तदपानेनाजिघृक्षत्तदावयत् ।सैषोऽन्नस्य ग्रहो यदपानो ह्यन्नायुर्वा एष यदपानः
tadapānenājighṛkṣattadāvayat | saiṣo'nnasya graho yadapāno hyannāyurvā eṣa yadapānaḥ
Apāna is the inward-drawing, assimilative bio-energy that digests food and sustains physical life. It represents true internalization: not merely perceiving, but metabolizing reality into being.
अर्थMeaning
उसने उसे अपान-वायु (पाचक व आन्तरिक शक्ति) से पकड़ना चाहा; और उसने उसे पकड़ लिया! यह अपान ही अन्न का ग्रहणकर्ता है, और अपान ही अन्न से आयु प्राप्त करता है। ॥ १० ॥
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
He sought to grasp it with Apāna (digestive vital breath). He caught it! This Apāna is the grasper of food; Apāna is that which lives on food.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
विज्ञान एवं आधुनिक उपयोगScience & Modern Application
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
Enteric nervous system and gastrointestinal assimilation: digestive motility, nutrient absorption across epithelial villi, and ATP synthesis constitute Apana.
A modern parallel offered for reflection. It is not part of the scripture, and it has not been checked against the original sources it may allude to.
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