Shloka 18
Kārttika-vrata Discipline: Purity Rules, Morning Bath Saṅkalpa, Tilaka Injunctions, and Food Prohibitions
राजमाषादिकं नित्यं वर्जयेत्कार्तिके व्रती । जंबीरमामिषं चूर्णमन्नं पर्य्युषितं द्विज
rājamāṣādikaṃ nityaṃ varjayetkārtike vratī | jaṃbīramāmiṣaṃ cūrṇamannaṃ paryyuṣitaṃ dvija
राजमाषादिकं नित्यं वर्जयेत् कार्त्तिके व्रती। जम्बीरम् आमिषं चूर्णम् अन्नं पर्युषितं द्विज॥
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Primary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: वर्जयेत्कार्तिके → वर्जयेत् कार्तिके; जंबीरमामिषं → जंबीरम् आमिषम् (म् + आ → मा संधि); चूर्णमन्नं → चूर्णम् अन्नम् (म् + अ → म्-अनुस्वार/संधि-लेखन)।
FAQs
It instructs a Kārtika-vrata observer to avoid certain foods—rājamāṣa-type legumes, lemon/citron, meat, flour-based items, and stale/overnight food—as part of vow-based purity and restraint.
It refers to food kept overnight or otherwise stale; the verse advises avoiding such food during the observance to maintain ritual and bodily purity.
The underlying lesson is self-control (saṃyama) and mindful consumption: regulating diet supports steadiness in worship and the sanctity of the vow during the holy month of Kārtika.