Shloka 44
Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
वृथास्फोटाश्च ते वस्त्रमाहारञ्च ददामि ते ।
क्षतं कीटावपन्नञ्च तथा श्वबिरवेक्षितम् ॥
vṛthāsphoṭāśca te vastram āhārañca dadāmi te | kṣataṃ kīṭāvapannañca tathā śvabiravekṣitam ||
「我は汝に衣としてただのぼろ布を与え、食としては、損なわれ虫に侵されたもの、また犬や烏に見られたものを与える。」
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FAQs
The ‘diet’ of tamas is neglect and contamination. The verse reinforces classical purity-ethics: when one becomes careless about food and cleanliness, one metaphorically feeds Duḥsaha—privation, illness, and moral dullness.
Ācāra-dharma material; not a pancalakṣaṇa core topic, but a practical extension of dharma teaching.
Dogs/crows often mark what is cast off; symbolically, when one consumes ‘cast-off’ impressions (low, chaotic inputs), the mind becomes ragged like the clothing described.