अदन्नन्नान्यथो<विद्वान् ममत्वेनोपपद्यते । आत्मार्थ पाचयन्नन्नं ममत्वेनोपहन्यते
adann annam anyathā ’vidvān mamatvenopapadyate | ātmārthaṃ pācayann annaṃ mamatvenopahanyate ||
ब्राह्मण म्हणाला—अज्ञानी मनुष्य अदत्त अन्न खाताना विपरीत रीतीने ‘ममत्वा’त गुंततो. तसेच जो केवळ स्वतःसाठी अन्न शिजवतो, तोही त्याच ममत्व-दोषाने बाधित होतो.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
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.