Recently we heard lot of news regarding the toxic levels of heavy metals present in Ayurvedic medicines which has been fatal in many cases. Though many suppporters of Ayurveda are saying this is meaningless maligning of Indian traditions, and to these supporters I would like to remind that our ancient Sanskrit poets were very well aware of the often deadly nature of Ayurveda, hence this saying
"VaidyaRaja namastubhyam YamaRajsahodara Yamastu harati praNaan Vaidyo praNaan dhananincha"
Second example of their understanding is the cleverness of crow. As one of my friend Mishra ji from Sagar used to say, now scientists are discovering the tool making capacity, and other intelligent functions of crow. Indians observed it thousands of years before and wrote several stories about clever crow, the most famous being how a crow drops small stones in pitcher with very low level of water, and the water level rises, crow drinks and flies away. And let us never forget the Kakbhushundi, who narrated Ramayana to Garuda, the very symbol of all that which is auspicious, and who is immune to illusion of the Maya forever.
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