Shloka 14
Skanda-janma: Śivā/Svāhā, Agni, and the Manifestation of Guha
Mahābhārata 3.214
अग्निवेगवह:ः प्राणो गुदान्ते प्रतिहन्यते । स ऊर्ध्वमागम्य पुन: समुत्क्षिपति पावकम्,गुदासे प्राण अग्निके वेगको लेकर गुदान्तमें टकराता है, फिर वहाँसे ऊपरको उठकर वह जठराग्निको भी ऊपर उठाता है
agnivegavahaḥ prāṇo gudānte pratihanyate | sa ūrdhvam āgamya punaḥ samutkṣipati pāvakam |
The hunter explains a physiological point to ground his ethical instruction in lived reality: the vital breath, driven with the force of fire, strikes at the end of the rectum; then, rising upward again, it stirs and lifts the inner fire (digestive heat). The teaching implies that bodily functions follow an ordered law, and therefore disciplined conduct and restraint are also to be aligned with that natural order rather than with impulse.
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