Shloka 43

Rules of Food, Acceptance, and Purity for the Twice-Born

Dvija-Śauca and Anna-Doṣa

Devanagari script

तस्मात् सर्वप्रकारेण मद्यं नित्यं विवर्जयेत् / पीत्वा पतति कर्मभ्यस्त्वसंभाष्यो भवेद् द्विजः

Transliteration

tasmāt sarvaprakāreṇa madyaṃ nityaṃ vivarjayet / pītvā patati karmabhyastvasaṃbhāṣyo bhaved dvijaḥ

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് എല്ലാ വിധത്തിലും മദ്യം നിത്യം വർജിക്കണം. അത് കുടിച്ചാൽ ദ്വിജൻ നിശ്ചിതകർമ്മങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് പതിതനായി, സംസാരിക്കരുതാത്തവനായി (ബഹിഷ്കൃതനായി) മാറുന്നു.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इत्यव्ययीभावप्राय प्रयोग; अपादानार्थे (ablatival adverb) — ‘therefore/from that reason’

• सर्व-प्रकारेण: by every means/in every way
• सर्व-प्रकारेण: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental) एकवचन-रूपेण क्रियाविशेषण — ‘in every way’

• मद्यम्: liquor
• मद्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kala-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative) — ‘always’

• विवर्जयेत्: should avoid
• विवर्जयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृज्/√वर्ज् (धातु) + वि- उपसर्ग
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• पीत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) — ‘having drunk’

• पतति: falls (from status)
• पतति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• कर्मभ्यः: from (religious) rites/duties
• कर्मभ्यः: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन

• तु: and/but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• असंभाष्यः: not fit to be spoken to
• असंभाष्यः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असंभाष्य (कृदन्त; √भाष् + सम्- उपसर्ग + अन्- नकार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘not to be spoken to’ (gerundive sense)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• द्विजः: a twice-born man
• द्विजः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Sage (narratorial dharma-instruction within the Kurma Purana discourse)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Characters & Entities

• Dwijas (twice-born)
• Varnashrama Dharma

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

Indirectly: by insisting on purity and self-control, it supports the yogic premise that clarity of mind and sattva are prerequisites for steady knowledge of the Self; intoxication causes a fall from dharma that obstructs inner realization.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

This verse emphasizes yama/niyama-style discipline—especially abstinence (vairāgya) and purity (śauca). In the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis, such restraint is treated as a foundation for higher practice (dhyāna, japa, and devotion) associated with Pāśupata-oriented conduct.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

It does not name Shiva or Vishnu explicitly; its dharma rule functions as a shared ethical ground across Shaiva and Vaishnava paths in the Kurma Purana, where disciplined conduct is presented as universally necessary for worship and yoga.