द्योतनं पचनं पानमदनं हिममर्दनम् । तेजसो वृत्तयस्त्वेता: शोषणं क्षुत्तृडेव च ॥ ४० ॥
dyotanam pacanam panam adanam hima-mardanam tejaso vrttayas tv etah sosanam ksut trd eva ca
- dyotanam
- illumination
- pacanam
- cooking, digesting
- panam
- drinking
- adanam
- eating
- hima-mardanam
- destroying cold
- tejasah
- of fire
- vrttayah
- functions
- tu
- indeed
- etah
- these
- sosanam
- evaporating
- ksut
- hunger
- trt
- thirst
- eva
- also
- ca
- and.
Fire is appreciated by its light and by its ability to cook, to digest, to destroy cold, to evaporate, and to give rise to hunger, thirst, eating and drinking.