Shloka 16
Adhyāya 214: Tapas Redefined—Perpetual Discipline, Hospitality, and the Ethics of Eating (तपः-निरूपणम्, विघसाशी-अतिथिप्रिय-धर्मः)
वातपित्तकफाद् रक्त त्वड्मांसं स्नायुमस्थि च । मज्जां देहं शिराजालैस्तर्पयन्ति रसा नृणाम्
vāta-pitta-kaphād raktaṁ tvag-māṁsaṁ snāyum asthi ca | majjāṁ dehaṁ śirā-jālaiḥ tarpayanti rasā nṛṇām ||
ພີດສະມະອະທິບາຍວ່າ: ຣະສະ (rasa) ຫຼື ສານອາຫານອັນລະອຽດທີ່ໄດ້ຈາກອາຫານ ເມື່ອເຂົ້າສູ່ຮ່າງກາຍແລ້ວ ຈະໄຫຼວຽນຜ່ານເຄືອຂ່າຍຂອງຊ່ອງທາງ (nāḍī) ແລະ ບຳລຸງວາຕະ, ປິຕຕະ, ກະຟະ ພ້ອມທັງເລືອດ, ຜິວ, ເນື້ອ, ເສັ້ນເອັນ, ກະດູກ, ໄຂກະດູກ ແລະ ດັ່ງນັ້ນຈຶ່ງຄ້ຳຈຸນແລະເສີມແຮງຮ່າງກາຍທັງມວນ. ຄຳສອນນີ້ຊີ້ວ່າ ການຫຼໍ່ລ້ຽງຢ່າງມີວິໄນ ເປັນຖານຮາກໃຫ້ຊີວິດແລະທຳມະມີຄວາມໝັ້ນຄົງ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Food, when properly digested, becomes rasa—the nourishing essence—which circulates through bodily channels and sustains all tissues and humors. Ethical living (dharma) is supported by bodily steadiness, so disciplined nourishment is presented as a practical foundation for self-control and right conduct.
In Bhishma’s instruction during the Shanti Parva, he describes how nourishment works within the body: the essence of food spreads through a network of vessels and strengthens the humors and bodily constituents, thereby sustaining the whole person.