Brahmavaivarta Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 27
BvP 1 27.1
नारद उवाच ।। भक्ष्यं किं वाऽप्यभक्ष्यं च द्विजानां गृहिणां प्रभो ।। यतीनां वैष्णवानां च विधवाब्रह्मचारिणाम् कृमिभिः शालिमानैश्च भक्षितस्तत्र तिष्ठति ।। विण्मूत्रभोजनं कृत्वा यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश ताम्बूलं विधवास्त्रीणां यतीनां ब्रह्मचारिणाम् ।। तपस्विनां च विप्रेन्द्र गोमांससदृशं ध्रुवम् अभक्ष्यं च पटोलं च शत्रुवृद्धिकरं परम् ।। तृतीयायां चतुर्थ्यां च मूलकं धननाशनम् रात्रौ च दधि भक्ष्यं च शयनं सन्ध्ययोर्दिने ।। रजस्वलास्त्रीगमनमेतन्नरककारणम्
nārada uvāca || bhakṣyaṃ kiṃ vā'pyabhakṣyaṃ ca dvijānāṃ gṛhiṇāṃ prabho || yatīnāṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca vidhavābrahmacāriṇām kṛmibhiḥ śālimānaiśca bhakṣitastatra tiṣṭhati || viṇmūtrabhojanaṃ kṛtvā yāvadindrāścaturdaśa tāmbūlaṃ vidhavāstrīṇāṃ yatīnāṃ brahmacāriṇām || tapasvināṃ ca viprendra gomāṃsasadṛśaṃ dhruvam abhakṣyaṃ ca paṭolaṃ ca śatruvṛddhikaraṃ param || tṛtīyāyāṃ caturthyāṃ ca mūlakaṃ dhananāśanam rātrau ca dadhi bhakṣyaṃ ca śayanaṃ sandhyayordine || rajasvalāstrīgamanametannarakakāraṇam
Nārada said: What is edible and what is inedible, O Lord, for twice-born householders, for ascetics, for Vaiṣṇavas, for widows and for celibate students? … eaten by worms and by rice-measures, it remains there; having eaten dung and urine (he stays) for as long as fourteen Indras (endure). Betel for widowed women, for ascetics, for celibate students, and for those practising austerity, O best of brahmins, is surely like the flesh of a cow. The paṭola too is inedible, and greatly increases enemies; and radish on the third and fourth (lunar days) destroys wealth. Curds at night as food, and sleeping by day at the two twilights, and going to a menstruating woman—this is a cause of hell.
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BvP 1 27.2
किं कर्त्तव्यमकर्त्तव्यमभोग्यं भोग्यमेव वा ।। सर्वं कथय सर्वज्ञ सर्वेशः सर्वकारणम्
kiṃ karttavyamakarttavyamabhogyaṃ bhogyameva vā || sarvaṃ kathaya sarvajña sarveśaḥ sarvakāraṇam
What is to be done and what not to be done, what is not to be enjoyed or is to be enjoyed—tell it all, O all-knowing one, lord of all, cause of all.
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BvP 1 27.3
महेश्वर उवाच ।। कश्चित्तपस्वी विप्रश्च निराहारी चिरं मुनिः ।। कश्चित्समीरणाहारी फलाहारी च कश्चन
maheśvara uvāca || kaścittapasvī vipraśca nirāhārī ciraṃ muniḥ || kaścitsamīraṇāhārī phalāhārī ca kaścana
Maheśvara said: One man is an ascetic and a brahmin, a sage long without food; another takes wind for his food, and another takes fruit.
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BvP 1 27.4
अन्नाहारी यथा काले गृही च गृहिणीयुतः ।। येषामिच्छा च या ब्रह्मन्रुचीनां विविधा गतिः
annāhārī yathā kāle gṛhī ca gṛhiṇīyutaḥ || yeṣāmicchā ca yā brahmanrucīnāṃ vividhā gatiḥ
(Another) eats grain at the proper time, a householder together with his wife; whatever desire each of these has, O brahmin — the courses of (men's) tastes are manifold.
