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Chapter 15<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 15 verse 13<\/a><\/p>\n aham vaiSvAnarO bhUthvA prANinAm dhEham ASritha: |<\/em> aham – I Being the jAtarAgni (fire of digestion), being present in the bodies of all creatures, being with vital airs like prANa, apAna etc, I digest the four types of food (those which are consumed by chewing, sipping, licking and drinking).<\/p>\n ‘Becoming Vai\u015bv\u0101nara, I do take possession of the bodies of living creatures; and joined with Pr\u0101\u1e47a and Ap\u0101na, do digest the four-fold food.’<\/span><\/p>\n Vai\u015bv\u0101nara<\/em>=the digesting heat in the stomach. That, I become in the bodies of all living beings (pr\u0101\u1e47aya\u1e25<\/em>), and joined with the varieties of vital breath, viz.,<\/em> Pr\u0101\u1e47a and Ap\u0101na, digest the four classes of food which they eat, viz:<\/em> that which is (1) chewed (kh\u0101dya<\/em>), (2) sucked (\u015boshya<\/em>), (3) licked (lehya<\/em>) and (4) drunk (peya<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n Inasmuch as the moon, and fire (Vai\u015bv\u0101nara) constitute Parama-purusha\u2019s expressed glory, the expressions \u2018I, becoming the moon\u2019 (XV-13<\/a>), \u2018Becoming Vai\u015bv\u0101nara\u2019 (XV-14<\/a>) etc., are meant to indicate the predicated relation those objects stand to Him. That such relation subsists with reference to all things is next proved:<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 15 Verse 15<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 15 << Chapter 15 verse 13 SlOkam \u2013 Original aham vaiSvAnarO bhUthvA prANinAm dhEham ASritha: | prANApAnasamAyuktha: pachAmyannam chathurvidham || word-by-word meaning aham – I vaiSvAnara: bhUthvA – being the jAtarAgni (fire of digestion) prANinAm – all creatures’ dhEham ASritha: – being present in … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-15","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n prANApAnasamAyuktha: pachAmyannam chathurvidham ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nvaiSvAnara: bhUthvA – being the jAtarAgni (fire of digestion)
\nprANinAm – all creatures’
\ndhEham ASritha: – being present in the bodies
\nchathur vidham annam – four types of food (those which are consumed by chewing, sipping, licking and drinking)
\nprANApAna samAyuktha: – being with vital airs like prANa, apAna etc
\npachAmi – digest<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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