Shloka 30
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
विभवे सति नैवात्ति न ददाति जुहोति च तमाहुराखुं तस्यान्नं भुक्त्वा कृच्छ्रेण सुद्ध्यति
vibhave sati naivātti na dadāti juhoti ca tamāhurākhuṃ tasyānnaṃ bhuktvā kṛcchreṇa suddhyati
Kahit may kakayahan, hindi siya kumakain ayon sa dharma, hindi nagbibigay ng dāna, at hindi naghahandog ng oblation (homa) sa yajña. Tinatawag ng mga pantas ang gayong tao na “daga”; ang kumain ng kanyang pagkain ay nalilinis lamang nang may matinding hirap (sa pamamagitan ng mabigat na pagsisisi).
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FAQs
Wealth is ethically meaningful only when circulated through the three dharmic channels—rightful use (bhoga within dharma), giving (dāna), and offering (yajña). Hoarding without these duties degrades the person and renders their food socially/ritually suspect.
This is ancillary dharma-nīti material rather than one of the five core marks (sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita). It functions as instructive conduct literature embedded in the Purāṇic narrative frame.
The “rat” symbolizes secretive accumulation and impurity—living off stores without sacrificial reciprocity. Food becomes a marker of moral economy: what is not shared/offered is portrayed as difficult to purify.