Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 120
Pāpa-bheda, Naraka-yātanā, Mahāpātaka-vicāra, Atonement Limits, Daśa-vidhā Bhakti, and Gaṅgā as Final Remedy
अभोज्यभोजी संप्राप्यं विङ्भोज्यं तु समायुतम् । ततश्चण्डालयोनौ तु गोमांसाशी सदा भवेत् ॥ १२० ॥
abhojyabhojī saṃprāpyaṃ viṅbhojyaṃ tu samāyutam | tataścaṇḍālayonau tu gomāṃsāśī sadā bhavet || 120 ||
Orang yang memakan apa yang dilarang dimakan akan jatuh ke keadaan memakan najis. Sesudah itu, dia lahir dari rahim caṇḍāla dan menjadi orang yang sentiasa memakan daging lembu.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
It frames diet (āhāra) as a dharmic discipline: consuming prohibited food is treated as a serious pāpa that degrades one’s purity and leads to painful karmic results, including degraded births.
Though not directly teaching bhakti, it supports bhakti’s foundation—inner and outer purity. Restraint in food is presented as necessary conduct for a sādhaka whose life is oriented toward dharma and spiritual uplift.
It reflects practical dharma-śāstric application (linked with Kalpa—ritual and conduct): rules of permissible/impermissible food and the karmic logic behind maintaining śauca (purity).