॥ अन्नं वाव बलाद्भूयस्तस्माद्यद्यपि दश रात्रीर्नाश्नीयाद्यद्यु ह जीवेदथवाद्रष्टाश्रोतामन्ताबोद्धाकर्ताविज्ञाता भवत्यथान्नस्यायै द्रष्टा भवति श्रोता भवति मन्ता भवति बोद्धा भवति कर्ता भवति विज्ञाता भवत्यन्नमुपास्स्वेति
|| annaṃ vāva balādbhūyastasmādyadyapi daśa rātrīrnāśnīyādyadyu ha jīvedathavādraṣṭāśrotāmantāboddhākartāvijñātā bhavatyathānnasyāyai draṣṭā bhavati śrotā bhavati mantā bhavati boddhā bhavati kartā bhavati vijñātā bhavatyannamupāssveti
Sense: 'Food (anna) is better than power. Therefore if a man abstain from food for ten days, though he live, he would be unable to see, hear, perceive, think, act, and understand. But when he obtains food, he is able to see, hear, perceive, think, act, and understand. Meditate on food.
अर्थMeaning
स्मरणसे आश्चाकी महता कर्माणि रुते पुत्राश्च पडुडश्चेच्छत इमं इ आशा ही स्मरणकौ शपेक्षा उक्छृष्ट है । धाशासे दीप्त इभा ए ही मर्न््रोका पाठ करता है, कमं करता है, पुत्र लोर पुर्भोकी इच्छ करता है तथा इस रोक घोर परलोककी कामना करता है । तुम भशर आजप्राप्तवस्त्वाकाङ्क्षा, आशा द्णा काम इति यामाहुः पयायः; कथम् ? आच्या हन्तःकरण-
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'Food (anna) is better than power. Therefore if a man abstain from food for ten days, though he live, he would be unable to see, hear, perceive, think, act, and understand. But when he obtains food, he is able to see, hear, perceive, think, act, and understand. Meditate on food.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
विज्ञान एवं आधुनिक उपयोगScience & Modern Application
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
स्मरणसे आश्चाकी महता कर्माणि रुते पुत्राश्च पडुडश्चेच्छत इमं इ आशा ही स्मरणकौ शपेक्षा उक्छृष्ट है। जो विषय बार-बार मन में आता है, वही अगली क्रिया की दिशा बनता है। यह पंक्ति उसी मानसिक चयन को अपना विषय बनाती है।
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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