Shloka 9
Cāturhotra as Inner Sacrifice (Yoga-Yajña) and Nārāyaṇa Recitation
अदन्नन्नान्यथो<विद्वान् ममत्वेनोपपद्यते । आत्मार्थ पाचयन्नन्नं ममत्वेनोपहन्यते
adann annam anyathā ’vidvān mamatvenopapadyate | ātmārthaṃ pācayann annaṃ mamatvenopahanyate ||
ব্রাহ্মণ বললেন—অজ্ঞ ব্যক্তি অদত্ত অন্ন ভক্ষণ করলে বিকৃতভাবে ‘মমত্ব’-এ জড়িয়ে পড়ে। তদ্রূপ, যে কেবল নিজের জন্য অন্ন রাঁধে, সেও সেই মমত্ব-দোষেই আঘাতপ্রাপ্ত হয়।
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Food and livelihood should be connected to giving and offering; when one eats or cooks purely for oneself, the mind hardens into ‘mine-ness’ (mamatva), which is presented as a destructive ethical fault.
A brāhmaṇa speaker delivers a moral instruction, using the everyday act of eating and cooking to warn against egoic appropriation and to commend a life oriented toward sharing, alms, and offering.