If the animal heat be of the nature of fire, and if it is that fire which helps digestion by dissolving the food we take, then life is not worth much.
यष्मभाव आग्नेयो वह्निना पच्यते यदि। अग्निर्जरयते चैतत् तस्माज्जीवो निरर्थकः॥