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BvP 1 27.5
हविष्यान्नं ब्राह्मणानां प्रशस्तं गृहिणां सदा ।। नारायणोच्छिष्टमिष्टमभक्ष्यमनिवेदितम्
haviṣyānnaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ praśastaṃ gṛhiṇāṃ sadā || nārāyaṇocchiṣṭamiṣṭamabhakṣyamaniveditam
Haviṣya food is always commended for brahmins and for householders; what is left over from Nārāyaṇa is desirable, and what is not offered (to him) is not to be eaten.
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BvP 1 27.6
अन्नं विष्ठा जलं मूत्रं यद्विष्णोरनिवेदितम्।। विण्मूत्रं सर्वथा प्रोक्तमन्नं च हरिवासरे
annaṃ viṣṭhā jalaṃ mūtraṃ yadviṣṇoraniveditam|| viṇmūtraṃ sarvathā proktamannaṃ ca harivāsare
Whatever is not offered to Viṣṇu — the food is dung and the water is urine; and on Hari's day food is declared to be in every way dung and urine.
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BvP 1 27.7
ब्राह्मणः कामतोऽन्नं च यो भुङ्क्ते हरिवासरे।। त्रैलोक्यजनितं पापं सोऽपि भुङ्क्ते न संशयः
brāhmaṇaḥ kāmato'nnaṃ ca yo bhuṅkte harivāsare|| trailokyajanitaṃ pāpaṃ so'pi bhuṅkte na saṃśayaḥ
The brahmin who willingly eats food on Hari's day — he too eats the sin produced in the three worlds; there is no doubt of it.
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BvP 1 27.8
न भोक्तव्यं न भोक्तव्यं न भोक्तव्यं च नारद ।। गृहिभिर्ब्राह्मणैरन्नं संप्राप्ते हरिवासरे
na bhoktavyaṃ na bhoktavyaṃ na bhoktavyaṃ ca nārada || gṛhibhirbrāhmaṇairannaṃ saṃprāpte harivāsare
It is not to be eaten, not to be eaten, not to be eaten, O Nārada — food, by householders and by brahmins, when Hari's day has arrived.
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BvP 1 27.9
गृही शैवश्च शाक्तश्च ब्राह्मणो ज्ञानदुर्बलः ।। प्रयाति कालसूत्रं च भुक्त्वा च हरिवासरे
gṛhī śaivaśca śāktaśca brāhmaṇo jñānadurbalaḥ || prayāti kālasūtraṃ ca bhuktvā ca harivāsare
A householder, a Śaiva, a Śākta, or a brahmin feeble in knowledge goes to (the hell) Kālasūtra, having eaten on Hari's day.
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BvP 1 27.11
जन्माष्टमीदिने रामनवमीदिवसे हरेः।। शिवरात्रौ च यो भुङ्क्ते सोऽपि द्विगुणपातकी
janmāṣṭamīdine rāmanavamīdivase hareḥ|| śivarātrau ca yo bhuṅkte so'pi dviguṇapātakī
He who eats on the day of Hari's Janmāṣṭamī, on the day of Rāmanavamī, and on Śiva's night — he too is doubly a sinner.
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BvP 1 27.12
उपवासासमर्थश्च फलं मूलं जलं पिबेत् ।। नष्टे शरीरे स भवेदन्यथा चात्मघातकः
upavāsāsamarthaśca phalaṃ mūlaṃ jalaṃ pibet || naṣṭe śarīre sa bhavedanyathā cātmaghātakaḥ
One incapable of fasting may take fruit and root and drink water; (for) if the body perishes he becomes otherwise a self-slayer.
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BvP 1 27.13
सकृद्भुङ्क्ते हविष्यान्नं विष्णोर्नैवेद्यमेव च।। न भवेत्प्रत्यवायी स चोपवासफलं लभेत्
sakṛdbhuṅkte haviṣyānnaṃ viṣṇornaivedyameva ca|| na bhavetpratyavāyī sa copavāsaphalaṃ labhet
(If) he eats once haviṣya food, and only what has been offered to Viṣṇu, he does not become one who incurs transgression, and he obtains the fruit of the fast.
