Shloka 41
Śrāddha-Kāla-Nirṇaya: Proper Times, Nakṣatra Fruits, Tīrtha Merit, and Offerings for Ancestral Rites
षण्मासांश्छागमांसेन पार्षतेनाथ सप्त वै / अष्टावेणस्य मांसेन रौरवेण नवैव तु
ṣaṇmāsāṃśchāgamāṃsena pārṣatenātha sapta vai / aṣṭāveṇasya māṃsena rauraveṇa navaiva tu
من أكل لحم الماعز فالعقوبة ستةُ أشهر؛ ومن أكل لحم الحيوان المسمّى «pārṣata» فسبعةُ أشهر. ومن أكل لحم «veṇa» فثمانيةُ أشهر؛ ومن أكل لحم «raurava» فتسعةُ أشهر حقًّا.
Sūta (narrating the Kurma Purana’s teaching on karmaphala; the passage presents a dharma-śāstra style enumeration)
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
This verse does not directly describe Ātman; it teaches karmaphala by linking specific actions (meat-eating) to specific durations of suffering, implying the moral law that the embodied self experiences results until it turns toward dharma and liberation.
No meditation technique is described; the verse functions as a yama-like ethical warning. In the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis, such restraint (especially ahiṃsā and disciplined diet) supports purity of mind, which is foundational for later Yoga and Pāśupata-oriented practice.
It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; it contributes to the shared dharma framework upheld across Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis in the Purana, where ethical conduct is treated as common ground for higher devotion and yoga.