Makaranda Madhukar Anand Mahendale Festshrift

Author(s): M A Dhaky, Jitendra B Shah
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre

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heavenly chariot descends to take the blessed family to heaven. The mongoose says that he was drawn by the smell of food to that place of sacrifice by the Brahmin family, and he rolled in the leftover food and water spilled on the ground. Lo and behold, half his body which came into contact with those leftovers became golden. The other half, untouched by that food, remained dark. The mongoose says to King Yudhisthira, “Since then I have visited several sacred places in the hope of making my remaining body golden. I had no such luck again. I had come in great expectations to your sacrifice but even here, it did not turn golden. That is why I said earlier, that this sacrifice is not as great as the sacrifice made by that starving Brahmin and his family." The humbled King remains speechless.
Annotations : 1. Natya Sastra 6.32-33 यथा बहुद्रव्ययुतैव्यंजनैर्बहुभिर्युतम् । आस्वादयन्ति भुञ्जाना भक्तं भक्तविदो
जनाः ॥ को दृष्टान्तः । अत्राह.... यथा हि नाना व्यञ्जनौषधिद्रव्यसंयोगाद्रसनिष्पत्तिः तथा नानाभावोपगमाद् रसनिष्पत्तिः
भरत नाट्यशास्त्र, अध्याय ६ 3. आहारशुद्धौ सत्त्वशुद्धिः सत्त्वशुद्धौ धुवा स्मृतिः । स्मृतिलम्भे सर्वग्रन्थीनां विप्रमोक्षः ॥ छांदोग्य ७.२६.२ 4. यज्ञशिष्टाशनः सन्तो मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषैः । भुञ्जते ते त्वघं पापाः ये पचन्त्यात्मकारणात् ॥ भगवद्गीता 5. Taittiriya Upanisad 3.2.1-3. 6. O"Flaherty 1980, David White in Khare 1992. 7.. Kane 1941, Rocher in O"Flaherty 1980. 8. Ludo Rocher in “Karma and Rebirth in the Dharma Sastra" in O"Flaherty, 1980. 9. मांस भक्षयितामुत्र यस्य मांसमिहाम्यहम् । एतन्मांसस्य मांसत्वं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः ॥ मनु ५.५३ 10. अन्नमाहुः प्रजननं प्रजानाम् । तैत्तिरीय ब्राह्मण, अन्नाद्वै प्रजाः प्रजायन्ते ॥ तैत्तिरीयोपनि. २२ 11. अन्नाद् भवन्ति भूतानि जातान्यन्नेन वर्धन्ते । अद्यतेत्ति च भूतानि तस्मादन्नं तदुच्यते ॥ तैत्तिरीयोपनि. २२ 12. O"Flaherty 1980; 13. Aklujkar 1996; Shulman 1993 etc. 14. अन्नं प्राणमन्नमपानमाहुः । अन्नं मृत्यु तमु जीवातुमाहुः ॥
अन्नं ब्रह्माणो जरसं वदन्ति । अन्नमाहुः प्रजननं प्रजानाम् ॥ तैत्तिरीय ब्राह्मण २.८.८.३
15. By extension, 'ucchista' is also applied to a person who has not washed his
hands and mouth after eating. Thus, Manu declares that one who is an ucсhista