Shloka 18
अत्रेः तपोबलप्रकाशः तथा च्यवनस्य सोमाधिकारः
Atri’s Illumination by Tapas; Cyavana and Soma-Entitlement
मृतकस्य त्रिरात्रे यः समुद्दिष्टे समश्षुते । सप्त त्रिषवर्णं स्नात्वा पूतो भवति ब्राह्मण:
mṛtakasya trirātre yaḥ samuddiṣṭe samaśnute | sapta triṣavarṇaṃ snātvā pūto bhavati brāhmaṇaḥ ||
ভীষ্ম বললেন—যে ব্রাহ্মণ মৃতক-সংক্রান্ত অশৌচযুক্ত গৃহে পরপর তিন রাত্রি শ্রাদ্ধ-উদ্দেশ্যে নিবেদিত অন্ন ভোজন করে, সে সাত দিন প্রাতঃ, মধ্যাহ্ন ও সায়ং—তিন সন্ধিক্ষণে স্নান করলে শুদ্ধ হয়।
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Contact with death-related impurity through eating food offered in that context creates ritual defilement, and dharma prescribes a specific purification: thrice-daily bathing for seven days, emphasizing disciplined restoration of purity rather than denial of the transgression.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s dharma-instruction, Bhīṣma lays down a rule about a brāhmaṇa who repeatedly eats in a household under death-impurity and states the required purificatory practice to regain ritual fitness.