Verse 2.263

Sanskrit text and transliteration:

सैषा विराडिति ह्युक्तमन्नात्तृत्वं हि ताण्डिकैः ।
कार्यं सर्वं यतो व्याप्तं कारणेनात्तृरूपिणा ।
इति हेतूपदेशाय ह्यन्नं हीत्युच्यते पुनः ॥ २६३ ॥

saiṣā virāḍiti hyuktamannāttṛtvaṃ hi tāṇḍikaiḥ |
kāryaṃ sarvaṃ yato vyāptaṃ kāraṇenāttṛrūpiṇā |
iti hetūpadeśāya hyannaṃ hītyucyate punaḥ || 263 ||

English translation of verse 2.263:

The nature of eating of food (by the Virāj) is, indeed, stated by those who follow the Tāṇḍika in the words, “saiṣā virāṭ.” Every effect is pervaded by its cause. With a view to state the reason that by the Virāj, as the eater (all food is pervaded), there is, indeed, the repetition of the text beginning with annaṃ hi.

Notes:

In the Upaniṣad, the text, “Food, indeed, is the first among the created beings. Hence it is called a medicine for all,” is repeated. The repetition is for the sake of conveying the idea that to one who meditates on food as the Virāj there is the acquisition and enjoyment of all food in the form of the Virāj. It is well-known that the cause pervades its effect. The Virāj, the cosmic being in its gross physical aspect, encompasses all physical objects which are made of food. When a person who meditates on food as the Virāj attains the form of the Virāj, he attains and enjoys all food.