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## Translation:
**197**
**295/7.** The disciple asked: "If people born in Maharashtra and Kosala countries earn their livelihood by eating Sauvira food, then why can't the monks earn their livelihood from that food?"
**295/8.** The Acharya said: "The three-fold (trik) of the ascetics is cold, and the same three-fold of the householders is hot. (If an ascetic takes food without taking takra (buttermilk) and tak (a type of fermented drink), then he will suffer from indigestion and other ailments.) Therefore, the consumption of takra etc. is permitted for the monk. The consumption of Timen (a type of food) mixed with pure ghee is allowed only in case of weakness (glanatva) etc., otherwise not."
**295/9.** Even in winter, the three-fold (trik) of the householders - food, clothing, and bed - is hot. Therefore, their food (even without taking takra etc.) is digested by the external and internal heat.
**295/10.** The same three-fold (trik) - food, clothing, and bed - is cold for the monks even in summer. This causes the digestive fire (jathraagni) to become weak, leading to indigestion and other ailments.
**296.** Dry Alepakrid (foods that are not easily digestible)
* Odan - rice etc.
* Sattu - barley etc. powder.
* Kulmasha - black gram.
* Rajmasha - white chana.
* Gol Chana - round chickpeas.
* Vall - husk.
* Tuvari - pigeon pea.
* Masur - lentil.
* Moong - green gram.
* Masha - black gram etc.
**297.** Alpalepakrid (foods that are slightly digestible)
These are the foods that require post-meal rituals (paschatkarma) after consumption.
* Udbedhya - spinach etc. vegetables.
* Peya - barley water.
* Kangu - kodrav grain.
* Takra - buttermilk.
* Ullan - used to moisten rice.
* Soup - cooked soup of moong etc.
* Kanjik - fermented rice water.
* Kwathith - curds etc.
**1.** Trik - food, clothing, and bed.
**2.** A monk travels to many houses for alms. Therefore, the hot food received becomes cold by the time he reaches his dwelling. Once a year, before the rainy season, due to washing clothes and the absence of fire near the dwelling, the bed also becomes cold. Therefore, the consumption of takra etc. is permitted for the ascetic. Takra kindles the digestive fire (Mavri P. 168).