Shloka 3

Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller

Devanagari script

शशकः शल्यको गोधा श्वाविधो मत्स्यकच्छपौ तद्वद् द्विदलकादीनि भोज्यानि मनुरब्रवीत्

Transliteration

śaśakaḥ śalyako godhā śvāvidho matsyakacchapau tadvad dvidalakādīni bhojyāni manurabravīt

Translation

शशकः शल्यकः गोधा श्वाविधः मत्स्यकच्छपौ; तथा द्विदलकादीनि—एतानि भोज्यानि इति मनुः अब्रवीत्।

Word by Word

• शशकः: hare/rabbit
• शशकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शल्यकः: porcupine/hedgehog (śalyaka)
• शल्यकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गोधा: iguana / monitor lizard
• गोधा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• श्वाविधः: porcupine (śvāvidha)
• श्वाविधः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वाविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मत्स्यकच्छपौ: fish and tortoise
• मत्स्यकच्छपौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य-कच्छप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (fish and tortoise)

• तद्वत्: likewise
• तद्वत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्वत् (अव्यय)
• Form: तुल्यतावाचक-अव्यय (likewise)

• द्विदलकादीनि: lentils etc. (split pulses and the like)
• द्विदलकादीनि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि-दलक-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; आदि-समास (and the like)

• भोज्यानि: edible / fit to be eaten
• भोज्यानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भोज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (edible items)

• मनुः: Manu
• मनुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said / declared
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

Speakers

• Not specified in input (likely within the Purāṇic dialogue frame
• often Pulastya → Nārada)

Key Themes

• Dharma/Ācāra
• Vrata/Ritual Purity
• Smṛti authority (Manu)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "bibhatsa", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse grounds dietary conduct in dharma by appealing to Manu as normative authority, implying that personal preference is secondary to scriptural/social regulation aimed at purity and order.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is not sarga/pratisarga/vamśa material; it aligns with ācāra-dharma instruction (a common Purāṇic didactic layer) rather than the five hallmark topics.

What is the symbolic significance?

Listing animals and staples together signals that ‘bhojya’ status is a dharmic classification; it also reflects an attempt to systematize everyday life (food) under sacred law.