Shloka 27
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
ऋषय ऊचुः ब्राह्मणी ब्राह्मणस्यैव यावरोधत्वमागता तावुभौ सूतिकेत्युक्तौ तयोरन्नं विगर्हितम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ brāhmaṇī brāhmaṇasyaiva yāvarodhatvamāgatā tāvubhau sūtiketyuktau tayorannaṃ vigarhitam
ऋषी म्हणाले—ब्राह्मणाची ब्राह्मणी जेव्हा प्रसवजन्य अवरोध/अशौच अवस्थेत येते, तेव्हा ते दोघेही ‘सूतिका’ म्हणवतात; आणि त्यांचे अन्न निंद्य (त्याज्य) आहे।
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FAQs
The verse stresses that ritual eligibility depends on recognized purity-periods; during aśauca-like states, even ordinary acts (like accepting food) become ethically and ritually regulated, emphasizing discipline and social responsibility around liminal life-events.
This is not sarga/pratisarga/vamśa in content; it aligns best with ancillary Purāṇic material often grouped under ācāra/dharma instruction, sometimes occurring within vamśānucarita-era narratives as normative guidance.
Childbirth-related liminality is treated as a boundary-state requiring restraint; symbolically, it encodes the Purāṇic concern that sacred order (ṛta/dharma) is maintained by honoring transitions with prescribed disciplines.