prāṇa-rakṣā lāgi' - to maintain life; yebā - whatever; karena bhakṣaṇa - he ate; tāhā khāñā - eating that; āpanāke - to himself; kahe - said; nirveda-vacana - words of reproach.

Whatever he ate was only to keep his body and soul together, and when he ate he would reproach himself thus.