Shloka 26

कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī

Devanagari script

क्षुतं कीटावपन्नं च यच्चोच्छिष्टाचितं भवेत्‌ । सकेशमवधूतं च रुदितोपहतं च यत्‌

Transliteration

kṣutaṃ kīṭāvapannaṃ ca yac cocchiṣṭācitaṃ bhavet | sakeśam avadhūtaṃ ca ruditopahataṃ ca yat |

Translation

อาหารที่ถูกละอองจามตกต้อง ที่มีแมลงไชเข้าไป ที่กองรวมจากเศษเหลือของผู้อื่น ที่ปะปนด้วยเส้นผม ที่ถูกเขย่าจนเปรอะเปื้อน และที่เสียเพราะน้ำตา—อาหารเช่นนั้นพึงนับว่าเป็นของเศร้าหมองมีมลทิน

Word by Word

क्षुतम्sneezed matter; sneeze (spittle)

कीट-अवपन्नम्fallen into/infested with insects

चand

यत्whatever (that which)

चand

उच्छिष्ट-अचितम्heaped/collected with leftovers (impure remnants)

भवेत्might be / would be

स-केशम्together with hair; hairy (with hair attached)

अवधूतम्shaken off; cast away; discarded

चand

रुदित-उपहतम्spoiled/affected by weeping (wet with tears)

चand

यत्whatever (that which)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse lists concrete signs of defilement in food—contamination by bodily emissions (sneeze, tears), insects, leftovers, hair, and rough handling—implying that ethical self-discipline includes attentiveness to purity and propriety in daily acts like eating.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing standards of acceptable versus unacceptable food, enumerating types of food considered polluted and therefore to be avoided, as part of a broader dharma-oriented instruction within the Shalya Parva context.