Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 11

Rules of Food, Acceptance, and Purity for the Twice-Born

Dvija-Śauca and Anna-Doṣa

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मद्विषः पापरुचेः श्राद्धान्नं सूतकस्य च / वृथापाकस्य चैवान्नं शावान्नं श्वशुरस्य च

Transliteration

brahmadviṣaḥ pāparuceḥ śrāddhānnaṃ sūtakasya ca / vṛthāpākasya caivānnaṃ śāvānnaṃ śvaśurasya ca

Translation

ဗေဒကိုမုန်းသူ (ဗြာဟ္မဏ/ဗြဟ္မ) ၏ အစာ၊ အပြစ်ကိုနှစ်သက်သူ၏ အစာ၊ ရှရဒ္ဓပူဇာအတွက် ပြင်ဆင်ထားသော အစာ၊ မွေးဖွားအညစ်အကြေး (စူတက) ရှိသူ၏ အစာ၊ ရည်ရွယ်ချက်နှင့် ရိတုအကျင့်မပြည့်စုံဘဲ အလဟဿ ချက်သော အစာ၊ သေဆုံးအညစ်အကြေး (ရှာဝ) ရှိအိမ်မှ အစာ၊ ထို့ပြင် မိမိ၏ ယောက္ခမ၏ အစာတို့ကို ရှောင်ကြဉ်ရမည်။

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मद्विषः: of a hater of Brahmins/Brahman
• ब्रह्मद्विषः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + द्विष् (धातु) → ब्रह्मद्विष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः द्वेष्टा)

• पापरुचेः: of one who delights in sin
• पापरुचेः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + रुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापाय रुचिः यस्य)

• श्राद्धान्नम्: śrāddha-food (funeral offering food)
• श्राद्धान्नम्: कर्म (कर्मपद/thing to be eaten—implied)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (श्राद्धस्य अन्नम्)

• सूतकस्य: of one in impurity (birth/death pollution)
• सूतकस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वृथापाकस्य: of one who cooks in vain/without purpose
• वृथापाकस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृथा + पाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (वृथाः पाकः)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: अवधारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: कर्म (implied)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• शावान्नम्: food connected with a corpse/at a death-rite
• शावान्नम्: कर्म (implied)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाव + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शावस्य अन्नम्)

• श्वशुरस्य: of the father-in-law
• श्वशुरस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वशुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Traditional framing: instruction given in the Purāṇic narrative voice (sūta/ṛṣi tradition) as dharma-śāstric guidance within the Kurma Purana’s discourse

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Brahman (Brahma/Brāhmaṇa principle)
• Śrāddha
• Sūtaka
• Aśauca (impurity)

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

Indirectly: it stresses āhāra-śuddhi (purity of intake) as a support for sattva and mental clarity, which are prerequisites for steady contemplation of the Self taught elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No technique is described directly; the verse supplies the ethical-ritual foundation—purity disciplines around food and contact with aśauca—that traditionally support mantra-japa, dhyāna, and Pāśupata-style observances by stabilizing mind and conduct.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

It does not name Śiva or Viṣṇu explicitly; it reflects the shared dharma framework honored across Śaiva-Vaiṣṇava synthesis in the Kurma Purana, where purity, restraint, and right conduct are presented as universal supports for devotion and liberation.