Acharya Mahaprajna
Let us now think about the paryaptis with regard to speech and the mind. Actually, the paryaptis with regard to speech and health do not appear to have a direct relation. But speech also has a great influence on health. If we take too much work from the paryapti with regard to speech, there would be problems. If a person goes on speaking beyond the active capacity of the paryapti with regard to language, his vital energy would be depleted and his health would be affected.
That is why restraint of speech has been advised. It has been said that one should not take extra work even from the paryapti with regard to speech. Do not load an animal with fifty quintals when it can carry only two quintals. Load that animal only with that much weight which it can normally carry. But man speaks so much and so unnecessarily, that the paryapti with regard to speech is affected. The function of the paryapti of speech is to absorb the particles of matter. How much can it absorb and dispense after all?
