Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 14.31
মাটির বিকার অন্ন খাইলে দেহ–পুষ্টি হয় ।
মাটি খাইলে রোগ হয়, দেহ যায় ক্ষয় ॥ ৩১ ॥
māṭira vikāra anna khāile deha-puṣṭi haya
māṭi khāile roga haya, deha yāya kṣaya
Translation
Replying to the Māyāvāda idea of the child philosopher, mother Śacī said, “My dear boy, if we eat earth transformed into grain, our body is nourished, and it becomes strong. But if we eat dirt in its crude state, the body becomes diseased instead of nourished, and thus it is destroyed.
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