Bhagavad-gita As It Is | Part [BG.15.15]
TEXT 14:
aham vaisvanaro bhutva
praninam deham asritah
pranapana-samayuktah
pacamy annam catur-vidham
TRANSLATION:
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.
PURPORT:
According to Ayur-vedic sastra, 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 (Brihad-aranyaka Upanishad 5.9.1) 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 (ayam agnir vaisvanaro yo 'yam antah
purushe yenedam annam pacyate). 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 Vedanta-sutra (1.2.27) this is also
confirmed. Sabdadibhyo 'ntah pratishthanac ca: 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.
Translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada
Yours
Dinesh
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