Shloka 17
धर्मनिन्दा–धर्मोपासनाफलम् तथा साध्वाचारलक्षणम्
Fruits of Disparaging vs. Observing Dharma; Marks of Good Conduct
उग्रान्नं गर्हितं देवि गणान्न॑ श्राद्धसूतकम् । दुष्टान्न नैव भोक्तव्यं शूद्रान्नं नैव कर्हिचित्
ugrānnaṁ garhitaṁ devi gaṇānnaṁ śrāddha-sūtakam | duṣṭānnaṁ naiva bhoktavyaṁ śūdrānnaṁ naiva karhicit ||
大自在天说：“女神啊，从性情凶暴、为害之人处得来的食物，乃为可憎而当受谴责。又不可食与某一群体之不净相连之食，不可食施于祭祖仪礼（śrāddha）之食，不可食与产秽相涉之食，不可食恶人之食；并且在任何时候，都不可食受自首陀罗（Śūdra）之食。”此诫被立为清净之律与伦理之谨慎：所食之物被视为在道德与仪轨上皆有后果，故当只从经文之达摩法度所认定为清净、可信之源受取。
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that eating is a dharmic act with ritual and moral consequences; therefore one should avoid food linked to censured sources—cruel or wicked persons and contexts marked by impurity (such as birth-impurity) or certain rites (śrāddha)—as framed by the text’s purity-based code of conduct.
Śrī Mahēśvara addresses Devī and lays down prescriptive rules about what kinds of food should not be accepted or eaten, presenting them as part of a broader instruction on proper conduct (ācāra) and purity within the Anuśāsana Parva’s dharma-discourse.