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उनके यहाँ का आहार; संयम की साधना में विघ्नकारक होता होगा । ( वृत्ति पत्र ३३३ ) इस कारण ऐसा सम्भव है। सामान्य स्थिति में तो पूर्वोक्त कुलों में भिक्षा के लिए जा सकते हैं। ॥ तृतीय उद्देशक समाप्त ॥
Elaboration-In aphorism 11 it is mentioned that food could be taken from twelve types of clans including Ugra, Bhog, Rajanya and Kshatriya, but here there is a complete censure of accepting food from a few clans including Kshatriya. What is the reason? The commentator (Vritti) explains that these houses should not be entered for fears of falling due to crowd, going against the rule of careful movement or resorting to faulty speech unnecessarily.
In the ancient times the ruling clans were fraught with palace intrigues and many conspiracies were hatched. Often spies in the garb of a bhikshu would enter the court or even the women's quarters. In such cases they could be apprehended or fed poison with food. This restriction must have been designed to avoid these possibilities. It is also possible that some kings or their clans could be in the habit of illtreating ascetics; or the food available could be unsuitable to ascetic discipline (Vritti leaf 333). These could be the reasons for this censure. Under normal conditions one can go to the said families to seek alms.
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