Shloka 17
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
शृतं द्रोणाढकस्यान्नममेध्याभिप्लुतं भवेत् अग्रमुद्धृत्य संत्याज्यं शेषस्य प्रोक्षणं स्मृतम्
śṛtaṃ droṇāḍhakasyānnamamedhyābhiplutaṃ bhavet agramuddhṛtya saṃtyājyaṃ śeṣasya prokṣaṇaṃ smṛtam
যদি ৰন্ধা অন্ন (দ্ৰোণ বা আঢক পৰিমাণ হলেও) অপবিত্ৰ পদাৰ্থৰ স্পৰ্শে দুষিত হয়, তেন্তে ওপৰৰ অংশ উঠাই ত্যাগ কৰিব লাগে; অৱশিষ্ট অংশত জল-প্ৰোক্ষণ বিধেয় বুলি স্মৃতিত কোৱা হৈছে।
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FAQs
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.
This is śauca/ācāra guidance (dharma instruction) and not a direct instance of Sarga, Pratisarga, Vaṃśa, Manvantara, or Vaṃśānucarita.
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.