Shloka 26
Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)
प्रभूतोपहतात् अन्नात् अग्रं उद्धृत्य सन्त्यजेत् ।
शेषस्य प्रोक्षणं कुर्याद् आचम्यादिभस् तथा मृदा ॥
prabhūtopahatād annād agraṃ uddhṛtya santyajet | śeṣasya prokṣaṇaṃ kuryād ācāmyādi-bhas tathā mṛdā ||
ومن الطعام الذي تلوّث تلوّثًا شديدًا ينبغي أن تُرفع وتُطرح القطعة الأولى/الأشدّ تأثرًا. وأما الباقي فيُرشّ بالماء، ثم يُؤدَّى ācamana (آجامانا) وسائر أعمال التطهير، ويُنقّى بالتراب على الوجه المأثور.
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FAQs
The rule balances reverence for food with hygiene and dharma: discard what is clearly compromised, purify what remains by prescribed means, and avoid both wastefulness and negligence.
Ācāra/dharma instruction.
Removing the ‘front portion’ mirrors removing the first layer of defilement in the mind; sprinkling and earth symbolize subtle and gross purification—mantra-like sanctification and grounded cleansing.