Shloka 1
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
इति श्रीवामनपुराणे चतुर्दशो ऽध्यायः ऋषय ऊचुः यच्च जर्ज्यं महाबाहो सदाधर्मस्थितैर्नरैः यद्भोज्यं च समुद्दिष्टं कथयिष्यामहे वयम्
iti śrīvāmanapurāṇe caturdaśo 'dhyāyaḥ ṛṣaya ūcuḥ yacca jarjyaṃ mahābāho sadādharmasthitairnaraiḥ yadbhojyaṃ ca samuddiṣṭaṃ kathayiṣyāmahe vayam
ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീ വാമനപുരാണത്തിലെ പതിനാലാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി. ഋഷികൾ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ മഹാബാഹോ! സദാ ധർമ്മത്തിൽ നിലകൊള്ളുന്ന മനുഷ്യർക്ക് ഏത് വർജ്യമാണെന്നും ഏത് ഭോജ്യമെന്നു നിർദ്ദേശിക്കപ്പെട്ടിട്ടുണ്ടെന്നും ഞങ്ങൾ വിശദീകരിക്കും।
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FAQs
Dharma is sustained not only by grand vows but also by daily disciplines. The sages frame diet as an ethical practice: choosing what to avoid and what to accept trains discernment (viveka) and supports purity (śauca) and steadiness in dharma.
As a chapter transition and didactic setup, it is outside the strict pancalakṣaṇa core; it functions as ‘ācāra/dharma’ instruction embedded in the Purāṇic narrative framework.
The colophon-to-instruction shift symbolizes continuity: Purāṇas integrate narrative and normativity. Food becomes a symbol of what the mind ‘ingests’—disciplined intake mirrors disciplined thought and conduct.