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## Pindaniyukti
87. An offering, consisting of grains like sesame seeds, adorned with fruits like coconut, is considered inedible if it is touched even by a speck of impurity. (Similarly, even pure food becomes inedible if it comes into contact with the elements of an Adhakarma.) 88. If food contaminated with Adhakarma is removed from a vessel, but the vessel itself is not purified by the three Kalpas, then even pure food placed in that vessel becomes inedible. Alternatively, if a speck of Adhakarma food falls into a vessel containing pure food, then that food becomes inedible. 89. Adhakarma food is like vomit and excrement. Even a learned person is terrified upon hearing about it and avoids it. Avoidance can be of two types: with proper procedure and without proper procedure. 89/1-3. Seeing Shaliodana in a woman's hand, an uninformed ascetic asked her, "Where did this Shaliodana come from?" The woman replied, "The merchant knows, so ask him." Going to the market, he asked the merchant about the Shaliodana. The merchant said, "The rice came from Gobargram, a village on the outskirts of Magadh." He started to go there. Fearing Adhakarma, he left the main path and walked on a path full of thorns, snakes, and wild animals. Going astray, he became disoriented. Fearing Adhakarma, he even avoided the shade of trees. Overwhelmed by the heat, he fainted and suffered distress. (This is an example of avoidance without proper procedure.) 89/4. One who avoids Adhakarma in this way without proper procedure cannot attain the benefits of knowledge, etc. There are four components of proper avoidance: substance, family, country, and feeling. 89/5, 6. Rice, porridge, roasted barley flour, black gram, etc., are substances. A family can be small or large. Saurashtra, etc., are countries. Respect or disrespect is the feeling. Giving it oneself is a feeling of respect, while getting it from servants or others is a feeling of disrespect. The arrangement of these elements can be of two types: four-legged or three-legged. 89/7. If the desired substance is unavailable in the desired country, the family is small, the quantity obtained is large, and there is excessive respect, then there is a possibility of Adhakarma. In such a situation, one should inquire. If the desired substance is abundant in the desired country, even if there is no respect, inquiry is not necessary. (For example, Mandak is found abundantly in every household in Malavadesh. There is no fear of Adhakarma regarding that substance there.)
1. For the explanation of the three Kalpas, see the commentary on verse 117/3. 2. For the expansion of the story, see Pari. 3, story no. 12.