Bhagavad Gita · Purushottama YogaChapter 15, Shloka 14 (15.14)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः
प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम्
॥ 15.14 ॥
ahaṃ vaiśvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṃ dehamāśritaḥ
prāṇāpānasamāyuktaḥ pacāmyannaṃ caturvidham
Translation
"Becoming Vaishvanara (the digestive fire), I dwell in the bodies of living beings, and joined with prana and apana, I digest the four kinds of food."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. vaiśvānaraḥ udarasthaḥ agniḥ; the authority of Brihadaranyaka 5.9.1; bhojyaṃ bhakṣyaṃ coṣyaṃ lehyaṃ ca — the four kinds; agnīṣomau sarvam iti paśyataḥ annadoṣalepaḥ na bhavati — one who sees everything as fire and soma is not tainted by faults in food.
Acharya Ramanuja. vaiśvānaro jāṭharānalo bhūtvā; khādyacoṣyalehyapeyātmakaṃ caturvidham annam.
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