Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

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been in the form in which we find it in the printed
editions. The ancient sages used invariably
the auspicious expression "^^Tc?*. " or " girtrr
and the Hke. when commencing a work and
never invoked any particular deity for a happy
termination of their undertaking.* These are
the reasons which have led us to omit the
passage in our present translation.
Another objection raised by a certain section
of the community is that we should not have at
all undertaken to translate the work into the
English language. Their contention is that the
Ayurveda, being an integral portion of the
Eternal Vedas, should, on no account, be
rendered into a Mlechchha Bhdshd and thus made
accessible to the public at large, irrespective
of caste or creed.
Such an objection, at this time of the day, is,
to say the least, most puerile !
Truth
is truth, and
latitudes and longitudes are not its boundary
lines. The \^edas themselves have been trans-
lated into many European languages. To keep
the truths promulgated by our ancient sages con-
fined within the coterie of the privileged classes
and thus to deprive the educated public of the
* Thus :~
'a) "^tWf f;^#f^^?i^-«iTa sgi^nMRT:''—Charaka Samhita.
(/') ''^^mt \^ "^^Tsjmw!'— Kanada Vaiseshika Sulra
{c) "^^Tm ^^frsT^l"— Vedanta Sutra.
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