If we eat dirt in its crude state, the body becomes diseased instead of nourished, and thus it is destroyed

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"If we eat dirt in its crude state, the body becomes diseased instead of nourished, and thus it is destroyed"

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta

CC Adi-lila

Replying to the Māyāvāda idea of the child philosopher, mother Śacī said, “My dear boy, if we eat earth transformed into grain, our body is nourished, and it becomes strong. But if we eat dirt in its crude state, the body becomes diseased instead of nourished, and thus it is destroyed.

CC Adi 14.31, Translation

Replying to the Māyāvāda idea of the child philosopher, mother Śacī said, “My dear boy, if we eat earth transformed into grain, our body is nourished, and it becomes strong. But if we eat dirt in its crude state, the body becomes diseased instead of nourished, and thus it is destroyed.