Shloka 11
Cāturhotra as Inner Sacrifice (Yoga-Yajña) and Nārāyaṇa Recitation
हन्ता द्वान्नमिदं विद्वान् पुनर्जनयतीश्वर: । न चान्नाज्जायते तस्मिन् सूक्ष्मो नाम व्यतिक्रम:
hantā dvānnam idaṁ vidvān punar janayatīśvaraḥ | na cānnāj jāyate tasmin sūkṣmo nāma vyatikramaḥ ||
婆罗门言：“诚然，智者‘杀’此食——即食之而使以食为表征之显现世界尽归于己；彼为主宰，具足自在之力，复又成为食与一切依食而立者之生起者。且由此食，在如是知者之中，连最微细的过失与越轨亦不生。”
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
For the truly wise (vidvān), eating is not a morally binding act that produces fault; it is understood as the absorption of the manifested order (symbolized by food) into the Self/Lord. Such a knower, established in right understanding and non-doership, incurs no ‘subtle transgression’ from food.
A brāhmaṇa speaker explains a metaphysical-ethical point: the wise person who consumes food is likened to the Lord who withdraws the world into himself and then, by sovereign power, generates sustenance again. The statement defends the purity of the knower’s action and frames eating within a cosmic cycle rather than ordinary attachment.