Shloka 303
Prāyaścitta-vidhāna: Tapas, Dāna, Vrata, and Proportional Expiation (प्रायश्चित्तविधानम्)
परिवित्तीनां पुंसां च बन्दिद्यूतविदां तथा | “जिन्हें किसी समाज या गाँवने दोषी ठहराया हो
parivittīnām puṁsāṁ ca bandidyūtavidāṁ tathā |
ಪರಿವಿತ್ತರು (ಕಿರಿಯ ಸಹೋದರನ ವಿವಾಹವಾದರೂ ಅವಿವಾಹಿತರಾಗಿ ಉಳಿದವರು) ಆದ ಪುರುಷರದು, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಬಂದಿಗಳು (ಭಟ್ಟ/ಚಾರಣ) ಮತ್ತು ಜೂಜುಗಾರರದು ಅನ್ನವೂ ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಬಾರದು।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should be discerning about whose food or gifts one accepts, because acceptance implies moral association; food from persons seen as socially/ethically blameworthy is treated as unfit for a dharma-minded recipient.
In Śānti Parva’s dharma instruction, Vyāsa lists categories of people whose food should not be accepted, emphasizing norms of social purity and ethical livelihood as part of righteous conduct.