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
ब्राह्मणांसाठी एक अहोरात्र; क्षत्रियांकरिता तीन दिवस; वैश्यांसाठी सहा रात्रि; आणि शूद्रांसाठी बारा दिवसांचा काल निश्चित आहे।
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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.