Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 24
Pitṛmātṛtīrtha Greatness & the Discourse on Embodiment: Karma, Birth, Impurity, and Dispassion
ततः स नाडीमध्यस्थः शारीरेणोष्मणा रसः । पच्यते पच्यमानश्च भवेत्पाकद्वयं पुनः
tataḥ sa nāḍīmadhyasthaḥ śārīreṇoṣmaṇā rasaḥ | pacyate pacyamānaśca bhavetpākadvayaṃ punaḥ
پھر نادیوں کے بیچ ٹھہرا ہوا وہ جسمانی رس بدن کی حرارت سے پکتا ہے؛ اور پکتے پکتے وہ دوبارہ دوہری پختگی (ہضم کی دو منزلیں) کو پہنچتا ہے۔
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Concept: Transformation is governed by inner fire; digestion/maturation occurs in stages, implying the need for right inputs and timing.
Application: Honor agni: eat at proper times, avoid excess, and keep a steady routine; see daily meals as offerings that should be ‘cooked’ cleanly—supporting clarity for bhakti.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: śārīreṇoṣmaṇā = śārīreṇa + uṣmaṇā. pacyamānaśca = pacyamānaḥ + ca. bhavetpākadvayaṃ = bhavet + pāka-dvayam.
FAQs
It describes digestion/metabolic transformation: bodily heat (uṣma) acts on rasa (nutritive fluid), producing a staged or twofold ‘pāka’ (maturation).
Nāḍī here refers to bodily channels or conduits through which substances/energies circulate; the verse places rasa ‘in the middle of the channels’ during digestion.
It indicates digestion as a multi-stage process—an initial cooking and a subsequent refinement—rather than a single, instantaneous transformation.