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SUTRA II. 4. 21.

मांसादि भौमं यथाशब्दमितरयोश्च॥२.४.२१॥

māṃsādi bhaumaṃ yathāśabdamitarayośca ..2.4.21..

.. Mamsadi, flesh and the rest. …, Bhaumam, of earth, composed of earth, … Yatha-shabdam, as declared by the scripture… Itarayoh, of the other two, namely of fire, and water. … Cha, and.

21. Flesh and the rest are of earthy nature, because of the text to that effect. And so also in the case of the two others. — 290.

COMMENTARY

The flesh and the best portion of the body are the products of earth. Similarly, of the other two, namely, of water and fire the products are blood and bone, etc. This we must admit because of the text of the Chhandogya Upanishad, VI., 5. 1 to 4, quoted above. There is also an express text to the effect that body is of earth. In the Garbha Upanishad, we find the following:

This body consists of five elements, it has five kinds of perceptional activities, it has six sorts of essences in it, it has six musical tones, seven humours, three kinds of excrescences (nails, hairs of the body and hairs of the head), two origins (father and mother) and is maintained by four kinds of food. Why is it called made up of five elements? Because, earth, water, fire, air and ether go to form it. What portion of the body is earth, what water, what fire, what air and what ether? The solid portion is earth, the liquid water, the heat fire, the respiratory system is air and the cavities and hollows (such as the frontal cavity) are ether.

Thus all bodies are three-fold, whether they be the bodies of Gods or animals.

If all bodies (elements and elementals) are three-fold, then why is it said, «this is fire, this is water, etc.?» For the so-called fire is after all not pure fire, but tire plus two other elements, nor is water pure water. And why is it said that the bodies of the Devas are made of fire, those of the Apsaras of water and those of the terrestrials of earth. To this the next Sutra gives the reply.

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