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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 8]
TEXT 18
धन्वन्तरिर्भगवान् पात्वपथ्याद् 
  द्वन्द्वाद् भयादृषभो निर्जितात्मा । 
  यज्ञश्च लोकादवताजनान्ताद् 
  बलो गणात् क्रोधवशादहीन्द्रः ॥१८॥
dhanvantarir bhagavān pātv apathyād 
  dvandvād bhayād ṛṣabho nirjītātmā 
  yajñaś ca lokād avatāj janāntād 
  balo gaṇāt krodha-vaśād ahīndraḥ
dhanvantariḥ—the incarnation Dhanvantari, the physician; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; pātu—may He protect me; apathyāt—from things injurious to the health, such as meat and intoxicants; dvandvāt—from duality; bhayāt—from fear; ṛṣabhaḥ—Lord Rṣabhadeva; nirjīta-ātmā—who fully controlled his mind and self; yajñaḥ—Yajña; ca—and; lokāt—from the defamation of the populace; avatāt—may He protect; jana-antāt—from dangerous positions created by other people; balaḥ—Lord Balarāma; gaṇāt—from the hordes of; krodha-vaśāt—the angry serpents; ahīndraḥ—Lord Balarāma in the form of the serpent Śeṣa Nāga.
TRANSLATION
May the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His incarnation as Dhanvantari relieve me from undesirable eatables and protect me from physical illness. May Lord Rṣabhadeva, who conquered His inner and outer senses, protect me from fear produced by the duality of heat and cold. May Yajña protect me from defamation and harm from the populace, and may Lord Balarāma as Śeṣa protect me from envious serpents.
PURPORT
To live within this material world, one must face many dangers, as described herein. For example, undesirable food poses a danger to health, and therefore one must give up such food. The Dhanvantari incarnation