Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 7.9
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Chāndogya 7.9.1
अन्नं वाव बलाद्भूयस्तस्माद्यद्यपि दश रात्रीर्नाश्नीयाद्यद्यु ह जीवेदथवाद्रष्टाश्रोतामन्ताबोद्धाकर्ताविज्ञाता भवत्यथान्नस्यायै द्रष्टा भवति श्रोता भवति मन्ता भवति बोद्धा भवति कर्ता भवति विज्ञाता भवत्यन्नमुपास्स्वेति ॥ ७.९.१ ॥
Indeed food is greater than strength. Therefore, even if one does not eat for ten nights, yet if one lives, one still becomes a seer, hearer, thinker, understander, doer, and knower. But through the sustenance of food one becomes a seer, hearer, thinker, understander, doer, and knower. Revere food.
Chāndogya 7.9.2
स योऽन्नं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्तेऽन्नवतो वै स लोकान्पानवतोऽभिसिध्यति यावदन्नस्य गतं तत्रास्य यथाकामचारो भवति योऽन्नं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्तेऽस्ति भगवोऽन्नाद्भूय इत्यन्नाद्वाव भूयोऽस्तीति तन्मे भगवान्ब्रवीत्विति ॥ ७.९.२ ॥
One who meditates on food as brahman attains worlds possessing food, and has free movement wherever food reaches. (Nārada:) Revered sir, is there something greater than food? (Sanatkumāra:) There is something greater than food. May the revered one tell me that.