Chānd-Mül, 1879-842. He said: 'What shall be my dress?' They answered: 'Water.' Therefore wise people, when they are going to eat food, surround their food before and after with water.' He (prana) thus gains a dress, and is no longer naked.
Chānd-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.sa hovāca punaḥ prāṇaḥ | pūrvavadeva kalpanā | kiṃ me vāso bhaviṣyatītyāpa iti hocurvāgādayaḥ | yasmātprāṇasya vāsa āpastasmādvā etadaśiṣyanto bhoktavantaśca brāhmaṇā vidvāṃsa etatkurvanti | kim | adbhirvāsasthānīyābhiḥ purastādbhojanātpūrvamupariṣṭācca bhojanādūrdhvaṃ ca paridadhati paridhānaṃ kurvanti mukhyasya prāṇasya lambhuko sambhanaśīlo vāso ha bhavati | vāsaso labdhaiva bhavatītyarthaḥ | anagno ha bhavati | vāsaso lambhukatvenārthasiddhaivānagnatetyanagno ha bhavatītyuttarīyavānbhavatītyetat | bhokṣyamāṇasya bhuktavataśca yadācamanaṃ śuddhyarthaṃ vijñātaṃ tasminprāṇasya vāsa iti darśanamātramiha vidhīyate | adbhiḥ paridadhatīti nā’camanāntaram | yathā laukikaiḥ prāmibhiradyamānamannaṃ prāṇasyeti darśanamātraṃ tadvatkiṃ me ’nnaṃ kiṃ me vāsa ityādipraśnaprativacanayostulyatvāt | yadyācamanamapūrvaṃ tādarthyena kriyate tadā kṛmyādyannamapi prāṇasya bhakṣyatvena vihitaṃ syāt | tulyayorvijñānārthayoḥ prasnaprativacanayoḥ prakaraṇasya vijñānārthatvādardhajaratīyo nyāyo na yuktaḥ kalpayitum | yattu prasiddhamācamanaṃ prāyatyārthaṃ prāṇasyānagnatārthaṃ ca na bhavatītyucyate na tathā vayamācamanamubhayārthaṃ brūmaḥ | kiṃ tarhi prāyatyārthācamanasādhanabhūtā āpaḥ prāṇasya vāsa iti darśanaṃ codyata iti brūmaḥ | tatrā’camanasyobhayārthatvaprasaṅgadoṣacodanānupapannā | vāsortha evā’camane taddarśanaṃ syāditi cet | na | vāsojñānārthavākye vāsorthāpūrvācamanavidhāne tatrānagnatārthatvadṛṣṭividhāne ca vākyabhedaḥ ācamanasya tadarthatvamanyārthatvaṃ ceti | pramāṇābhāvāt || 2 ||
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Prapāṭhaka 1
