Shloka 27
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
ऋषय ऊचुः ब्राह्मणी ब्राह्मणस्यैव यावरोधत्वमागता तावुभौ सूतिकेत्युक्तौ तयोरन्नं विगर्हितम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ brāhmaṇī brāhmaṇasyaiva yāvarodhatvamāgatā tāvubhau sūtiketyuktau tayorannaṃ vigarhitam
ऋषियों ने कहा—ब्राह्मण की ब्राह्मणी जब (प्रसवजन्य) अवरोध/अशौच की अवस्था में आती है, तब वे दोनों ‘सूतिका’ कहे जाते हैं; और उनका अन्न निन्दित (त्याज्य) है।
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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.