15.14
अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा
प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः ।
प्राणापानसमायुक्तः
पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम् ॥
ahaṃ vaiśvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṃ deham āśritaḥ
prāṇāpānasamāyuktaḥ pacāmy annaṃ caturvidham
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) continues, now as the fire inside the body that cooks food.
The verse
Having become the fire common to all, dwelling in the body of the living, joined with the forward breath and the downward breath, I digest food of four kinds.
नेपालीमा
सबैको साझा अग्नि बनेर, जीवहरूको शरीरमा बसेर, अघि बग्ने श्वास र तल बग्ने श्वाससँग जोडिएर, म चार किसिमको अन्न पचाउँछु।
Where it sits
Sun, moon, earth, and now the fire in the body. The powers that keep a person alive are said in the first person. 15.15 will gather them into one seat, the heart.
Split: अहम् + वैश्वानरः + भूत्वा + प्राणिनाम् + देहम् + आश्रितः + प्राण-अपान-समायुक्तः + पचामि + अन्नम् + चतुर्-विधम्
aham + vaiśvānaraḥ + bhūtvā + prāṇinām + deham + āśritaḥ + prāṇa-apāna-samāyuktaḥ + pacāmi + annam + catur-vidham
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| अहम् | aham | nominative | I. |
| वैश्वानरः | vaiśvānaraḥ | nominative singular | the fire common to all people. The digestive fire. viśva (विश्व) is all, nara (नर) is a person. |
| भूत्वा | bhūtvā | gerund of bhū (भू) | having become. |
| प्राणिनाम् | prāṇinām | genitive plural of prāṇin (प्राणिन्) | of the living. |
| देहम् | deham | accusative singular | the body. |
| आश्रितः | āśritaḥ | nominative singular, past participle of ā-śri (आ-श्रि) | resorted to. Dwelling in. Agrees with aham (अहम्). |
| प्राण-अपान-समायुक्तः | prāṇa-apāna-samāyuktaḥ | nominative singular | joined with the forward breath and the downward breath. |
| पचामि | pacāmi | present, 1st singular of pac (पच्) | I cook. I digest. |
| अन्नम् | annam | accusative singular | food. |
| चतुर्-विधम् | catur-vidham | accusative singular | of four kinds. The verse does not name the four. |
The phrases
aham vaiśvānaraḥ bhūtvā (अहम् वैश्वानरः भूत्वा) is the becoming. I, having become the fire that belongs to all. अहम् before v (व्) is ahaṃ (अहं). वैश्वानरः + भूत्वा vaiśvānaraḥ + bhūtvā is vaiśvānaro bhūtvā (वैश्वानरो भूत्वा).
प्राणिनाम् देहम् आश्रितः prāṇinām deham āśritaḥ is where that fire sits. Resorted to the body of the living. देहम् + आश्रितः deham + āśritaḥ is deham āśritaḥ (देहमाश्रितः).
prāṇāpānasamāyuktaḥ pacāmi annam caturvidham (प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचामि अन्नम् चतुर्विधम्) is the work. Joined with prāṇa (प्राण) and apāna (अपान), I digest food of four kinds. पचामि + अन्नम् pacāmi + annam is pacāmy annam (पचाम्यन्नम्). प्राण + अपान prāṇa + apāna is prāṇāpāna (प्राणापान), अ + अ a + a becoming ā (आ).
Sanskrit in this line
āśritaḥ (आश्रितः) is nominative, agreeing with aham (अहम्), and it takes deham (देहम्) as the place resorted to. The genitive prāṇinām (प्राणिनाम्) does not own the verb. It owns the body: the body of the living. Keep those two cases apart.
Say it back
What he becomes, where he dwells, and what he cooks. The four kinds stay unnamed. If you invent the menu, stay here.