Shloka 17
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
शृतं द्रोणाढकस्यान्नममेध्याभिप्लुतं भवेत् अग्रमुद्धृत्य संत्याज्यं शेषस्य प्रोक्षणं स्मृतम्
śṛtaṃ droṇāḍhakasyānnamamedhyābhiplutaṃ bhavet agramuddhṛtya saṃtyājyaṃ śeṣasya prokṣaṇaṃ smṛtam
சமைத்த அன்னம் (த்ரோண அல்லது ஆடக அளவாக இருந்தாலும்) அசுத்தப் பொருளால் தீண்டப்பட்டு மாசடைந்தால், மேல்பகுதியை எடுத்துத் தள்ள வேண்டும்; மீதமுள்ளதற்கு நீர் தெளித்தல் (ப்ரோக்ஷணம்) விதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
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FAQs
The rule balances hygiene/ritual concern with non-waste: remove what is directly affected (the top layer) and restore usability of the remainder via a minimal purificatory act. It encodes a graded response to impurity.
This is śauca/ācāra guidance (dharma instruction) and not a direct instance of Sarga, Pratisarga, Vaṃśa, Manvantara, or Vaṃśānucarita.
The ‘upper portion’ represents the most exposed/impacted layer of experience; discarding it while purifying what remains suggests discernment—rejecting what is truly tainted while rehabilitating what is salvageable through right procedure.