Shloka 91

ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)

Devanagari script

अस्यैवान्नमिदं सर्वं न सो ऽन्नं भवति स्वयम् स्वात्मना रक्षितं चाद्याद् अन्नभूतं न कुत्रचित्

Transliteration

asyaivānnamidaṃ sarvaṃ na so 'nnaṃ bhavati svayam svātmanā rakṣitaṃ cādyād annabhūtaṃ na kutracit

Translation

Segala yang ada ini sesungguhnya adalah “makanan” bagi-Nya; namun Dia sendiri tidak menjadi “makanan” bagi yang lain. Dilindungi oleh Diri-Nya sendiri, Dia boleh menikmati apa yang telah menjadi makanan, tetapi di mana-mana pun Dia tidak pernah menjadi sesuatu untuk dimakan.

Word by Word

• asya eva: of him alone/indeed his

• annam: food, that which is enjoyed/consumed

• idam sarvam: all this

• na: not

• saḥ: he

• annam bhavati: becomes food (an object of consumption)

• svayam: by himself/in his own nature

• svātmanā: by his own Self

• rakṣitam: protected/guarded

• ca: and

• adyāt: may eat/should partake

• annabhūtam: that which has become food/fit to be enjoyed

• na kutracit: nowhere/never in any case

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching within the Linga Purana discourse)