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रे जिव्हे ! कुरू मर्यादाम् भोजने वचने तथा ।
वचने प्राण संदेहो
भोजने चाप्यजीर्णता ॥
Re jihve! Kuru maryadām Bhojane vachane tatha
Vachane Prana-sandeho
Bhojane chapyajirnata
cause
"Oh tongue! be discreet and disciplined in eating and speaking. Otherwise indiscreet speech may serious dangers to life itself and immoderate eating can cause indigestion."
Those who believe in nature-cure say that one-third of what we eat keeps us alive and two-thirds of it keeps our doctors alive. The meaning of this is we require only one-third of what we eat and anything more than that causes indigestion. It is said that most diseases originate from indigestion. If we get some diseases, we have to go to doctors, and pay them what they demand and that enables them to live happily.
The other task of the tongue is speech. Even if we speak the truth if it is devoid of wisdom such a speech can cause much harm. Therefore, a great poet has said,
सत्यं ब्रूयात् प्रियं ब्रूयात् न ब्रूयात्सत्यमप्रियम्
प्रियं च नानृतं ब्रुया
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
देष धर्मः सनातनः ॥ Satyam bruyatpriyam bruyāt
na bruyatsatyamapriyam Priyam cha nanrutaṁ bruyā
Desha dharma sanātanaḥ
"You should speak the truth but speak the truth that is benign and pleasant to others. Do not speak a disagreeable truth. Speak the truth that is benevolent to others. This is an eternal principle of conduct."
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