Shloka 20
Rules of Edible and Inedible Foods
पलांडुं लशुनं शुक्तं निर्य्यासं चैव वर्जयेत् । छत्राकं विड्वराहं च स्विन्नं पीयूषमेव च
palāṃḍuṃ laśunaṃ śuktaṃ niryyāsaṃ caiva varjayet | chatrākaṃ viḍvarāhaṃ ca svinnaṃ pīyūṣameva ca
پیاز (پلاندو)، لہسن، کھٹے/خمیر شدہ کھانے (شُکت) اور رال/گوند (نِریاس) سے پرہیز کرے؛ اسی طرح کھمبیاں (چھتراک)، ناپاک سور (وِڈوراہ)، بھاپ میں پکا ہوا کھانا (سوِنّ) اور دودھ کے جمنے سے بنی چیزیں (پیوش) بھی۔
Not specified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses).
Concept: Certain foods are avoided to preserve sāttvika clarity and ritual fitness; restraint is itself an offering.
Application: During Ekādaśī/Kārtika or personal sādhana periods, avoid foods that stimulate heaviness or agitation; keep meals simple and freshly prepared.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A vrata-observer sits before a simple leaf-plate meal, pushing away bowls labeled onion, garlic, fermented pickles, and resinous condiments. Behind, a small Viṣṇu lamp flickers as the practitioner chooses plain, fresh offerings instead.","primary_figures":["vrata-upavāsī devotee","temple attendant (optional)"],"setting":"courtyard near a small shrine with tulasi planter (not central), earthenware bowls, and a clean water pot","lighting_mood":"golden dawn","color_palette":["warm gold","clean white","terracotta","sage green","midnight blue"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: a devotee in crisp white dhoti seated before a Viṣṇu shrine, rejecting bowls of onion/garlic/fermented foods, gold leaf radiance around the deity lamp, rich red-green textiles, ornate brass vessels, symmetrical composition with decorative borders.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: delicate domestic shrine scene at dawn, soft pastel sky, devotee’s gentle gesture of refusal, small bowls painted with fine detail, cool greens and blues, lyrical quietness and refined facial expressions.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: stylized devotee and shrine with bold outlines, flat pigments, prominent lamp flame, simplified food bowls marked as forbidden, strong red-yellow-green contrasts and temple-wall aesthetic.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: devotional courtyard framed by floral borders, central lamp before Viṣṇu/Śālagrāma, forbidden foods depicted at the margins as being set aside, deep blue ground with gold highlights, peacocks and lotus motifs emphasizing purity."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"meditative","suggested_raga":"Durga","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"reverent-soft","sound_elements":["conch shell (distant)","morning birds","soft bell chime","silence between lines"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: चैव = च + एव; पीयूषमेव = पीयूषम् + एव (m + e → me). Objects in accusative governed by वर्जयेत्.
FAQs
It lists foods considered unsuitable (to be avoided), emphasizing dietary restraint and purity-based discipline.
In many dharma and purity frameworks, they are treated as foods that can disturb ritual or sāttvic discipline; this verse places them among avoidable items.
Self-control in daily habits—especially food choices—is presented as part of living a disciplined, purity-oriented religious life.