Chapter 15 · The Supreme Person

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 15.14

अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रित: प्राणापानसमायुक्त: पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम्

ahaṁ vaiśhvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṁ deham āśhritaḥ prāṇāpāna-samāyuktaḥ pachāmy annaṁ chatur-vidham

Recitation · Text 15.14
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (11 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Becoming the digestive fire, I dwell in the bodies of living beings; joined with the incoming and outgoing breath, I digest the four kinds of food. Possibly the most intimate claim in the Gita — God as the fire in your stomach after a meal.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:God as the fire in your stomach — the Gita's most intimate claim.