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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 6 · Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra
6.18.486.18.50

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.18.49

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Kaśyapa Munisince 6.18.48inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

नोच्छिष्टं चण्डिकान्नं च सामिषं वृषलाहृतम् ।

भुञ्जीतोदक्यया द‍ृष्टं पिबेन्नाञ्जलिना त्वप: ॥ ४९ ॥

nocchiṣṭaṁ caṇḍikānnaṁ ca

sāmiṣaṁ vṛṣalāhṛtam

bhuñjītodakyayā dṛṣṭaṁ

piben nāñjalinā tv apaḥ

Translation

Never eat leftover food, never eat prasāda offered to the goddess Kālī [Durgā], and do not eat anything contaminated by flesh or fish. Do not eat anything brought or touched by a śūdra nor anything seen by a woman in her menstrual period. Do not drink water by joining your palms.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Accept Food Offered to Lord Viṣṇu

  1. 1

    Kaśyapa Muni forbade Diti to eat food contaminated by flesh or fish. The purport explains that offerings to Kālī generally contain such food.

  2. 2

    A Vaiṣṇava does not accept food offered to the demigods. A Vaiṣṇava remains fixed in accepting prasāda offered to Lord Viṣṇu.

  3. 3

    Through these prohibitions, Kaśyapa Muni was teaching Diti how to become a Vaiṣṇavī.

Key points from the purport
  • Generally the goddess Kālī is offered food containing meat and fish, and therefore Kaśyapa Muni strictly forbade his wife to take the remnants of such food.
  • Actually a Vaiṣṇava is not allowed to take any food offered to the demigods.
  • A Vaiṣṇava is always fixed in accepting prasāda offered to Lord Viṣṇu.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Resentment and resolve → Constraint and consequence. Family conflict frames a test of intention.

Chapters 18–19 of Canto 6: Diti's vow and discipline. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

A description of Āditya Urukrama, who is an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, will be offered in the Eighth Canto. The demons born of Diti are also described in this chapter.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 6.18
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. nanot
  2. ucchiṣṭamleftover food
  3. caṇḍikā-annamfood offered to the goddess Kālī
  4. caand
  5. sa-āmiṣammixed with flesh
  6. vṛṣala-āhṛtambrought by a śūdra
  7. bhuñjītamust eat
  8. udakyayāby a woman in her menstrual period
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Manvantara · The change of Manus

    What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10

  • Śuddhi · Inner transformation

    The reorientation of the heart toward service. · Theme in SB 6.18

    In this verse: “contaminated”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does my choice of food support my devotional practice?

Practice

For one meal today, choose prasāda offered to Lord Viṣṇu rather than food containing flesh or fish.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayAccept Food Offered to Lord ViṣṇuThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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