Shloka 2
Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)
अस्नेहाश्चापि गोधूमयवगोरसविक्रियाः । शशकः कच्छपो गोधा श्वावित् खड्गोऽथ पुत्रक ॥
asnehāścāpi godhūmayavagorasavikriyāḥ | śaśakaḥ kacchapo godhā śvāvit khaḍgo 'tha putraka ||
Também devem ser evitadas as preparações de trigo e de cevada, bem como os produtos do leite de vaca quando estiverem sem gordura (isto é, sem enriquecimento de ghee/óleo). E evita ainda a lebre, a tartaruga, a iguana, o porco-espinho e o rinoceronte, ó filho.
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FAQs
The passage reflects a normative purity/discipline code: certain animals and certain kinds of preparations are marked as unsuitable, emphasizing restraint and conformity to prescribed conduct.
Not pañcalakṣaṇa proper; it is dharma-śāstra-like guidance incorporated into purāṇic instruction.
Symbolically, abstentions can be read as training the will (icchā-śakti) to not follow impulse, aligning the embodied life with a chosen dharmic order.