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BvP 1 27.14
एकादश्यामनाहारं गृही विप्रश्च भारते ।। स च तिष्ठति वैकुण्ठे यावद्वै ब्रह्मणो वयः
ekādaśyāmanāhāraṃ gṛhī vipraśca bhārate || sa ca tiṣṭhati vaikuṇṭhe yāvadvai brahmaṇo vayaḥ
The householder and the brahmin in Bhārata who goes without food on the eleventh day — he abides in Vaikuṇṭha for as long as Brahmā's lifespan.
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BvP 1 27.15
गृहिणां शैवशाक्तानामिदमुक्तं च नारद ।। विशेषतो वैष्णवानां यतीनां ब्रह्मचारिणाम्
gṛhiṇāṃ śaivaśāktānāmidamuktaṃ ca nārada || viśeṣato vaiṣṇavānāṃ yatīnāṃ brahmacāriṇām
This has been declared for householders, for Śaivas and Śāktas, O Nārada, and especially for Vaiṣṇavas, for renunciants and for celibate students.
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BvP 1 27.16
नित्यं नैवेद्यभोजो यः श्रीविष्णोस्स हि वैष्णवः ।। नित्यं शतोपवासानां जीवन्मुक्तफलं भवेत्
nityaṃ naivedyabhojo yaḥ śrīviṣṇossa hi vaiṣṇavaḥ || nityaṃ śatopavāsānāṃ jīvanmuktaphalaṃ bhavet
He who constantly eats the food offered to Śrī Viṣṇu, he indeed is a Vaiṣṇava; constantly there accrues (to him) the fruit of a hundred fasts, (the fruit of) one liberated while living.
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BvP 1 27.17
वाञ्छन्ति तस्य संस्पर्शं तीर्थान्यखिलदेवताः ।। आलापं दर्शनं चैव सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्
vāñchanti tasya saṃsparśaṃ tīrthānyakhiladevatāḥ || ālāpaṃ darśanaṃ caiva sarvapāpapraṇāśanam
The sacred fords and all the deities desire contact with him; conversing with him and seeing him destroys every sin.
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BvP 1 27.18
द्विः स्विन्नमन्नं पृथुकं शुद्धं देशविशेषके ।। नात्यन्तशस्तं विप्राणां भक्षणे न निवेदने
dviḥ svinnamannaṃ pṛthukaṃ śuddhaṃ deśaviśeṣake || nātyantaśastaṃ viprāṇāṃ bhakṣaṇe na nivedane
Twice-cooked food and flattened rice are pure in a particular region; (but) they are not greatly commended for brahmins, either in eating or in offering.
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BvP 1 27.19
अभक्ष्यं वै यतीनां च विधवाब्रह्मचारिणाम् ।। ताम्बूलं च यथा ब्रह्मंस्तथैतद्वस्तु न ध्रुवम्
abhakṣyaṃ vai yatīnāṃ ca vidhavābrahmacāriṇām || tāmbūlaṃ ca yathā brahmaṃstathaitadvastu na dhruvam
It is indeed not to be eaten by renunciants, by widows, and by celibate students; and as betel is (forbidden), O brahmin, so is this substance — it is not fixed.
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BvP 1 27.21
सर्वेषां ब्राह्मणानां यदभक्ष्यं शृणु नारद ।। यदुक्तं सामवेदे च हरिणा चाह्निकक्रमे
sarveṣāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ yadabhakṣyaṃ śṛṇu nārada || yaduktaṃ sāmavede ca hariṇā cāhnikakrame
Hear, O Nārada, what is forbidden food for all brahmins, what has been stated in the Sāmaveda and by Hari in the sequence of daily observances.
