Book Title: Second Edition
Author(s): Udayvallabhvijay
Publisher: Pragna Prabodh Parivar

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________________ By developing the act of walking, man has developed various skills related to walking like running, dancing and playing. Transportation, created by humans is also a big embellishment of an act of motion. Humans have developed such modes of transport that he may be running even while he is sitting and he may be flying, although he may be sleeping. The act of taking food is common to all living beings. But through the act of transformation, man has retained his level of supremacy here too. Animals don't transform food before eating. Whatever and in whichever form they get constitutes their food. Animals don't have any Gujarati, Punjabi, Chinese or Bengali dish. Man never eats wheat or rice directly. The shirt which a man wears is not merely a costume but a symbol of his successful journey from fabric to fashion. Shirts and trousers never grow in farms. Man creates them through his act of embellishing and therefore, no other living being except humans, are found wearing clothes. Agarden merely gives flowers but a bouquet or a garland is man's creation. We can get fruits from an orchard but not juice or sugar syrup. Cows and buffaloes give milk not rabdi or dudhpaak. Man boils and ferments milk and makes dozens of dishes from them. Excepting humans, no living being can make curd, buttermilk or ghee on their own. In the animal kingdom there are no pickles, spices or boxes of masalas. At various phases of his life, man transforms several things and utilizes them to meet his requirements. A house is a transformation of mud. Furniture is transformation of wood, utensils are a transformation of metal, chappatis are a transformation of wheat, soft drinks are a transformation of m u n Second Edition Second Edition

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