Shloka 20

Rules of Edible and Inedible Foods

Devanagari script

पलांडुं लशुनं शुक्तं निर्य्यासं चैव वर्जयेत् । छत्राकं विड्वराहं च स्विन्नं पीयूषमेव च

Transliteration

palāṃḍuṃ laśunaṃ śuktaṃ niryyāsaṃ caiva varjayet | chatrākaṃ viḍvarāhaṃ ca svinnaṃ pīyūṣameva ca

Translation

ကြက်သွန်နီ (palāṇḍu)၊ ကြက်သွန်ဖြူ၊ ချဉ်/ဖာမင့်ထားသော အစားအစာ (śukta) နှင့် သစ်ရည်/ရက်ဇင် (niryāsa) ကို ရှောင်ကြဉ်ရမည်။ ထို့အတူ မှို (chatrāka)၊ မသန့်ရှင်းဟုယူဆသော ဝက်တော (viḍvarāha)၊ အငွေ့ဖြင့်ချက်ထားသော အစာ (svinna) နှင့် နို့ကပ်ကပ်ဖြစ်သော ပစ္စည်းများ (pīyūṣa) ကိုလည်း ရှောင်ရမည်။

Word by Word

• palāṃḍum: onion
• palāṃḍum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: palāṃḍu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• laśunam: garlic
• laśunam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laśuna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• śuktam: vinegar/sour fermented drink
• śuktam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• niryyāsam: resin/exudation
• niryyāsam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niryyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa-nipāta

• varjayet: should avoid
• varjayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛj (वृज्/वर्ज् धातु)
• Form: Loṭ/vidhi-lakāra (विधिलिङ्/आज्ञार्थ), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; ‘should avoid’

• chatrākam: mushroom
• chatrākam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: chatrāka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• viḍvarāham: hog/boar (lit. dung-boar)
• viḍvarāham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṭ + varāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: viḍ (excrement) + varāha (boar) → ‘dung-eating boar’/‘hog’; Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta

• svinnam: boiled/steamed (food)
• svinnam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √svid (स्विद् धातु) → svinna (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Kta (क्त) past passive participle; Napumsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; ‘boiled/steamed’ (as food)

• pīyūṣam: colostrum/milk-essence
• pīyūṣam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīyūṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa-nipāta

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta

Speaker

Not specified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: चैव = च + एव; पीयूषमेव = पीयूषम् + एव (m + e → me). Objects in accusative governed by वर्जयेत्.

FAQs

What is the main instruction of this verse?

It lists foods considered unsuitable (to be avoided), emphasizing dietary restraint and purity-based discipline.

Why are onions and garlic mentioned as items to avoid?

In many dharma and purity frameworks, they are treated as foods that can disturb ritual or sāttvic discipline; this verse places them among avoidable items.

What ethical lesson does this verse convey?

Self-control in daily habits—especially food choices—is presented as part of living a disciplined, purity-oriented religious life.