Kuud`u pet`t`akunna praan`amulu
bhakshan`amu seeyu kukshi malamu
kuud`u viid`i malamu koniyunna muktud`ee?
Vis`avadaabhiraama vinura Veema!
GIST
NO USE OF FASTING
When we fast, the body uses its inner fluids and fats to survive. The poet considers these as body impurities. Hence a fasting person feeds on his own impurities. Thus, a person who abstains from food and consumes impurities, how does he get liberation?
