Hence, we have heard that they who give life attain to very superior regions of happiness in after life. Food, O best of the Kurus, may or may not be superior to drink.
तस्माद् विशिष्टां गच्छन्ति प्राणदा इति नः श्रुतम्। अन्नं वापि प्रभवति पानीयात् कुरुसत्तम।