अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः ।प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम् ॥
ahaṃ vaiśvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṃ deham āśritaḥ |prāṇāpānasamāyuktaḥ pacāmy annaṃ caturvidham ||
- अहम् · aham
- I
- वैश्वानरः · vaiśvānaraḥ
- the universal fire (of digestion)
- भूत्वा · bhūtvā
- having become
- प्राणिनाम् · prāṇinām
- of breathing beings
- देहम् · deham
- the body
- आश्रितः · āśritaḥ
- residing in
- प्राणापानसमायुक्तः · prāṇāpānasamāyuktaḥ
- joined with in-breath and out-breath
- पचामि · pacāmi
- I cook, digest
- अन्नम् · annam
- food
- चतुर्विधम् · caturvidham
- of four kinds
“Becoming the fire of digestion that dwells in living bodies, joined with the in-breath and out-breath, I digest the four kinds of food.”
— Original plain-language translation
Even digestion is divine action — Krishna as the inner fire turning food into life. The four kinds are foods chewed, sucked, licked, and drunk. The hymn moves ever inward: from sun to earth to the eater's own belly.
— Reader's notes (original)