नाश्नत: पथ्यमेवान्नं व्याधयोऽभिभवन्ति हि । एवं नियमकृद्राजन् शनै: क्षेमाय कल्पते ॥ १२ ॥
nasnatah pathyam evannam vyadhayo ’bhibhavanti hi evam niyamakrd rajan sanaih ksemaya kalpate
- na
- not
- asnatah
- those who eat
- pathyam
- suitable
- eva
- indeed
- annam
- food
- vyadhayah
- different types of disease
- abhibhavanti
- overcome
- hi
- indeed
- evam
- similarly
- niyama-krt
- one following regulative principles
- rajan
- O King
- sanaih
- gradually
- ksemaya
- for well-being
- kalpate
- becomes fit.
My dear King, if a diseased person eats the pure, uncontaminated food prescribed by a physician, he is gradually cured, and the infection of disease can no longer touch him. Similarly, if one follows the regulative principles of knowledge, he gradually progresses toward liberation from material contamination.