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BvP 1 27.22
ताम्रपात्रे पयःपानमुच्छिष्टे घृतभोजनम् ।। दुग्धं लवणसार्द्धं च सद्यो गोमांसभक्षणम्
tāmrapātre payaḥpānamucchiṣṭe ghṛtabhojanam || dugdhaṃ lavaṇasārddhaṃ ca sadyo gomāṃsabhakṣaṇam
Drinking milk from a copper vessel, eating ghee while polluted by leftovers, and milk together with salt — (these are) at once the eating of cow's flesh.
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BvP 1 27.23
नारिकेलोदकं कांस्ये ताम्रपात्रे स्थितं लघु ।। ऐक्षवं ताम्रपात्रस्थं सुरातुल्यं न संशयः
nārikelodakaṃ kāṃsye tāmrapātre sthitaṃ laghu || aikṣavaṃ tāmrapātrasthaṃ surātulyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
Coconut water in a bronze vessel, (or) placed in a copper vessel, is a light (fault); but sugarcane juice set in a copper vessel is equal to liquor—there is no doubt.
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BvP 1 27.24
उत्थाय वामहस्तेन यस्तोयं पिबति द्विजः ।। सुरापी च स विज्ञेयः सर्वधर्मबहिष्कृतः
utthāya vāmahastena yastoyaṃ pibati dvijaḥ || surāpī ca sa vijñeyaḥ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ
The twice-born who, having risen, drinks water with his left hand is to be known as a liquor-drinker, cast out from all religious duty.
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BvP 1 27.25
अनिवेद्यं हरेरन्नं भुक्तशेषं च नित्यशः ।। पीतशेषजलं चैव गोमांससदृशं मुने
anivedyaṃ harerannaṃ bhuktaśeṣaṃ ca nityaśaḥ || pītaśeṣajalaṃ caiva gomāṃsasadṛśaṃ mune
Food not first offered to Hari, and the leftovers of what another has eaten, always, and the remnant of water someone has drunk — these are like cow's flesh, O sage.
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BvP 1 27.26
वानिङ्गणफलं चैव गोमांसं कार्त्तिके स्मृतम् ।। माघे च मूलकं चैव कलम्बी शयने तथा
vāniṅgaṇaphalaṃ caiva gomāṃsaṃ kārttike smṛtam || māghe ca mūlakaṃ caiva kalambī śayane tathā
The vāniṅgaṇa fruit, too, is reckoned as cow's flesh in (the month of) Kārttika; and the radish in Māgha, and likewise kalambī during (Viṣṇu's) sleeping (season).
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BvP 1 27.27
श्वेतवर्णं च तालं च मसूरं मत्स्यमेव च ।। सर्वेषां ब्राह्मणानां च त्याज्यं सर्वत्र देशके
śvetavarṇaṃ ca tālaṃ ca masūraṃ matsyameva ca || sarveṣāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca tyājyaṃ sarvatra deśake
The white-coloured (variety), and the tāla (palm fruit), and lentils, and fish as well — these are to be given up by all brāhmaṇas in every country.
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BvP 1 27.28
मत्स्यांश्च कामतो भुक्त्वा सोपवासस्त्र्यहं वसेत् ।। प्रायश्चित्तं ततः कृत्वा शुद्धिमाप्नोति वाडवः
matsyāṃśca kāmato bhuktvā sopavāsastryahaṃ vaset || prāyaścittaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā śuddhimāpnoti vāḍavaḥ
Having eaten fish willingly, (a brāhmaṇa) should remain three days fasting; then, having performed the expiation, the twice-born attains purity.
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BvP 1 27.29
प्रतिपत्सु च कूष्माण्डमभक्ष्यं ह्यर्थनाशनम् ।। द्वितीयायां च बृहतीभोजनेन स्मरेद्धरिम्
pratipatsu ca kūṣmāṇḍamabhakṣyaṃ hyarthanāśanam || dvitīyāyāṃ ca bṛhatībhojanena smareddharim
On the first lunar days the pumpkin is not to be eaten, for it destroys wealth; and on the second, by eating the bṛhatī (brinjal) one should (rather) remember Hari.
