Chapter 15 · Puruṣottama Yoga

Shloka 15.14

Lesson 565 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

The cosmic tree, the individual self and the Supreme Person. What does the image of the cosmic tree invite the learner to examine?

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Shloka · Devanagari

अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः।प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम्॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

ahaṁ vaiśhvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṁ deham āśhritaḥprāṇāpāna-samāyuktaḥ pachāmy annaṁ chatur-vidham

Sandhi-vicheda

aham+vaiśhvānaraḥ+bhūtvā+prāṇinām+deham+āśhritaḥ+prāṇa-apāna+samāyuktaḥ+pachāmi+annam+chatuḥ-vidham

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Meaning of each word

ahamsource form

vaiśhvānaraḥsource form

fire of digestion

bhūtvāsource form

becoming

prāṇināmsource form

of all living beings

dehamsource form

the body

āśhritaḥsource form

situated

prāṇa-apānasource form

outgoing and incoming breath

samāyuktaḥsource form

keeping in balance

pachāmisource form

I digest

annamsource form

foods

chatuḥ-vidhamsource form

the four kinds

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।15.14।। -- अहमेव वैश्वानरः उदरस्थः अग्निः भूत्वा -- अयमग्निर्वैश्वानरो योऽयमन्तः पुरुषे येनेदमन्नं पच्यते (बृ0 उ0 5।9।1) इत्यादिश्रुतेः वैश्वानरः सन् प्राणिनां प्राणवतां देहम् आश्रितः प्रविष्टः प्राणापानसमायुक्तः प्राणापानाभ्यां समायुक्तः संयुक्तः पचामि पक्तिं करोमि अन्नम् अशनं चतुर्विधं चतुष्प्रकारं भोज्यं भक्ष्यं चोष्यं लेह्यं च। भोक्ता वैश्वानरः अग्निः? अग्नेः भोज्यम् अन्नं सोमः? तदेतत् उभयम् अग्नीषोमौ सर्वम् इति पश्यतः अन्नदोषलेपः न भवति।।किं च --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 15.14

Course position565 / 701

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