एते शूद्रेषु भोज्यान्ना दृष्ट्वा स्वल्पगुणं बुधैः । पायसं स्नेहपक्वं च गोरसश्चैव सक्तवः
These foods among Śūdras, when seen to have little fault by the wise, are: milk pudding, food cooked in ghee, cow's milk, and cakes.
पिण्याकं चैव तैलं च शूद्राद्ग्राह्यं द्विजातिभिः । वृंताकं नालिकाशाकं कुसुंभं भस्मकं तथा
Oil-cake and oil may be accepted by twice-born from a Śūdra, as well as eggplant, leafy greens, safflower, and bhasmaka grain.
पलांडुं लशुनं शुक्तं निर्य्यासं चैव वर्जयेत् । छत्राकं विड्वराहं च स्विन्नं पीयूषमेव च
One should avoid onions, garlic, fermented foods, exudates, mushrooms, wild boar, food that has been boiled, and also nectar.
विलयं विमुखं चैव कोरकाणि विवर्जयेत् । गृंजनं किंशुकं चैव कूष्मांडं च तथैव च
One should also avoid withered and unripe buds, the flower of the tamarisk, the Butea monosperma, and likewise the gourd.
उदुंबरमलाबुं च जग्ध्वा पतति वै द्विजः । तथा कृसरसंयावौ पायसापूपमेव च
A twice-born who eats the fruits of the udumbara and bottle gourd falls from his status; likewise, so do those who eat krisara, rice-cakes, milk-rice, and sweet cakes.
अनुपाकृत मांसं च देवान्नानि हवींषि च । यवागूं मातुलिगं च मत्स्यानप्यनुपाकृतान्
One should avoid uncooked meat, food offered to the gods, oblations, barley gruel, citron, and also uncooked fish.
नीपं कपित्थं प्लक्षं च प्रयत्नेन विवर्जयेत् । पिण्याकं चोद्धृतस्नेहं देवधान्यं तथैव च
With great care, one should avoid the nipa, wood-apple, and fig trees, as well as oilcake, clarified butter that has been extracted, and wild grains.
रात्रौ च तिलसंबंधं प्रयत्नेन दधि त्यजेत् । नाश्नीयात्पयसा तक्रं नाभक्ष्यानुपयोजयेत्
At night, one should diligently avoid curd mixed with sesame; one should not drink buttermilk with milk, nor consume what is forbidden.
कृमिदुष्टं भावदुष्टं मृत्संसर्गं च वर्जयेत् । कृमिकीटावपन्नं च सुहृत्क्लेदं च नित्यशः
One should avoid food spoiled by worms, food that is impure in nature, or that has come into contact with clay, as well as food infested with insects or moistened by a friend.
श्वाघ्रातं च पुनः सिद्धं चंडालावेक्षितं तथा । उदक्यया च पतितैर्गवा संघ्रातमेव च
Food that has been smelled by a dog, cooked again, seen by an outcaste, smelled by a woman in her menses, or by fallen cows, should also be avoided.
असंगतं पर्य्युषितं पर्यस्तान्नं च नित्यशः । काककुक्कुटसंस्पृष्टं कृमिभिश्चैव संगतम्
Food that is not properly mixed, that is stale, or that has been scattered should always be avoided, as well as food touched by crows or chickens, or contaminated by worms.
मनुष्यैरप्यवघ्रातं कुष्ठिना स्पृष्टमेव च । न रजस्वलया दत्तं न पुंश्चल्या सरोगया
Food smelled by people, touched by a leper, given by a menstruating woman, or by a woman of ill-repute or one who is diseased, should not be eaten.
मलवद्वाससा वापि परवासोथ वर्जयेत् । विवत्सायाश्च गोक्षीरं मेषस्यानिर्दशस्य च
One should avoid food given by someone wearing dirty clothes or another's garment, as well as the milk of a cow whose calf is dead, and that of a sheep or a goat that has not borne young.
आविकं संधिनीक्षीरमपेयं मनुरब्रवीत् । बलाकं हंसदात्यूहं कलविंकं शुकं तथा
Manu has declared that one should not drink sheep's milk or milk from a she-goat at the time of joining, nor eat the meat of the crane, swan, waterfowl, lapwing, or parrot.
कुरुरं च चकोरं च जालपादं च कोकिलम् । वायसान्खंजरीटांश्च श्येनं गृध्रं तथैव च
One should also avoid the curlew, the partridge, the net-footed bird, the cuckoo, crows, wagtails, hawks, and vultures.
