ग्रासं सुमृष्टं विरसं महान्तं स्तोकमेव वा । यदृच्छयैवापतितं ग्रसेदाजगरोऽक्रिय: ॥ २ ॥
grāsaṁ su-mṛṣṭaṁ virasaṁ mahāntaṁ stokam eva vā yadṛcchayaivāpatitaṁ grased ājagaro ’kriyaḥ
- grāsam
- food
- su-mṛṣṭam
- clean and delicious
- virasam
- tasteless
- mahāntam
- a large quantity
- stokam
- a small quantity
- eva
- certainly
- vā
- either
- yadṛcchayā
- without personal endeavor
- eva
- indeed
- āpatitam
- obtained
- graset
- one should eat
- ājagaraḥ
- like the python
- akriyaḥ
- remaining neutral without endeavor
Following the example of the python, one should give up material endeavors and accept for one’s maintenance food that comes of its own accord, whether such food be delicious or tasteless, ample or meager.