Shloka 116
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
त्वमन्नमन्नभोक्ता च अन्नदोऊन्नभुगेव च | अन्नस्रष्टा च पक्ता च पक्वभुक्पवनोडनल:,आप ही अन्न, अन्नके भोक्ता, अन्नदाता, अन्नका पालन करनेवाले, अन्नस्रष्टा, पाचक, पक््वान्नरभोजी, प्राणवायु तथा जठरानलरूप हैं
tvam annam annabhoktā ca annado 'nnabhugeva ca | annasraṣṭā ca paktā ca pakvabhuk pavanodanaḥ ||
भीष्म म्हणाले— आपणच अन्न आहात, अन्नाचे भोक्ते आहात; आपणच अन्नदाता आणि अन्नाचा भोग घेणारेही आहात. आपणच अन्नाचे स्रष्टे, ते शिजविणारे, आणि शिजलेल्या अन्नाचे भक्षक; आपणच प्राणवायु आणि जठरानल आहात.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
All functions connected with nourishment—food itself, giving, eating, cooking/digesting, and the inner forces of breath and digestive fire—are ultimately expressions of one supreme reality. Ethically, this supports gratitude for food, restraint in consumption, and the duty to provide sustenance as a sacred act.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction, Bhishma is describing the all-pervading nature of the Lord (or highest principle) by identifying Him with everyday processes of life—especially food and digestion—so that the listener recognizes divinity in sustaining acts and aligns conduct with dharma.