CC Adi 14.31
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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.