Shloka 46
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
ब्रह्मणानामहोरात्रं क्षत्रियाणां दिनत्रयम षड्रात्रं चैव वैश्यानां शूद्राणां द्वादशाह्निकम्
brahmaṇānāmahorātraṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ dinatrayama ṣaḍrātraṃ caiva vaiśyānāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ dvādaśāhnikam
ബ്രാഹ്മണർക്കു ഒരു അഹോരാത്രം; ക്ഷത്രിയർക്കു മൂന്ന് ദിവസം; വൈശ്യർക്കു ആറു രാത്രികൾ; ശൂദ്രർക്കു പന്ത്രണ്ട് ദിവസത്തെ കാലം (നിർദ്ദിഷ്ടം) ആകുന്നു।
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FAQs
The verse presents a graded ritual timetable intended to standardize social practice; it reflects a classical dharma framework where duties and observances are differentiated by social role.
It is not a pañcalakṣaṇa unit; it is prescriptive dharma material (ācāra), embedded within Purāṇic teaching sections.
The increasing durations function as a symbolic scale of restraint and reintegration into ritual life, expressing the Purāṇic concern for maintaining communal order through shared observances.