May you live for 100 years…

Dr KK Aggarwal

The description of 100-year life comes from Vedic medicine.

·         कुर्वन्नेवेह कर्माणि जिजीविषेत् सतं समाः
एवं त्वयि नान्यथेतोऽस्ति न कर्म लिप्यते नरे…

kurvanneveha karmāṇi jijīviṣet sataṃ samāḥ
evaṃ tvayi nānyatheto'sti na karma lipyate nare…

(2nd Mantra, Isha Upanishad)

In the world, one should desire to live a hundred years, but only by performing actions. Thus, and in no other way, can man be free from the taint of actions.

·         जीवेम शरदः शतम् [अथर्ववेद, काण्ड १९, सूक्त ६७]: We should live for 100 years

·         Aitareya Upanishad Khanda 8: “This becomes perfect as a thousand of Brihatî verses, and of that hymn, perfect with a thousand Brihad verses, there are 36,000 syllables. So many are also the thousands of days of a hundred years (36,000)” of human life.

·         Brahmacharya ceremony: At the time of the investiture with the holy thread, the boy is blessed with the word: ‘May you live a hundred years!’

·         After the marriage ceremony, the husband and wife pray together: ‘May we live a hundred autumns!’

Dr KK Aggarwal

Padma Shri Awardee

President Elect Confederation of Medical Associations in Asia and Oceania (CMAAO)

Group Editor-in-Chief IJCP Publications

President Heart Care Foundation of India

Past National President IMA