Chapter 15 Verse 14 of 20

• ahaḿ vaiśvānaro bhūtvā
• prāṇināḿ deham āśritaḥ
• prāṇāpāna-samāyuktaḥ
• pacāmy annaḿ 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.

Synonyms

• aham

  I

• vaiśvānaraḥ

  My plenary portion as the digesting fire

• bhūtvā

  becoming

• prāṇinām

  of all living entities

• deham

  in the bodies

• āśritaḥ

  situated

• prāṇa

  the outgoing air

• apāna

  the down-going air

• samāyuktaḥ

  keeping in balance

• pacāmi

  I digest

• annam

  foodstuff

• vidham

  the four kinds.

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