Shloka 75
Yayāti’s Summons to Heaven and the Teaching on Old Age, the Five-Element Body, and Self–Body Discernment
कायमध्ये रसादग्निस्तद्वदेव प्रजायते । तत्र संचरते नित्यं कायं पुष्णाति भूपते
kāyamadhye rasādagnistadvadeva prajāyate | tatra saṃcarate nityaṃ kāyaṃ puṣṇāti bhūpate
Dentro del cuerpo, del rasa—la esencia vital—nace el fuego. Allí se mueve sin cesar y nutre el cuerpo, oh rey.
Unspecified narrator addressing a king (bhūpate); likely within a teacher-to-king dialogue context in Bhūmi-khaṇḍa
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: रसात् + अग्निः → रसादग्निः; अग्निः + तद्वत् → अग्निस्तद्वत्; तद्वत् + एव → तद्वदेव।
FAQs
It points to the internal, bodily “digestive/metabolic fire” that arises from nutritive essence (rasa) and enables transformation and nourishment.
Rasa is the vital sap or nutritive fluid/essence that sustains life; from it the body’s sustaining heat/energy (agni) is said to arise.
Since bodily nourishment depends on balanced internal agni and rasa, the implied lesson is moderation and care for health—supporting the body as a vehicle for dharma.