As a house made of earth is covered over with earth, so this body which is made of earth is saved from destruction by food which is only a change of earth.
मृन्मयं शरणं यद्वन्मृदैव परिलिप्यते। पार्थिवोऽयं तथा देहो मृद्विकारान्न नश्यति॥