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Bhagavad Gita 15.14

अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः।प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम्।।

ahaṁ vaiśhvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṁ deham āśhritaḥ prāṇāpāna-samāyuktaḥ pachāmy annaṁ chatur-vidham

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
ahamahamI
vaiśhvānaraḥvaiśhvānaraḥfire of digestion
bhūtvābhūtvābecoming
prāṇināmprāṇināmof all living beings
dehamdehamthe body
āśhritaḥāśhritaḥsituated
prāṇa-apānaprāṇa-apānaoutgoing and incoming breath
samāyuktaḥsamāyuktaḥkeeping in balance
pachāmipachāmiI digest
annamannamfoods
chatuḥ-vidhamchatuḥ-vidhamthe four kinds

Having become the fire Vaisvanara, I abide in the bodies of living beings and, associated with the Prana and the Apana, digest the fourfold food.

मैं ही समस्त प्राणियों के देह में स्थित वैश्वानर अग्निरूप होकर प्राण और अपान से युक्त चार प्रकार के अन्न को पचाता हूँ।।