Expiatory Rites for Contact with a Corpse and with a Menstruating Woman
गृहस्थाः पुरुषा भद्रे मम कर्मपरायणाः ॥ यावकेन त्रयं क्षिप्त्वा पिण्याकेन दिनत्रयम् ॥
gṛhasthāḥ puruṣā bhadre mama karma-parāyaṇāḥ | yāvakena trayaṃ kṣiptvā piṇyākena dina-trayam ||
जो लोग घर बसा के रहते हैं और मेरे बताए हुए काम फ़ॉलो करते हैं, उन्हें तीन दिन तक एक खास दाल खानी चाहिए। उसके बाद तीन दिन और, तेल निकालने के बाद जो बची हुई चीज़ होती है वो खानी चाहिए।
Varāha
It documents a graded dietary regimen used as expiation, reflecting how food discipline served as a practical tool of moral repair in premodern South Asian texts.
No location is mentioned; the verse is procedural.
Ethical restoration is linked to disciplined restraint, here expressed through regulated diet over specified durations.
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