Shloka 10
Prohibitions and Rules of Right Conduct (Ācāra): Theft, Speech, Purity, Residence, and Social Boundaries
तिलमुद्गयवादीनां मुष्टिर्ग्राह्या पथिस्थितैः । क्षुधितैर्नान्यथा विप्रा धर्मादिभिरिति स्थितिः
tilamudgayavādīnāṃ muṣṭirgrāhyā pathisthitaiḥ | kṣudhitairnānyathā viprā dharmādibhiriti sthitiḥ
噢，婆罗门们：饥饿的行路之人，在道途中可取一把芝麻、绿豆、大麦等物；除此之外不可取——此乃依正法及诸权威所立之定则。
Unspecified (narratorial/śāstric injunction within Svarga-khaṇḍa)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Type: city
Sandhi Resolution Notes: मुष्टिर्ग्राह्या = मुष्टिः ग्राह्या; क्षुधितैर्नान्यथा = क्षुधितैः न अन्यथा; धर्मादिभिरिति = धर्मादिभिः इति; पथिस्थितैः treated as पथि-स्थितैः (tatpuruṣa).
FAQs
It teaches necessity-based restraint: only a minimal amount (a handful) may be taken, and only by a genuinely hungry traveler—otherwise it is not permitted.
A handful sets a strict limit, ensuring the act remains survival-oriented and does not become theft, hoarding, or indulgence.
Only those who are both traveling on the road (pathistha) and hungry (kṣudhita) are allowed; the permission does not extend beyond that condition.