Shloka 17

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

Devanagari script

शृतं द्रोणाढकस्यान्नममेध्याभिप्लुतं भवेत् अग्रमुद्धृत्य संत्याज्यं शेषस्य प्रोक्षणं स्मृतम्

Transliteration

śṛtaṃ droṇāḍhakasyānnamamedhyābhiplutaṃ bhavet agramuddhṛtya saṃtyājyaṃ śeṣasya prokṣaṇaṃ smṛtam

Translation

Si une nourriture cuite (fût-elle de la mesure d’un droṇa ou d’un āḍhaka) est souillée par contact avec une impureté, la partie supérieure doit être retirée et jetée; pour le reste, la tradition prescrit l’aspersion d’eau.

Word by Word

• śṛtam: cooked/boiled
• śṛtam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √śru/√śṛ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• droṇa-āḍhakasya: of (the measure) droṇa and āḍhaka
• droṇa-āḍhakasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: droṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + āḍhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine/measure-term); द्वन्द्वसमासः (measure-units)

• annam: food
• annam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• amedhya-abhiplutam: fouled/overflowed with impurity
• amedhya-abhiplutam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amedhya (प्रातिपदिक) + abhi-pluta (कृदन्त, √plu ‘to float/be flooded’, क्त)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); तत्पुरुषः (amedhyena abhiplutam)

• bhavet: would be/should be
• bhavet: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• agram: the top/upper portion
• agram: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• uddhṛtya: having removed/taken out
• uddhṛtya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ud-√hṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• saṃtyājyam: should be discarded
• saṃtyājyam: Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (विधेय-विशेषण/Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-√tyaj (धातु) + यत् (कृत्य)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive) = ‘to be abandoned’

• śeṣasya: of the remainder
• śeṣasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• prokṣaṇam: sprinkling (ritual sprinkling)
• prokṣaṇam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prokṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• smṛtam: is prescribed/said
• smṛtam: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √smṛ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) used predicatively ‘is said/remembered’

Speakers

• Likely Pulastya → Nārada (typical Vāmana Purāṇa dialogue frame; not explicit in given verses)

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Food purity
• Ritual remediation
• Prāyaścitta-style procedure

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

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.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is śauca/ācāra guidance (dharma instruction) and not a direct instance of Sarga, Pratisarga, Vaṃśa, Manvantara, or Vaṃśānucarita.

What is the symbolic significance?

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.