Shloka 27
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
प्राङ्मुखोदङ्मुखो वापि स्वाचान्तो वाग्यतः शुचिः ।
भुञ्जीतान्नञ्च तच्चित्तो ह्यन्तर्जानुः सदा नरः ॥
prāṅmukhodaṅmukho vāpi svācānto vāgyataḥ śuciḥ |
bhuñjītānnañca taccitto hyantarjānuḥ sadā naraḥ ||
पूर्व या उत्तर की ओर मुख करके, आचमन कर, वाणी को संयमित रखकर और शुद्ध होकर, सम्यक् आसन में (घुटनों को समेटकर) बैठा हुआ, मन को भोजन में लगाकर भोजन करे।
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FAQs
Even eating is a regulated act: purity, silence/restraint, auspicious orientation, and mindfulness prevent food from becoming mere indulgence.
Ācāra-dharma; not pancalakṣaṇa.
Orientation (east/north) and ācāmana ritualize intake; ‘taccitta’ points to meditative consumption—food as a sacrament sustaining dharma.