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Chapter 12.179 - Verse 2

Sanskrit Text

यद्यूष्मभाव आग्नेयो वह्निना पच्यते यदि अग्निर्जरयते चैव तस्माज्जीवो निरर्थकः

English Translation

If the animal heat be of the nature of fire, and if it is that fire which helps digestion by dissolving the food we take, then life is not worth much.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

यदि + ऊष्मन् + भाव | आग्नेयो | वह्निना | पच्यते | यदि
श्वस् + आभाष् | च + एव | तस्मात् + जीव | निरर्थकः