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,-Upadesha 3, (Ch.-3, V.-81)

अल्पाहारो यदि भवेदग्निर्दहति तत्क्षणात् । अधःशिराश्चोर्ध्वपादः क्षणं स्यात्प्रथमे दिने ॥ ३.८१ ॥

alpāhāro yadi bhavedagnirdahati tatkṣaṇāt । adhaḥśirāścordhvapādaḥ kṣaṇaṃ syātprathame dine ॥ 3.81 ॥

Alpa: (the too) little (alpa) Āhāraḥ: food (eat, ahara) Yadi: if (Yadi) Bhavet: (one is) (bhū) Agniḥ: (the digestive) fire (Agni) Dahati: (then) burns (a, dah) Tad: (im) same (tad) Kṇaṇāt: moment (kshana) Adhas: on the earth ("below", Adhas) Śirāḥ: (with the) head (Shiras) Ca: and (Cha) Ūrdhva: above, upwards (Urdhva) Pādaḥ: (with the) feet (Pada) Kṇaṁaṁ: (only a short) while ("moment") Syāt: (man) shall linger ("be," as) Prathame: on the first (Prathama) Dine: day (practice practice, Dina) || 81 ||


If too little food has been ingested, the digestive fire will burn the moment the head touches the earth and the feet are raised during the first day of practice.



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Interpretation and Commentary by Ayurvedacharya Govinda Ji.
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