06-10-2007, 08:55 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Bodhi+Jun 9 2007, 03:12 PM-->QUOTE(Bodhi @ Jun 9 2007, 03:12 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->In Mahabharata, I have seen one tale of viSwamitra performing the act of eating a dead dog (under pressing circumstances, and after offering to pitRas and devas), after a lengthy debate with a chAnDala who was persuading him not to do such a lowly act. This tale remained a mystery to me. What is its signficance?
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manu smR^iti 10.106-10.108 mentions the story of vAmadeva gautama and vishvAmitra having to eat dog meat from chANDalas or niShadas to stay alive when stranded in deserts. It mentions that if a dvija eats these abhojya foods in ApadkAla, with a clear knowledge of dharma, to keep alive he does not acquire those ghora pApa-s.
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manu smR^iti 10.106-10.108 mentions the story of vAmadeva gautama and vishvAmitra having to eat dog meat from chANDalas or niShadas to stay alive when stranded in deserts. It mentions that if a dvija eats these abhojya foods in ApadkAla, with a clear knowledge of dharma, to keep alive he does not acquire those ghora pApa-s.