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Sixty-seventh Parva
541. A certain misguided traveler, seeking fragrant fruits and flowers, strayed from the right path. He entered a dense forest, and there he encountered a hungry, ferocious tiger, eager to kill. Frightened, the foolish traveler ran and fell into a deep, terrifying well. There, due to the arising of evil karma, he suffered from cold, fever, and phlegm, the three bodily humors. He was afflicted with impediments in speech, sight, hearing, and movement. He was also troubled by snakes and other creatures. Unable to find a way out of the well, he despaired.
179. By chance, a noble physician came by. Seeing the traveler's plight, his heart was filled with compassion. With great care, he devised a way to rescue him from the well. He used mantras and medicines to heal him. His limbs regained their strength, his eyes opened to see even the finest details, his ears became sharp enough to hear everything clearly, and his tongue was able to speak freely.
182. Having done all this, the noble physician guided the traveler towards the city of Sarvaramani, for those with pure intentions always help others.
184. But the foolish traveler, once again, became attached to worldly pleasures. He lost his way and fell back into the same well. Similarly, beings trapped in the well of samsara, due to the five karmic poisons of false belief, etc., suffer from deafness, blindness, and other ailments. They are tormented by hunger, thirst, and other afflictions. Seeing their plight, the compassionate Guru, the physician of true knowledge, skilled in the teachings of Dharma, rescues them from the well of samsara. He then administers the medicine of right faith, opening their eyes of right vision, healing their ears of right knowledge, extending their legs of right conduct, and revealing their tongue of compassion. He guides them towards liberation and heaven by teaching them the five types of scriptures. These Gurus, like physicians, are wise and noble.
185-190. Many beings, due to the arising of evil karma, are destined for a long journey through samsara. Just as those who dwell near a fragrant, blooming champa tree are enveloped in its fragrance, those who...