Shloka 28
Kārttika-vrata Discipline: Purity Rules, Morning Bath Saṅkalpa, Tilaka Injunctions, and Food Prohibitions
मांसे च बहुपापं स्याद्वर्जयेत्प्रतिपदादिषु । यत्किंचिद्वर्जयेद्योऽन्नं श्रीहरे प्रीतये द्विज
māṃse ca bahupāpaṃ syādvarjayetpratipadādiṣu | yatkiṃcidvarjayedyo'nnaṃ śrīhare prītaye dvija
Pada memakan daging terdapat dosa besar; maka hendaklah ia dijauhi pada hari seperti Pratipadā dan tithi yang seumpamanya. Wahai dvija, sesiapa yang menahan diri daripada apa jua makanan demi keredaan Śrī Hari (Viṣṇu), dia menjadi orang yang diperkenan-Nya.
Unspecified (narratorial instruction within Padma Purāṇa Brahma-khaṇḍa context)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Sandhi Resolution Notes: स्याद्वर्जयेत् = स्यात् + वर्जयेत्; वर्जयेत्प्रतिपदादिषु = वर्जयेत् + प्रतिपदादिषु; यत्किंचित् = यत् + किंचित्; योऽन्नम् = यः + अन्नम्.
FAQs
It advises avoiding meat, especially on observance days such as Pratipadā and similar tithi-based sacred days, as part of religious discipline.
It presents abstaining from some (or any) food as an offering of restraint done for Śrī Hari’s pleasure—an act of bhakti expressed through vrata.
It links dietary restraint—particularly abstaining from meat—with reducing sin and cultivating purity, directing personal discipline toward devotion and moral conduct.