उलूकं चक्रवाकं च भासं पारावतं तथा । कपोतं टिट्टिभं चैव ग्रामकुक्कुटमेव च
One should not eat the owl, the ruddy goose, the kite, the pigeon, the dove, the sandpiper, or the village hen.
सिंहं व्याघ्रं च मार्जारं श्वानं सूकरमेव च । शृगालं मर्कटं चैव गर्द्दभं न च भक्षयेत्
One should not eat the lion, tiger, cat, dog, pig, jackal, monkey, or donkey.
न भक्षयेत्सर्पमृगाञ्छिखिनोन्यान्वनेचरान् । जलेचरान्स्थलचरान्प्राणिनश्चेति धारणा
One should not eat snakes, wild animals, peacocks, or other forest-dwelling creatures, nor those living in water or on land—such is the rule.
गोधा कूर्मः शशः खड्गः सल्लकश्चेति सत्तमाः । भक्ष्यान्पंचनखान्नित्यं मनुराह प्रजापतिः
The iguana, tortoise, hare, rhinoceros, and porcupine—these five-clawed animals are always considered edible, so says Manu, the lord of creatures.
मत्स्यान्सशल्कान्भुंजीत मांसं रौरवमेव च । निवेद्य देवताभ्यस्तु ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च नान्यथा
One may eat fish with scales and the meat of the raurava animal, but only after offering them to the deities and to Brahmins, and not otherwise.
मयूरं तित्तिरं चैव कपोतं च कपिंजलम् । वार्ध्रीणसं बकं भक्ष्यं मीनं हंसं पराजितम्
The peacock, the partridge, the dove, the francolin, the vulture, the crane, the fish, the swan, and the partridge are permitted as food.
शफरी सिंहतुंडं च तथा पाठीनरोहितौ । मत्स्याश्चैते समुद्दिष्टा भक्षणीया द्विजोत्तमाः
The śapharī fish, the siṃhatuṇḍa, as well as the pāṭhīna and rohiṭa—these fish are declared as edible for the best of the twice-born.
प्रोक्षितं भक्षयेदेषां मांसं च द्विजकाम्यया । यथाविधि प्रयुक्तं च प्राणानामपि चात्यये
One may eat the flesh of these, after purification, if a twice-born desires, as prescribed, and even in situations of life-threatening danger.
भक्षयेन्नैव मांसानि शेषभोजी न लिप्यते । औषधार्थमशक्तो वा नियोगाद्यज्ञकारणात्
One should not eat other kinds of flesh; the one who eats leftovers is not tainted, whether for medicinal purposes, inability, by command, or for the sake of sacrifice.
आमंत्रितश्च यः श्राद्धे दैवे वा मांसमुत्सृजेत् । यावंति पशुरोमाणि तावन्नरकमृच्छति
If one invited to a śrāddha or divine rite rejects meat, for as many hairs as are on the animal, for that many years he goes to hell.
अदेयं वाप्यपेयं वा तथैवास्पृश्यमेव वा । द्विजातीनामनालोक्यं नित्यं मद्यमिति स्थितिः
That which is not to be given, not to be drunk, or not to be touched—such is always forbidden for the twice-born; this is the rule regarding liquor.
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन मद्यं नित्यं विवर्जयेत् । पीत्वा पतति कर्म्मभ्यस्त्वसंभाष्यो भवेद्द्विजः
Therefore, one should always avoid liquor with all effort; having drunk, a twice-born falls from duty and becomes unfit for association.
भक्षयित्वाप्यभक्ष्याणि पीत्वाऽपेयान्यपि द्विजः । नाधिकारी भवेत्तावद्यावत्तन्न जहात्यधः
Even after eating the inedible or drinking the forbidden, a twice-born is not qualified until he fully abandons those acts.
तस्मात्परिहरेन्नित्यमभक्ष्याणि प्रयत्नतः । अपेयानि च विप्रो वै तथा चेद्याति रौरवम्
Therefore, a brāhmaṇa should always carefully avoid the inedible and the forbidden; if not, he goes to Raurava hell.
इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे स्वर्गखंडे भक्ष्याभक्ष्यनियमो नाम षट्पंचाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the fifty-sixth chapter named 'The Rule of Edible and Inedible' in the Svargakhaṇḍa of the glorious Padma Purāṇa.