Hindu Medicine c7.128

c7.128

One haughty pupil of Dhanvantari, encouraged by the master’s fearless attitude, disdainfully seized the proud serpent, and, by means of incantations, subdued it and extracted its poison. He even seized the priceless jewel which serpents are supposed to be carrying about in their heads; he rolled it in his hand and threw it away. The giant serpent, paralyzed, lay there as if destitute of life.