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 ||
ब्राह्मण ने कहा—अज्ञानी पुरुष अदत्त अन्न का भोजन करते समय विकृत रीति से ‘ममत्व’ में फँस जाता है। इसी प्रकार जो केवल अपने लिए अन्न पकाता है, वह भी उसी ममत्व-दोष से आहत होता है।
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.