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 ||
ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಅಜ್ಞಾನಿ, ದತ್ತವಲ್ಲದ ಅನ್ನವನ್ನು ಭುಂಜಿಸುವಾಗ ವಿಕೃತವಾಗಿ ‘ಮಮತ್ವ’ದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಲುಕುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ತನ್ನಿಗಾಗಿಯೇ ಅನ್ನವನ್ನು ಬೇಯಿಸುವವನು ಕೂಡ ಅದೇ ಮಮತ್ವದೋಷದಿಂದ ಹೊಡೆತಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ.
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.