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CC Adi 14.31 (1975)



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 31

māṭira vikāra anna khāile deha-puṣṭi haya
māṭi khāile roga haya, deha yāya kṣaya


SYNONYMS

māṭira—of the dirt; vikāra—transformation; anna—food grains; khāile—by eating; deha—of the body; puṣṭi—nourishment; haya—becomes; māṭi—the dirt; khāile—by eating; roga—disease; haya—becomes; deha—the body; yāya—goes; kṣaya—to destruction.


TRANSLATION

Replying to the Māyāvāda idea of the child philosopher, mother Śacī said, "My dear boy, if we eat earth transformed into grains, our body is nourished, and it becomes strong. But if we eat dirt in its crude state, the body becomes diseased instead of nourished, and thus it is destroyed.