BG - 15.14

अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः।प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम्।।15.14।।

ahaṁ vaiśhvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṁ deham āśhritaḥ prāṇāpāna-samāyuktaḥ pachāmy annaṁ chatur-vidham

• aham - I
• vaiśhvānaraḥ - fire of digestion
• bhūtvā - becoming
• prāṇinām - of all living beings
• deham - the body
• āśhritaḥ - situated
• prāṇa-apāna - outgoing and incoming breath
• samāyuktaḥ - keeping in balance
• pachāmi - I digest
• annam - foods
• chatuḥ-vidham - the four kinds

Translation

Having become the fire Vaisvanara, I abide in the bodies of living beings and, associated with the Prana and the Apana, digest the fourfold food.

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