स्थाल्यग्नितापात्पयसोऽभिताप- स्तत्तापतस्तण्डुलगर्भरन्धि: । देहेन्द्रियास्वाशयसन्निकर्षात् तत्संसृति: पुरुषस्यानुरोधात् ॥ २२ ॥
sthaly-agni-tapat payaso ’bhitapas tat-tapatas tandula-garbha-randhih dehendriyasvasaya-sannikarsat tat-samsrtih purusasyanurodhat
- sthali
- on the cooking pot
- agni-tapat
- because of the heat of fire
- payasah
- the milk put into the pot
- abhitapah
- becomes hot
- tat-tapatah
- because of the milk’s becoming hot
- tandula-garbha-randhih
- the center of the rice within the milk becomes cooked
- deha-indriya-asvasaya
- the bodily senses
- sannikarsat
- from having connections with
- tat-samsrtih
- the experience of fatigue and other miseries
- purusasya
- of the soul
- anurodhat
- from compliance due to being grossly attached to the body, senses and mind
King Rahugana continued: My dear sir, you have said that designations like bodily fatness and thinness are not characteristics of the soul. That is incorrect because designations like pain and pleasure are certainly felt by the soul. You may put a pot of milk and rice within fire, and the milk and rice are automatically heated one after the other. Similarly, due to bodily pains and pleasures, the senses, mind and soul are affected. The soul cannot be completely detached from this conditioning.