372 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 7

how the incarnations of the Supreme Lord work all over the material
worlds, which comprehend only one-fourth of the total energy of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.

The Manvantara incarnation chastises all the miscreant rulers of different
planets with as much power as that of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
who punishes the miscreants with His wheel weapon. The Manvantara
incarnations disseminate the transcendental glories of the Lord.

TEXT 21

qeaeata wa qaqa alfa
AM It TeEAt ea AT ales |
aw TF AMATI
AT AIAGIATAA AH 12211

dhanvantaris ca bhagavan svayam eva kirtir
namnda nrnam puru-rujam ruja asu hanti

yajne ca bhagam amrtayur-avavarundha
dyusya-vedam anusasty avatirya loke

dhanvantarih—the incarnation of God named Dhanvantari; ca—and;
bhagavan—the Personality of Godhead; svayam eva—personally Himself;
kirtih—fame personified; namna—by the name; nrndm puru-rujam—of the
diseased living entities; rujah—diseases; 2Su—very soon; hanti—cures; yajiie
—in the sacrifice; ca—also; bhagam—share; amrta—nectar; @yuh—duration
of life; ava—from; avarundhe—obtains; ayusya—of duration of life; vedam
—knowledge; anusdsti—directs; avatirya—incarnating; loke—in the universe.

TRANSLATION

The Lord in His incarnation of Dhanvantari very quickly cures the
diseases of the ever diseased living entities simply by His fame personified,
and due to Him only the demigods achieve long duration of life. Thus
the Personality of Godhead becomes ever glorified. He also exacted a
share from the sacrifices, and it is He only who inaugurated the medical
science or the knowledge of medicine in the universe.
