Shloka 333
Prāyaścitta-vidhāna: Tapas, Dāna, Vrata, and Proportional Expiation (प्रायश्चित्तविधानम्)
अपेयाश्षाप्यभ क्ष्याक्ष ब्राह्मणैर्गुहमेधिभि: । “खीर, खिचड़ी, फलका गूदा और पूए यदि देवताके उद्देश्यसे न बनाये गये हों तो गृहस्थ ब्राह्मणोंके लिये खाने-पीने योग्य नहीं हैं
apeyāḥ śāpyabha-kṣyākṣā brāhmaṇair gṛha-medhibhiḥ | kṣīra-khicāḍī-phalakā-gūda-pūā yadi devatā-uddeśyena na kṛtāḥ, na gṛhastha-brāhmaṇānāṃ bhojya-peyāḥ ||
ব্যাস বললেন—গৃহস্থ ব্রাহ্মণদের জন্য ক্ষীর, খিচুড়ি, ফলের মণ্ড/মিষ্টি এবং পুয়া প্রভৃতি, যদি দেবতার উদ্দেশ্যে প্রস্তুত না হয়—তবে তা পান-ভোজনের যোগ্য নয়।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
A householder Brahmin’s eating is regulated by dharma: foods become proper when prepared with sacred intention—especially as offerings or with the gods in view—rather than merely for personal enjoyment.
Vyāsa is laying down a normative rule within a dharma-discussion: he lists certain common dishes and states that, for household Brahmins, they are not to be consumed if they were not prepared for a divine purpose (i.e., not connected to offering/ritual intent).