Shloka 3

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

Devanagari script

शशकः शल्यको गोधा श्वाविधो मत्स्यकच्छपौ तद्वद् द्विदलकादीनि भोज्यानि मनुरब्रवीत्

Transliteration

śaśakaḥ śalyako godhā śvāvidho matsyakacchapau tadvad dvidalakādīni bhojyāni manurabravīt

Translation

Hase, Stachelschwein, Waran (Iguana), Igel, Fisch und Schildkröte—ebenso Hülsenfrüchte und dergleichen—hat Manu als essbar erklärt.

Word by Word

• शशकः: hare/rabbit
• शशकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शल्यकः: porcupine/hedgehog (śalyaka)
• शल्यकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गोधा: iguana / monitor lizard
• गोधा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• श्वाविधः: porcupine (śvāvidha)
• श्वाविधः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वाविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मत्स्यकच्छपौ: fish and tortoise
• मत्स्यकच्छपौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य-कच्छप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (fish and tortoise)

• तद्वत्: likewise
• तद्वत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्वत् (अव्यय)
• Form: तुल्यतावाचक-अव्यय (likewise)

• द्विदलकादीनि: lentils etc. (split pulses and the like)
• द्विदलकादीनि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि-दलक-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; आदि-समास (and the like)

• भोज्यानि: edible / fit to be eaten
• भोज्यानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भोज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (edible items)

• मनुः: Manu
• मनुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said / declared
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

Speakers

• Not specified in input (likely within the Purāṇic dialogue frame
• often Pulastya → Nārada)

Key Themes

• Dharma/Ācāra
• Vrata/Ritual Purity
• Smṛti authority (Manu)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "bibhatsa", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse grounds dietary conduct in dharma by appealing to Manu as normative authority, implying that personal preference is secondary to scriptural/social regulation aimed at purity and order.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is not sarga/pratisarga/vamśa material; it aligns with ācāra-dharma instruction (a common Purāṇic didactic layer) rather than the five hallmark topics.

What is the symbolic significance?

Listing animals and staples together signals that ‘bhojya’ status is a dharmic classification; it also reflects an attempt to systematize everyday life (food) under sacred law.