Samyuktagama (Sanskrit fragments) 389.4

389.4

爾時，世尊告諸比丘：「有四法成就，名曰大醫王者，所應王之具、王之分。何等為四？一者善知病，二者善知病源，三者善知病對治，四者善知治病已，當來更不動發。云何名良醫善知病？謂良醫善知如是如是種種病，是名良醫善知病。云何良醫善知病源？謂良醫善知此病因風起、痰陰起、涎唾起、眾冷起、因現事起、時節起，是名良醫善知病源。云何良醫善知病對治？謂良醫善知種種病，應塗藥、應吐、應下、應灌鼻、應熏、應取汗。如是比種種對治，是名良醫善知對治。云何良醫善知治病已，於未來世永不動發？謂良醫善治種種病，令究竟除，於未來世永不復起，是名良醫善知治病，更不動發。

It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks, “When someone accomplishes four things, they are called the great king of doctors who possesses what a king should, with a king’s lot. What are the four? The first is skill in knowing illnesses. Second is skill in knowing the source of an illness. Third is skill in knowing the treatment for an illness. Fourth is skill in knowing that an illness won’t occur again in the future once it has been treated.

“What’s called a good doctor’s skill in knowing illnesses? It means a good doctor is skilled in knowing: ‘Such and such are the various illnesses.’ This is called a good doctor’s skill in knowing illnesses.

“What’s called a good doctor’s skill in knowing the source of an illness? It means a good doctor is skilled in knowing: ‘This illness arises because of wind … arises because of phlegm … arises because of saliva … arises because various colds … arises because present circumstances … arises because of the season.’ This is called a good doctor’s skill in knowing the source of an illness.

“What’s called good doctor’s skill in knowing the treatment for an illness? It means a good doctor is skilled in knowing: ‘Various illnesses should be treated with ointments, with emetics, with laxatives, with nasal irrigations, with suffusions, or with sweating.’ This is called a good doctor’s skill in knowing the treatment for an illness.

What’s called a good doctor’s skill in knowing that an illness won’t occur again in the future once it has been treated? It means a good doctor is skilled in treating various illnesses, bringing them to a final end to that they do not occur again in the future. This is called a good doctor’s skill in knowing that an illness won’t occur again in the future once it has been treated.