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the body of living beings as Vaisvanara, associated with Prana and Apana,
I digest the fourfold food. Vaisvanara: the fire abiding in the stomach,
as said in the sruti:This fire is Vaisvanara, which is within man and by
which this food is digested. Fourfold food: the food which has to be eaten
by mastication, that which has to be sucked out, the food which has to be
eaten by devouring, and that which is eaten by licking. He who regards that
the eater is the Vaisvanara Fire, that the food eaten by Fire is the Soma
(moon), and that thus the two together form Firesoma (Agnishomao), is free
from all taint of impurity in food. (4) As the Self in the hearts of all.
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