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that if he does not return he will be commiting the sin of eating at night. Thereupon, Vanmala allowed him to leave her. The Mahabharat, the Ramayan and many scriptures forbid eating at night.
(11) Dvidal : (an article which cannot produce oil)
Pulses : If taken with unboild milk, curd or curd-milk, produce invisible living beings with two senses (e.g. danhivada, if taken with unboiled curd). Dvidal is generally known as pulses. It is oil-less and can be divided into two parts and it is not the fruit of any tree.
Gram : Mung, Tuvar, Beans, Val, Chola, Kalthi, Lang, Lilva Methi, etc. and green or dried leaves of these items or their pulverised forms are called Dvidal. The Mahabharat also forbids the use of these things as food, we should not eat articles made of these things; such as dal, curry, khaman, papad or bhajias with unboiled milk, curd or curd-milk, as taken together they become non-eatable or forbidden food. Milk, curd, curd-milk, when boiled well and cooled thereafter, can be eaten with pulses. It is possible that milk products like curd and curd-milk get decomposed boiled well. But if a little salt or millet-flour is added before boiling them, they wan't get decomposed. So we must be very carefull while using, rayata, danhi-vada, shrikhand, curry, methi, mixed pickles and other methi-mixed things, because these products were seen by the ommiscient sages, as breeding source for many microbes and so declared by them.
(12) Chalit Ras : When the form, taste, smell or touch of an article of food changes, it is known as 'Chalit Ras'. All decayed, decomposed and stale things with their taste changed (getting bad) are included in 'Chalit-Ras.' When the taste gets saltish, unpalatable and gives out foul smell, it breeds moving germs, fungi and living beings of the same colour. Green or white fungi on papad breeds germs of Nigod. The 'Chalit-Ras.' is considered non-eatable as it breeds many germs of Nigod and moving beings and involves their himsa (killing). Bread, chapatti, rice, vegetables, khichadi, cakes, etc. become stale after the night is over, thus these products contain some water. When stale, germs possessing two senses are bred. These food products should not be given to beggars or other animals, but must be burried. Sweets, pharsan, flour, etc. after a fixed period or curd and curd-milk after a period of two nights or articles made out of theses things become non-eatable after the next night. If we eat these things, our health suffers. We may get
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