CC Adi 14.31

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 14: Lord Caitanya's Childhood Pastimes

Ādi-līlā 14.30 - Ādi-līlā 14.32

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 31

māṭira vikāra anna khāile deha-puṣṭi haya

māṭi khāile roga haya, deha yāya kṣaya

SYNONYMS

māṭira — of the dirt; vikāra — transformation; anna — food grains; khāile — by eating; deha — of the body; puṣṭi — nourishment; haya — becomes; māṭi — the dirt; khāile — by eating; roga — disease; haya — becomes; deha — the body; yāya — goes; kṣaya — to destruction.

TRANSLATION

Replying to the Māyāvāda idea of the child philosopher, mother Śacī said, “My dear boy, if we eat earth transformed into grain, our body is nourished, and it becomes strong. But if we eat dirt in its crude state, the body becomes diseased instead of nourished, and thus it is destroyed.

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