SB 6.18.49 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.18.49

नोच्छिष्टं चण्डिकान्नं च सामिषं वृषलाहृतम् । भुञ्जीतोदक्यया द‍ृष्टं पिबेन्नाञ्जलिना त्वप: ॥ ४९ ॥

nocchiṣṭaṁ caṇḍikānnaṁ ca

[nochchishtam chandikaannam cha]

sāmiṣaṁ vṛṣalāhṛtam

[saamisham vrishalaahritam]

bhuñjītodakyayā dṛṣṭaṁ

[bhunjeetodakyayaa drishtam]

piben nāñjalinā tv apaḥ

[piben naanjalinaa tv apah]

Word-for-word

na — not ucchiṣṭam — leftover food caṇḍikā-annam — food offered to the goddess Kālī ca — and sa-āmiṣam — mixed with flesh vṛṣala-āhṛtam — brought by a śūdra bhuñjīta — must eat udakyayā — by a woman in her menstrual period dṛṣṭam — seen pibet na — must not drink añjalinā — by joining and cupping the two palms tu — also apaḥ — water.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

nocchiṣṭaṁ caṇḍikānnaṁ ca

not

ucchiṣṭam

leftover food

caṇḍikā-annam

food offered to the goddess Kālī

and

sāmiṣaṁ vṛṣalāhṛtam

sa-āmiṣam

mixed with flesh

vṛṣala-āhṛtam

brought by a śūdra

bhuñjītodakyayā dṛṣṭaṁ

bhuñjīta

must eat

udakyayā

by a woman in her menstrual period

dṛṣṭam

seen

piben nāñjalinā tv apaḥ

pibet na

must not drink

añjalinā

by joining and cupping the two palms

also

apaḥ

water.

Never eat leftover food, never eat prasāda offered to the goddess Kālī [Durgā], and do not eat anything contaminated by flesh or fish. Do not eat anything brought or touched by a śūdra nor anything seen by a woman in her menstrual period. Do not drink water by joining your palms.

Purport

Generally the goddess Kālī is offered food containing meat and fish, and therefore Kaśyapa Muni strictly forbade his wife to take the remnants of such food. Actually a Vaiṣṇava is not allowed to take any food offered to the demigods. A Vaiṣṇava is always fixed in accepting prasāda offered to Lord Viṣṇu. Through all these instructions, Kaśyapa Muni, in a negative way, instructed his wife Diti how to become a Vaiṣṇavī.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Never eat leftover food, never eat food offered to the goddess Kālī, and do not eat anything contaminated by flesh or fish, brought by a śūdra, or seen by a woman in her menstrual period. Do not drink water by joining your palms. There are five restrictions in eating. Caṇḍikānnam means food offered to Durgā. If food is touched by ants it also caṇḍikānnam, and therefore forbidden. Caṇḍika means an ant according to the dictionary. Udakyayā means “by a women in her menstrual period.”

Personal Guidance

Don't eat leftovers, Kālī's prasāda, anything from a śūdra, anything seen by a woman in menstruation; don't drink water with cupped palms. Strict purity rules govern eating.

Reflection Questions

How seriously do I take spiritual standards around food?
Where could even one change in food handling deepen practice?

📝 My note

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