Shloka 37
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
यो बान्धवैः परित्यक्तः साधुभिर्ब्राह्मणैरपि कुण्डाशी यश्च तस्यान्नं भुक्त्वा चान्द्रायणं चरेत्
yo bāndhavaiḥ parityaktaḥ sādhubhirbrāhmaṇairapi kuṇḍāśī yaśca tasyānnaṃ bhuktvā cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret
Seseorang yang ditinggalkan oleh kaum kerabatnya, bahkan ditinggalkan oleh para sādhus dan brāhmaṇa, serta yang disebut “kuṇḍāśī”; setelah memakan makanan orang itu, hendaklah menjalankan Cāndrāyaṇa sebagai amalan penebusan.
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FAQs
Food is treated as a carrier of saṃskāra (moral/ritual imprint). Accepting food from a person marked as socially and religiously rejected is framed as a contaminating act requiring deliberate purification. The broader ethic is careful discernment in dependency (anna) and association (saṅga).
This is ācāra/prāyaścitta instruction rather than a pancalakṣaṇa core (creation, etc.). Purāṇas often embed such dharma material within broader narrative; it does not directly correspond to sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vamśa/vamśānucarita.
Cāndrāyaṇa, governed by waxing/waning of the moon, symbolizes restoring inner order through measured restraint. The ‘impure food’ motif encodes the idea that what one consumes—physically and socially—shapes consciousness and merit.