BHARADWAJA

Bharadwaja's hermitage was not only a place of education but also, occasionally, a place where pilgrims who passed that way could stay. Forest dwelling people and the hunting tribes were approaching Bharadwaja to represent their grievances. Sometimes sages residing in hermitages were visiting. Bharadwaja's wife was very patient and hospitable. In providing food and drink to visitors she was never indifferent.

More important that all was Bharadwaja's medical treatment. He knew the system of Ayurvedic medicine. He was providing accommodation for the real suffering patients and giving good treatment for them; when the patients become completed cured they will be discharged from the hospital. The circumstances under which he learnt Ayurveda are also interesting.

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