The teacher asks his disciple to concentrate all his energies towards understanding the subtlety of the various levels or sheaths (food: annamaya; the vital breath: pranamaya; the mind: manomaya; the intellect: vigyanamaya; soul/Lord: Anandmaya) and reach the answer. He gives him the hint about Brahman as That from which everything is born, by which everything is sustained, and into which everything merges in the end. Just like several pots of clay– they come from clay, remain in clay, and in the end go back into clay. The teacher thus keeps a puzzle before his student and asks him to contemplate in order to solve it.
Bhrigu was truly keen to know about Brahman, and so he diligently followed his father-cum-teacher's advice. He contemplated deeply. After a thorough analysis, he found that all hints which his father gave to him regarding Brahman are fulfilled by food (earth or matter). It is from food (earth) that we are born; food only keeps us alive, and finally our bodies disintegrate after death and go back into earth. He, thus, went to his father and said:
Annam brahmeti vyajaanaat; annaaddhyeva
khalvimaani bhutaani jaayante…
tapo brahmeti; sa tapo atapyata; sa tapastaptva
After a thorough contemplation, I have come to understand that anna (food) is Brahman; because, from food all beings are born; with the help of food only the living beings sustain; and, into food (earth) they finally merge.
CONCLUSION 1: THE MATTER/FOOD IS BRAHMAN
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