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BvP 1 27.31
कलङ्ककारणं चैव पंचम्यां बिल्वभक्षणम् ।। तिर्य्यग्योनिं प्रापयेत्तु षष्ठ्यां वै निम्बभक्षणम्
kalaṅkakāraṇaṃ caiva paṃcamyāṃ bilvabhakṣaṇam || tiryyagyoniṃ prāpayettu ṣaṣṭhyāṃ vai nimbabhakṣaṇam
And eating the bilva on the fifth causes disgrace; while eating the nimba on the sixth brings one to birth as an animal.
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BvP 1 27.32
रोगवृद्धिकरं चैव नराणां तालभक्षणम्।। सप्तम्यां च तथा तालं शरीरस्य च नाशकम्
rogavṛddhikaraṃ caiva narāṇāṃ tālabhakṣaṇam|| saptamyāṃ ca tathā tālaṃ śarīrasya ca nāśakam
And eating the tāla increases men's diseases; likewise the tāla on the seventh is destructive of the body.
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BvP 1 27.33
नारिकेलफलं भक्ष्यमष्टम्यां बुद्धिनाशनम् ।। तुम्बी नवम्यां गोमांसं दशम्यां च कलम्बिका
nārikelaphalaṃ bhakṣyamaṣṭamyāṃ buddhināśanam || tumbī navamyāṃ gomāṃsaṃ daśamyāṃ ca kalambikā
Eating the coconut fruit on the eighth destroys the intellect; the gourd on the ninth is (like) cow's flesh, and kalambikā on the tenth.
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BvP 1 27.34
एकादश्यां तथा शिम्बी द्वादश्यां पूतिका तथा ।। त्रयोदश्यां च वार्त्ताकी न भक्ष्या पुत्रनाशनम्
ekādaśyāṃ tathā śimbī dvādaśyāṃ pūtikā tathā || trayodaśyāṃ ca vārttākī na bhakṣyā putranāśanam
Likewise beans on the eleventh, and pūtikā on the twelfth; and on the thirteenth the brinjal is not to be eaten — it destroys sons.
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BvP 1 27.35
चतुर्दश्यां माषभक्ष्यं महापापकरं परम् ।। पञ्चदश्यां तथा मांसमभक्ष्यं गृहिणां मुने
caturdaśyāṃ māṣabhakṣyaṃ mahāpāpakaraṃ param || pañcadaśyāṃ tathā māṃsamabhakṣyaṃ gṛhiṇāṃ mune
On the fourteenth the eating of māṣa beans is supremely productive of great sin; and likewise on the fifteenth meat is not to be eaten by householders, O sage.
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BvP 1 27.36
गृहिणां प्रोक्षितं मांसं भक्ष्यमन्यदिनेषु च ।। प्रातः स्नाने तथा श्राद्धे पार्वणे व्रतवासरे
gṛhiṇāṃ prokṣitaṃ māṃsaṃ bhakṣyamanyadineṣu ca || prātaḥ snāne tathā śrāddhe pārvaṇe vratavāsare
For householders, consecrated meat may be eaten on the other days; (but not) at the morning bath, at a śrāddha, at the pārvaṇa rite, or on a day of vow.
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BvP 1 27.37
प्रशस्तं सार्षपं तैलं पक्वतैलं च नारद ।। कुहूपूर्णेन्दुसंक्रांतिचतुर्दश्यष्टमीषु च
praśastaṃ sārṣapaṃ tailaṃ pakvatailaṃ ca nārada || kuhūpūrṇendusaṃkrāṃticaturdaśyaṣṭamīṣu ca
Mustard oil is commended, and boiled (refined) oil, O Nārada — on the new moon, the full moon, a solstitial/zodiacal transit, the fourteenth and the eighth days;
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BvP 1 27.38
रवौ श्राद्धे व्रताहे च दुष्टं स्त्रीतिलतैलकम् ।। मांसं च रक्तशाकं च कांस्यपात्रे च भोजनम्
ravau śrāddhe vratāhe ca duṣṭaṃ strītilatailakam || māṃsaṃ ca raktaśākaṃ ca kāṃsyapātre ca bhojanam
on Sunday, at a śrāddha, and on a vow-day, a woman, sesame oil, meat, red vegetables, and eating from a bell-metal vessel are faulty.
