It has been mentioned in the chapter ‘Anusasana Parva’ of the most important Hindu epic ‘Mahabharata’.
In this chapter, Bhishma was addressing Yudishtra. He said that one should eat only such food as mentioned in the Hindu scriptures.
There, it has been mentioned that on a Full Moon Day and New Moon Day, one should abstain from eating any food. Here, he mentioned that it would the sin if one consumes the meat of cows, peacock, and goats. Apart from it stale meat should never be consumed. He mentioned that one should not kill or consume the meat of the bird, especially when the bird was fed by that person itself.
There are certain plants also that one should not eat. In this category many sacred trees would come such as fig or Peepul tree, Crotolaria Juncea (Sunn Hemp) and Gular fig or country fig tree. Basically, in this category, fruits, flowers and leaves of those plants that one use to worship the deities is included.
The most important part of the food is salt. One should avoid taking salt in its hands.
Many people have the habit of drinking the curd at the conclusion of the meal, but Bhisma said that the scriptures abstained people from pursuing such habit.
One should avoid such habit of eating from each other’s plate or remnants of other people's dishes and plates.
One must abstain from consuming the food prepared by the lady in her functional period.
Abstain from consuming the food or any liquid whose core value has been depleted. One should avoid taking the food that has been grazed by hungry person or the person that wishfully gaze at the food.
Food that contains the hair should never be consumed.
Bhisma then explain the right way of consuming the food:
• Before eating the meal one must wash mouth thrice with water before any food.
• Food must be eaten three times in the day and no food should be consumed between the intervals.
• It is advised not to speak while eating the food that is eaten.
• Avoid speaking to anyone while eating and should not make noise while eating.
• Food in which hair is detected should not be consumed.
• One should eat food in sitting posture and should avoid eating while walking.
• One should not eat food that has been prepared by the lady during woman in her functional period.
• If one eats facing east becomes endued with longevity and if one eats facing west acquires great wealth. Similarly, if one eats facing north, one becomes truthful in speech and if in south direction than acquire fame.
• When guests are invited for dinner, never force them to eat beyond their capacity.
• Having finished one's meals, one should wash one's mouth thrice with water and twice again. One should wash one's mouth and face with the right hand only.
• After Consuming food one should touch the head with its right hand as it is said that after consuming the meal, one has mentally touched the fire.
According to Another important Hindu epic ‘Manu Smriti’: Garlic, leeks, onions, mushrooms and (all plants) grown in impurities are unfit to be eaten by twice-born men... Read More
In this chapter, Bhishma was addressing Yudishtra. He said that one should eat only such food as mentioned in the Hindu scriptures.
There, it has been mentioned that on a Full Moon Day and New Moon Day, one should abstain from eating any food. Here, he mentioned that it would the sin if one consumes the meat of cows, peacock, and goats. Apart from it stale meat should never be consumed. He mentioned that one should not kill or consume the meat of the bird, especially when the bird was fed by that person itself.
There are certain plants also that one should not eat. In this category many sacred trees would come such as fig or Peepul tree, Crotolaria Juncea (Sunn Hemp) and Gular fig or country fig tree. Basically, in this category, fruits, flowers and leaves of those plants that one use to worship the deities is included.
The most important part of the food is salt. One should avoid taking salt in its hands.
Many people have the habit of drinking the curd at the conclusion of the meal, but Bhisma said that the scriptures abstained people from pursuing such habit.
One should avoid such habit of eating from each other’s plate or remnants of other people's dishes and plates.
One must abstain from consuming the food prepared by the lady in her functional period.
Abstain from consuming the food or any liquid whose core value has been depleted. One should avoid taking the food that has been grazed by hungry person or the person that wishfully gaze at the food.
Food that contains the hair should never be consumed.
Bhisma then explain the right way of consuming the food:
• Before eating the meal one must wash mouth thrice with water before any food.
• Food must be eaten three times in the day and no food should be consumed between the intervals.
• It is advised not to speak while eating the food that is eaten.
• Avoid speaking to anyone while eating and should not make noise while eating.
• Food in which hair is detected should not be consumed.
• One should eat food in sitting posture and should avoid eating while walking.
• One should not eat food that has been prepared by the lady during woman in her functional period.
• If one eats facing east becomes endued with longevity and if one eats facing west acquires great wealth. Similarly, if one eats facing north, one becomes truthful in speech and if in south direction than acquire fame.
• When guests are invited for dinner, never force them to eat beyond their capacity.
• Having finished one's meals, one should wash one's mouth thrice with water and twice again. One should wash one's mouth and face with the right hand only.
• After Consuming food one should touch the head with its right hand as it is said that after consuming the meal, one has mentally touched the fire.
According to Another important Hindu epic ‘Manu Smriti’: Garlic, leeks, onions, mushrooms and (all plants) grown in impurities are unfit to be eaten by twice-born men... Read More
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