Swasthavritta
SWASTHAVRITTA – PERSONAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR A HEALTHY WORLD Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha are called as Purushartha Chatushtaya. Health is the driving force to achieve the Purushartha Chatushtaya. Ayurveda came into existence on earth with two primary mottos, maintaining the health of a healthy person and to cure the disease of diseased one. Swasthavritta deals with the first major part of Ayurveda of preventing disease, maintaining and promoting the health. Presence of balanced state of Dosha, Dhatu, Agni, Mala is considered as Swasthya and the person who possesses these is called Swastha Purusha. lenks’k% lekfXuÜp le/kkrqeyfØ;%A izlékResfUnz;euk% LoLFk bR;fHk/kh;rsAA (lq. lw.15/41)
The assessment of proper maintenance of Dosha, Dhatu, Agni, Mala is not so easy as they are not measurable. Hence one should be keen on observing the Prasannata of Atma, Indriya and Manas as they are the indicators of happenings inside the body. How does the imbalance occur in Dosha, Dhatu, Mala? Until and unless we know about the causes for the imbalance of these factors or disease manifestation it is not possible to maintain the health. Disease is nothing but the imbalance of internal factors of Shareera like Dosha /Dhatu (Abhyantara Hetu), which is again influenced by the external factors like food and life style (Bahya Hetu). The Ancient Ayurveda | May-Jun 2021 | Issue 7 | 15
