Shrimad Bhagavad-gita

by Narayana Gosvami | 2013 | 327,105 words

The Bhagavad-gita Verse 15.14, English translation, including the Vaishnava commentaries Sarartha-varsini-tika, Prakashika-vritti and Rasika-ranjana (excerpts). This is verse Verse 15.14 from the chapter 15 called “Purushottama-toga (Yoga through understanding the Supreme Person)”

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 15.14:

अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहम् आश्रितः ।
प्राणापान-समायुक्तः पचाम्य् अन्नं चतुर्-विधम् ॥ १४ ॥

ahaṃ vaiśvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṃ deham āśritaḥ |
prāṇāpāna-samāyuktaḥ pacāmy annaṃ catur-vidham
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aham–I; vaiśvānaraḥ–the fire of abdominal digestion; bhūtvā–becoming; prāṇinām–of living entities; deham–of the bodies; āśritaḥ–taking shelter; prāṇa-apāna-samāyuktaḥ–in conjunction with the in-coming and out-going life-airs; pacāmi–I digest; annam–of food; catuḥ-vidham–the four kinds (foods that are chewed, drunk, licked and sucked).

As the fire of digestion in the bodies of the living entities, I combine with the in-coming and out-going breaths to digest the four types of foodstuffs.

Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇī Ṭīkā

(By Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura; the innermost intention of the commentary named ‘the shower of essential meanings’)

“In the form of the digestive fire combined with its stimulator, the in-coming and out-going airs, I digest the four types of foodstuffs, those that are chewed, drunk, licked and sucked.” Foods that are broken with the teeth, such as chickpeas, are chewed foodstuffs. Sugar candy is licked, sugar cane is sucked and sugar cane juice is drunk.

Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇī Prakāśikā-vṛtti

(By Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja; the explanation that illuminates the commentary named Sārārtha-varṣiṇī)

All embodied beings, from a worm to a human, do not even have the independence to digest their foodstuffs. Śrī Bhagavān says, “In the form of the fire of digestion, I digest the food within the body of the jīva.” What, therefore, can one who is even incapable of digesting his food actually do? It is essential that one surrender to the lotus feet of Bhagavān and give up the worthless false ego of depending on his own strength and intelligence. It should also be understood that it is Parameśvara only who enters the earth and sustains all living entities by His potency. Nothing is possible without His potency.

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