Shloka 9
Cāturhotra as Inner Sacrifice (Yoga-Yajña) and Nārāyaṇa Recitation
अदन्नन्नान्यथो<विद्वान् ममत्वेनोपपद्यते । आत्मार्थ पाचयन्नन्नं ममत्वेनोपहन्यते,अज्ञानी पुरुष अन्न भोजन करते समय उसके प्रति ममत्वसे युक्त हो जाता है। इसी प्रकार जो अपने लिये भोजन पकाता है, वह भी ममत्व दोषसे मारा जाता है
adann annam anyathā ’vidvān mamatvenopapadyate | ātmārthaṃ pācayann annaṃ mamatvenopahanyate ||
ब्राह्मण उवाच—अदत्तमन्नमन्यथोऽविद्वान् ममत्वेनोपपद्यते । आत्मार्थं पाचयन्नन्नं ममत्वेनोपहन्यते ॥
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.