Ko ruk?

Once, long ago, a leading Ayurvedic Practitioner, Alathur Nambi, in Kerala was returning after offering his prayers at a nearby temple. From the neem tree nearby, two birds, sounded in unison

"Ko ruk?, Ko ruk?"

He ignored it as bird chatter and walked on. This was repeated every day for the next one week.

One day, he stopped, looked at the tree where the birds were sitting and said,

"Kaale hithamiha bhoji, Kritha chamkrmana: kramena vamasaya:
Avidhrutha moothra pureesha: sthreeshu yathathmaa cha yo nara: soruk"

The birds flew away and never were seen again.

Legend has it the birds were in fact, the Aswini Deva twins (known better as the Doctors of the Gods), who had come down to earth to test the famous Ayurvedic Practitioner.

'Ko ruk?' means 'Who is disease free?'

Alathur Nambi's reply was " Whoever eats in limited quantity the food of his liking, walks a bit after eating, sleeps on the left side, does not control his urine and stool, and does not show an excess inclination toward the opposite sex, will be disease-free"

The answer was spot on.

Here is wishing you health.