Krishjan

Chapter 12 — Twelfth Khanda

Subala

1 Shloka • Translation Only

(In this chapter are related the different fires, the first or primordial anna or food-substance has to pass through in order to become the gross food.) Anna (food) came from Nārāyaṇa. It was first cooked in Brahmaloka in the Mahā-samvartaka fire. Again, it was cooked in the sun; again, it was cooked in kravyādi (lit., the fire that burns raw flesh, etc.); again, it was cooked in jvālakīla (the flaming kīla); then it became pure and not stale (or fresh). One should eat whatever has fallen to his lot and without begging; one should never beg any (food)."