Shloka 21
अत्रेः तपोबलप्रकाशः तथा च्यवनस्य सोमाधिकारः
Atri’s Illumination by Tapas; Cyavana and Soma-Entitlement
जो ब्राह्मण शूद्रोंके साथ एक पंक्तिमें भोजन कर लेता है, वह अशुद्ध हो जाता है। अतः उनकी शुद्धिके लिये शास्त्रीय विधिके अनुसार यहाँ शौचका विधान है ।।
yastu vaiśyaiḥ sahāśrīyād brāhmaṇo ’py ekabhojane | sa vai trirātraṃ dīkṣitvā mucyate tena karmaṇā ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ຖ້າແມ່ນພຣາຫມັນກໍຕາມ ກິນອາຫານຮ່ວມແຖວດຽວກັນກັບໄວຊະຍະ (vaiśya), ຍ່ອມເກີດມົນທິນທາງພິທີກຳ. ໂດຍຮັບວິນັຍດິກຊາ (ພິທີຖືວັດ) ສາມຄືນ, ຜູ້ນັ້ນຈະພົ້ນຈາກຄວາມຜິດທີ່ເກີດຈາກການກະທຳນັ້ນ. ຄຳສອນນີ້ຍ້ຳເນັ້ນຄວາມຫ່ວງໃຍຂອງສາດສະຕຣາ (śāstra) ຕໍ່ຂອບເຂດການປະພຶດ ແລະວິໄນແກ້ໄຂເພື່ອຟື້ນຟູຄວາມບໍລິສຸດ ແລະລະບຽບສັງຄົມ-ສາສະໜາ.
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that certain forms of commensality are treated as a breach of prescribed ritual-social boundaries, but the tradition also provides a defined expiation: a three-night consecrated observance (trirātra-dīkṣā) to remove the fault and restore purity.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma lays down a specific rule about eating together (ekabhojana) and states the corresponding prāyaścitta: a brāhmaṇa who has eaten in the same line with vaiśyas should observe a three-night vow to be freed from the resulting impurity.