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annam āpnuvanti, ye' annam brahmopāsate, Taittiriya Upa-
nishad, 3,7; neither should food be neglected: annam
na parichakshita, Taittiriya Upanishad, 3,8. Food being
so important it should be multiplied also; this should be
a rule annam bahu kurvita tad vratam, Taittiriya Upa-
nishad, 3, 9.
In the context of India's greatest tradition, wel-
coming a guest as almost a celestial arrived, the
direction to honour him is very clear, that none should
be denied a welcome and shelter and food in any home.
It is a duty; by any means food must be obtained for
him. Worshipping the guest is worshipping him with
food na kañchana vasatau pratyachakshita, tad vrātam,
tasmad yaya kaya chana vidhayā bahvannam prāpnuyāt,
aradhyasma annam ityachakshate, Taittiriya, Upanished
3,10. The very first to be fed before all is the guest and
is the one to be so worshipped: etam mukhato' smā
annam rādhyate, Taittiriya Upanishad, 3,10. This is the
philosophy of food.
Water itself has been conceived as the source of
all. The Almighty and the very syllable representing
the Almighty 'om'. The importance is stressed in
making it the base of everything in the universe. Verily
everything is water, all beings are water, life breath is
water, al animals are water, all food is water, ambrosia
water, the Almightly in his subtle (samrāṭ) monumental
(virāṭ) and unmanifest (svarāṭ) forms is water, the
metres are water, the luminaries are water. Vedic
texts are water, truth is water, all the the gods are
water, the three worlds, Bhuḥ, Bhuvaḥ and Svaḥ are
water. The source of all these, the Almighty, denoted
by the syllable 'om': apo va idam sarvam, viśvā bhūtāny-
āpaḥ, prāṇā vā apah. paśava apo'nnam apo'mritam apaḥ
samrad āpo, virāḍāpas, svarāḍ apas chhandāmsyāpo jyoti-
annam āpnuvanti, ye' annam brahmopāsate, Taittiriya Upa-
nishad, 3,7; neither should food be neglected: annam
na parichakshita, Taittiriya Upanishad, 3,8. Food being
so important it should be multiplied also; this should be
a rule annam bahu kurvita tad vratam, Taittiriya Upa-
nishad, 3, 9.
In the context of India's greatest tradition, wel-
coming a guest as almost a celestial arrived, the
direction to honour him is very clear, that none should
be denied a welcome and shelter and food in any home.
It is a duty; by any means food must be obtained for
him. Worshipping the guest is worshipping him with
food na kañchana vasatau pratyachakshita, tad vrātam,
tasmad yaya kaya chana vidhayā bahvannam prāpnuyāt,
aradhyasma annam ityachakshate, Taittiriya, Upanished
3,10. The very first to be fed before all is the guest and
is the one to be so worshipped: etam mukhato' smā
annam rādhyate, Taittiriya Upanishad, 3,10. This is the
philosophy of food.
Water itself has been conceived as the source of
all. The Almighty and the very syllable representing
the Almighty 'om'. The importance is stressed in
making it the base of everything in the universe. Verily
everything is water, all beings are water, life breath is
water, al animals are water, all food is water, ambrosia
water, the Almightly in his subtle (samrāṭ) monumental
(virāṭ) and unmanifest (svarāṭ) forms is water, the
metres are water, the luminaries are water. Vedic
texts are water, truth is water, all the the gods are
water, the three worlds, Bhuḥ, Bhuvaḥ and Svaḥ are
water. The source of all these, the Almighty, denoted
by the syllable 'om': apo va idam sarvam, viśvā bhūtāny-
āpaḥ, prāṇā vā apah. paśava apo'nnam apo'mritam apaḥ
samrad āpo, virāḍāpas, svarāḍ apas chhandāmsyāpo jyoti-