Shloka 91
गृहस्थस्य सदाचारः: शौच, तर্পण, वैश्वदेव, अतिथिधर्म, भोजन-विधि, संध्योपासन, ऋतु-धर्मः
अग्निर् आप्याययत्व् अन्नं पार्थिवं पवनेरितः दत्तावकाशं नभसा जरयत्व् अस्तु मे सुखम्
agnir āpyāyayatv annaṃ pārthivaṃ pavaneritaḥ dattāvakāśaṃ nabhasā jarayatv astu me sukham
Nguyện Lửa, được Gió khơi động, nuôi dưỡng và chuyển hóa thức ăn thuộc đất trong thân ta; và nguyện Không gian, ban chỗ cho sự vận hành ấy, khiến nó được tiêu hóa—để an lạc khởi lên cho ta.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya; presented as a cosmological/physiological doctrine of the elements)
FAQs
The verse treats digestion as an elemental cooperation—fire transforms, wind activates, and space provides room—showing how cosmic principles operate within the body.
He frames bodily processes as governed by the same universal forces found in cosmology, using Agni (fire), Vāyu (wind), and Nabhas/Ākāśa (space) to illustrate ordered interdependence.
Even when Vishnu is not named, the Purana’s framework implies that the stable coordination of elements—and the welfare it yields—rests on the Supreme sustaining principle identified with Vishnu.