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BG 15.14 (1972)

BG 15.14 (1983+)

please wait#div class="mw-parser-output"# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TEXT_14"#TEXT 14#/span##/h4# #div class="devanagari"# #dl##dd#अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः ।#/dd# #dd#प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम् ॥१४॥#/dd##/dl# #/div# #div class="verse"# #dl##dd#ahaṁ vaiśvānaro bhūtvā#/dd# #dd#prāṇināṁ deham āśritaḥ#/dd# #dd#prāṇāpāna-samāyuktaḥ#/dd# #dd#pacāmy annaṁ catur-vidham#/dd##/dl# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS"#SYNONYMS#/span##/h4# #div class="synonyms"# #p##i#aham#/i#—I; #i#vaiśvānaraḥ#/i#—by My plenary portion as the digesting fire; #i#bhūtvā#/i#—becoming; #i#prāṇinām#/i#—of all living entities; #i#deham#/i#—body; #i#āśritaḥ#/i#—situated; #i#prāṇa#/i#—outgoing air; #i#apāna#/i#—downgoing air; #i#samāyuktaḥ#/i#—keep balance; #i#pacāmi#/i#—digest; #i#annam#/i#—foodstuff; #i#catur-vidham#/i#—four kinds of. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION"#TRANSLATION#/span##/h4# #div class="translation"# #p#I am the fire of digestion in every living body, and I am the air of life, outgoing and incoming, by which I digest the four kinds of foodstuff. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="PURPORT"#PURPORT#/span##/h4# #div class="purport"# #p#According to #i#Āyur-vedic śāstra#/i#, we understand that there is a fire in the stomach which digests all food sent there. When the fire is not blazing, there is no hunger, and when the fire is in order, we become hungry. Sometimes when the fire is not going nicely, treatment is required. In any case, this fire is representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Vedic #i#mantras#/i# also confirm that the Supreme Lord or Brahman is situated in the form of fire within the stomach and is digesting all kinds of foodstuff. Therefore since He is helping the digestion of all kinds of foodstuff, the living entity is not independant in the eating process. Unless the Supreme Lord helps him in digesting, there is no possibility of eating. He thus produces and digests foodstuff, and, by His grace, we are enjoying life. In the #i#Vedānta-sūtra#/i# this is also confirmed: #i#śabdādibhyo 'ntaḥ pratiṣṭhānāc ca#/i#. The Lord is situated within sound and within the body, within the air and even within the stomach as the digestive force. There are four kinds of foodstuff: some are swallowed, some are chewed, some are licked up, and some are sucked, and He is the digestive force for all of them. #/p# #/div# #/div# please wait#div class="mw-parser-output"# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TEXT_14"#TEXT 14#/span##/h4# #div class="devanagari"# #dl##dd#अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः ।#/dd# #dd#प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम् ॥१४॥#/dd##/dl# #/div# #div class="verse"# #dl##dd#ahaṁ vaiśvānaro bhūtvā#/dd# #dd#prāṇināṁ deham āśritaḥ#/dd# #dd#prāṇāpāna-samāyuktaḥ#/dd# #dd#pacāmy annaṁ catur-vidham#/dd##/dl# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS"#SYNONYMS#/span##/h4# #div class="synonyms"# #p##i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=aham&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#aham#/i# — I; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vaiśvānaraḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vaiśvānaraḥ#/i# — My plenary portion as the digesting fire; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhūtvā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bhūtvā#/i# — becoming; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=prāṇinām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#prāṇinām#/i# — of all living entities; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=deham&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#deham#/i# — in the bodies; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=āśritaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#āśritaḥ#/i# — situated; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=prāṇa&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#prāṇa#/i# — the outgoing air; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=apāna&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#apāna#/i# — the down-going air; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=samāyuktaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#samāyuktaḥ#/i# — keeping in balance; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pacāmi&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#pacāmi#/i# — I digest; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=annam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#annam#/i# — foodstuff; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=catuḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#catuḥ-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vidham&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vidham#/i# — the four kinds. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION"#TRANSLATION#/span##/h4# #div class="translation"# #p#I am the fire of digestion in the bodies of all living entities, and I join with the air of life, outgoing and incoming, to digest the four kinds of foodstuff. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="PURPORT"#PURPORT#/span##/h4# #div class="purport"# #p#According to Āyur-vedic #i#śāstra#/i#, we understand that there is a fire in the stomach which digests all food sent there. When the fire is not blazing there is no hunger, and when the fire is in order we become hungry. Sometimes when the fire is not going nicely, treatment is required. In any case, this fire is representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Vedic mantras (#i##b#Bṛhad-āraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.9.1#/b##/i#) also confirm that the Supreme Lord or Brahman is situated in the form of fire within the stomach and is digesting all kinds of foodstuff (#i#ayam agnir vaiśvānaro yo 'yam antaḥ puruṣe yenedam annaṁ pacyate#/i#). Therefore since He is helping the digestion of all kinds of foodstuff, the living entity is not independent in the eating process. Unless the Supreme Lord helps him in digesting, there is no possibility of eating. He thus produces and digests foodstuff, and by His grace we are enjoying life. In the #i##b#Vedānta-sūtra#/b##/i# (1.2.27) this is also confirmed. #i#Śabdādibhyo 'ntaḥ pratiṣṭhānāc ca:#/i# the Lord is situated within sound and within the body, within the air and even within the stomach as the digestive force. There are four kinds of foodstuff—some are drunk, some are chewed, some are licked up, and some are sucked—and He is the digestive force for all of them. #/p# #/div# #/div#
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