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Shloka 27

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

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचुः ब्राह्मणी ब्राह्मणस्यैव यावरोधत्वमागता तावुभौ सूतिकेत्युक्तौ तयोरन्नं विगर्हितम्

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ brāhmaṇī brāhmaṇasyaiva yāvarodhatvamāgatā tāvubhau sūtiketyuktau tayorannaṃ vigarhitam

Translation

Los sabios dijeron: «Una mujer brāhmaṇa, junto con un brāhmaṇa, al entrar en el estado de reclusión/impureza asociado al parto, ambos son llamados “sūtikā”; y su alimento es censurado, por lo que debe evitarse».

Word by Word
ऋषयःthe sages
ऋषयः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
ऊचुःsaid
ऊचुः:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन
ब्राह्मणीa Brahmin woman
ब्राह्मणी:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मणी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
ब्राह्मणस्यof a Brahmin man
ब्राह्मणस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
एवindeed/only
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
याwho
या:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक सर्वनाम
अवरोधत्वम्the state of being confined/secluded (as a kept woman)
अवरोधत्वम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअवरोधत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; भाववाचक (state/condition)
आगतāhaving come to / having entered
आगतā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + गम् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक कृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे "having come/entered"
तौthose two
तौ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; निर्देशक सर्वनाम
उभौboth
उभौ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootउभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; विशेषण ("both")
सूतिके(are called) the two sūtikās
सूतिके:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसूतिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; नामधेय-रूपे (as appellation)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/उद्धरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/इत्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)
उक्तौare called
उक्तौ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; कर्मणि/भावे "called/said"
तयोःof those two
तयोः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), द्विवचन
अन्नम्food
अन्नम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (वाक्य-कर्तृस्थाने)
विगर्हितम्censured/forbidden
विगर्हितम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि + गर्ह् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण
Speakers
Ṛṣis (sages) speaking (broader frame not provided in input; often within Purāṇic dialogue such as Pulastya–Nārada)
Key Themes
Ācāra (right conduct)Śauca/Aśauca (purity and impurity rules)Nitya-karma and eligibilitySmṛti-like ethical regulation
Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

The verse stresses that ritual eligibility depends on recognized purity-periods; during aśauca-like states, even ordinary acts (like accepting food) become ethically and ritually regulated, emphasizing discipline and social responsibility around liminal life-events.

This is not sarga/pratisarga/vamśa in content; it aligns best with ancillary Purāṇic material often grouped under ācāra/dharma instruction, sometimes occurring within vamśānucarita-era narratives as normative guidance.

Childbirth-related liminality is treated as a boundary-state requiring restraint; symbolically, it encodes the Purāṇic concern that sacred order (ṛta/dharma) is maintained by honoring transitions with prescribed disciplines.

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