or else outward misfortune grows within.