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BvP 1 27.39
निषिद्धं शयनं चैव कूर्ममांसं च मन्त्रितम् ।। निषिद्धं सर्ववर्णानां दिवा स्वस्त्रीनिषेवणम्
niṣiddhaṃ śayanaṃ caiva kūrmamāṃsaṃ ca mantritam || niṣiddhaṃ sarvavarṇānāṃ divā svastrīniṣevaṇam
Lying down (with a woman) is forbidden, and turtle-flesh over which spells have been said; for all classes intercourse with one's own wife by day is forbidden.
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BvP 1 27.41
उदक्यवीरयोरन्नं पुंश्चल्यन्नमभक्षकम् ।। शूद्रान्नं याजकान्नं च शूद्रश्राद्धान्नमेव च
udakyavīrayorannaṃ puṃścalyannamabhakṣakam || śūdrānnaṃ yājakānnaṃ ca śūdraśrāddhānnameva ca
The food of a menstruating woman and of a woman in childbed, the food of a harlot, is not to be eaten; also the food of a śūdra, the food of one who officiates for hire, and the food of a śūdra's śraddha.
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BvP 1 27.42
अभक्ष्यान्नं च विप्रर्षे यदन्नं वृषलीपतेः ।। ब्रह्मन्वार्धुषिकान्नं च गणकान्नमभक्षकम्
abhakṣyānnaṃ ca viprarṣe yadannaṃ vṛṣalīpateḥ || brahmanvārdhuṣikānnaṃ ca gaṇakānnamabhakṣakam
And, O sage among brāhmaṇas, the food of one who keeps a śūdra woman is not to be eaten; the food of a usurer, O brahmin, and the food of an astrologer are not to be eaten.
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BvP 1 27.43
अग्रदानिद्विजान्नं च चिकित्साकारकस्य च ।। हस्तचित्राहरौ तैलमग्राह्यं चाप्यभक्षकम्
agradānidvijānnaṃ ca cikitsākārakasya ca || hastacitrāharau tailamagrāhyaṃ cāpyabhakṣakam
And the food of a twice-born who takes the first (funeral) gifts, and of one who practises medicine; on the days of Hasta and Citrā oil is not to be accepted nor eaten.
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BvP 1 27.44
मूले मृगे भाद्रपदे मांसं गोमांसतुल्यकम् ।। अमायां कृत्तिकायां च द्विजैः क्षौरं विवर्जितम्
mūle mṛge bhādrapade māṃsaṃ gomāṃsatulyakam || amāyāṃ kṛttikāyāṃ ca dvijaiḥ kṣauraṃ vivarjitam
Under (the asterisms) Mūla, Mṛgaśiras and Bhādrapadā, meat is equal to cow's flesh; and on the new moon and under Kṛttikā shaving is to be avoided by the twice-born.
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BvP 1 27.45
कृत्वा तु मैथुनं क्षौरं यो देवांस्तर्पयेत्पितॄन् ।। रुधिरं तद्भवेत्तोयं दाता च नरकं व्रजेत्
kṛtvā tu maithunaṃ kṣauraṃ yo devāṃstarpayetpitṝn || rudhiraṃ tadbhavettoyaṃ dātā ca narakaṃ vrajet
But he who, having had intercourse or been shaved, offers libations to the gods and the ancestors — that water becomes blood, and the giver goes to hell.
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BvP 1 27.46
यत्कर्त्तव्यमकर्त्तव्यं यद्भोज्यं यदभोज्यकम् ।। सर्वं तुभ्यं निगदितं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
yatkarttavyamakarttavyaṃ yadbhojyaṃ yadabhojyakam || sarvaṃ tubhyaṃ nigaditaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi
What is to be done and not to be done, what is to be eaten and what is not to be eaten — all this has been declared to you. What further do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition