māṭi khāile roga haya, deha yāya kṣaya

mati khaile roga haya, deha yaya ksaya
Replying to the Mayavada idea of the child philosopher, Mother Saci 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.
TEXT 32