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Bhagavad-pitā  As It los
[Ch. 15]
Brahman is situated in the form of fire within the stomach and is digesting all kinds of foodstuff. Therefore since He is helping the digestion of all kinds of foodstuff, the living entity is not independent in the eating process. Unless the Supreme Lord helps him in digesting, there is no possibility of eating. He thus produces and digests foodstuff, and, by His grace, we are enjoying life. In the  Vedānta-sūtra  this is also confirmed:  śabdādibhyo'ntaḥ pratiṣṭhānāc ca.  The Lord is situated within sound and within the body, within the air and even within the stomach as the digestive force. There are four kinds of foodstuff: some are swallowed, some are chewed, some are licked up, and some are sucked, and He is the digestive force for all of them.
TEXT 15
सर्वस्य चाहं हृदि सन्निविष्टो मत्तः स्मृतिर्ज्ञानमपोहनं च । वेदैश्च सर्वैरहमेव वेद्यो वेदान्तकृद्वेदविदेव चाहम् ॥१५॥
sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭho mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanaṁ ca vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyo vedānta-kṛd veda-vid eva cāham
sarvasya —of all living beings;  ca —and;  aham —I;  hṛdi —in the heart;  sanniviṣṭaḥ —being situated;  mattaḥ —from Me;  smṛtiḥ —remembrance;  jñānam —knowledge;  apohanam   ca —and forgetfulness;  vedaiḥ —by the  Vedas ;  ca —also;  sarvaiḥ —all;  aham —I am;  eva —certainly;  vedyaḥ —knowable;  vedānta-kṛt —the compiler of the  Vedānta ;  veda-vit —the knower of the  Vedas ;  eva —certainly;  ca —and;  aham —I.
TRANSLATION
I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas am I to be known; indeed I am the compiler of Vedānta, and I am the knower of the Vedas.
PURPORT
The Supreme Lord is situated as Paramātmā in everyone's heart, and it is from Him that all activities are initiated. The living entity forgets