Verses on Sāṃkhya 24.7

24.7

tathā yad bhaikṣārjitena haviṣā prāṇayātrā | ādhyātmikasyāgner mantragṛhītena homaḥ kartavyaḥ | ahany ahani yajñaśeṣāśanārtham etad āhāralāghavaṃ santoṣaḥ | "sa yāṃ prathamām āhutiṃ juhuyāt prāṇāya svāhā"(chāndogyopaniṣad 5 |19 |1) ity ārabhya "sa ya idam avidvān agnihotraṃ juhoti yathāṅgārān apohya bhasmani hutaṃ(juhuyāt?) tādṛk tat syāt" (chāndogyopaniṣad 5 |24 |1) iti śruteḥ | tapaḥ kṛcchracāndrāyaṇādi śarīraśoṣaṇarūpam |

Likewise, contentment is lightness of diet, consisting in sustaining one's life by oblations obtained through alms, the daily offering of oblations into the internal fire with mantras, for the sake of consuming the remnants of sacrifice; in accordance with the scripture beginning with: "The first oblation he should offer, he should offer to breath, hail!" (Chāndogyopaniṣad 5.19.1) up to "He who offers this agnihotra without knowing this, it would be just as if he were to push away the burning coals and offer oblation in ashes" (Chāndogyopaniṣad 5.24.1). Austerity consists of the drying up of the body through the kṛcchra, cāndrāyaṇa, and other penances,