Commentary on the Bhagavadgita : 28 - Swami Krishnananda.
============================================================== =============================================================== Sunday, April 03, 2022. 19:00. Discourse 43: The Fifteenth Chapter Concludes – The Greatest Secret Revealed : POST-28. =============================================================== BG - Chapter-15, Slokam-14. "Aham vaishvanaro bhutva praninam deham ashritah pranapana-samayuktah pachamy annam chatur-vidham." Translation : BG 15.14: It is I who take the form of the fire of digestion in the stomachs of all living beings, and combine with the incoming and outgoing breaths, to digest and assimilate the four kinds of foods. Commentary : When the prana and the apana conjointly act at the root of the naval within the stomach, they operate in a different manner altogether, and go by the name of samana; and that creates a kind of heat in the stomach, which is necessary for the digestion of food. This heat is known as Vaisvanara-agni, the Universal Fire...