Shloka 17

Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller

Devanagari script

शृतं द्रोणाढकस्यान्नममेध्याभिप्लुतं भवेत् अग्रमुद्धृत्य संत्याज्यं शेषस्य प्रोक्षणं स्मृतम्

Transliteration

śṛtaṃ droṇāḍhakasyānnamamedhyābhiplutaṃ bhavet agramuddhṛtya saṃtyājyaṃ śeṣasya prokṣaṇaṃ smṛtam

Translation

إذا تلوّث الطعامُ المطبوخ (ولو كان بمقدار droṇa أو āḍhaka) بمماسّةِ نجاسةٍ، فيُرفع أعلاه ويُطرح؛ وأمّا الباقي فقد ذُكر أن تطهيره يكون برشّ الماء.

Word by Word

• śṛtam: cooked/boiled
• śṛtam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √śru/√śṛ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• droṇa-āḍhakasya: of (the measure) droṇa and āḍhaka
• droṇa-āḍhakasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: droṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + āḍhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine/measure-term); द्वन्द्वसमासः (measure-units)

• annam: food
• annam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• amedhya-abhiplutam: fouled/overflowed with impurity
• amedhya-abhiplutam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amedhya (प्रातिपदिक) + abhi-pluta (कृदन्त, √plu ‘to float/be flooded’, क्त)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); तत्पुरुषः (amedhyena abhiplutam)

• bhavet: would be/should be
• bhavet: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• agram: the top/upper portion
• agram: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• uddhṛtya: having removed/taken out
• uddhṛtya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ud-√hṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• saṃtyājyam: should be discarded
• saṃtyājyam: Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (विधेय-विशेषण/Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-√tyaj (धातु) + यत् (कृत्य)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive) = ‘to be abandoned’

• śeṣasya: of the remainder
• śeṣasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• prokṣaṇam: sprinkling (ritual sprinkling)
• prokṣaṇam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prokṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• smṛtam: is prescribed/said
• smṛtam: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √smṛ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) used predicatively ‘is said/remembered’

Speakers

• Likely Pulastya → Nārada (typical Vāmana Purāṇa dialogue frame; not explicit in given verses)

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Food purity
• Ritual remediation
• Prāyaścitta-style procedure

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The rule balances hygiene/ritual concern with non-waste: remove what is directly affected (the top layer) and restore usability of the remainder via a minimal purificatory act. It encodes a graded response to impurity.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is śauca/ācāra guidance (dharma instruction) and not a direct instance of Sarga, Pratisarga, Vaṃśa, Manvantara, or Vaṃśānucarita.

What is the symbolic significance?

The ‘upper portion’ represents the most exposed/impacted layer of experience; discarding it while purifying what remains suggests discernment—rejecting what is truly tainted while rehabilitating what is salvageable through right procedure.