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Bad Food
 
Food for SvAmi Nam AzvAr is Lord Sri KrshNA
 
'vuNNum sOARu parugu nEr thiNNum veTRilaium ellAm kaNnan' ThiruvAimzohi 6-7-1;
 
We mortals, however need food day in and day out night in and night out. As seen earlier, the food offered to EmperumAn is ideal food.
 
There are certain food which has been proscribed
 
i piNach sOARu: Food in the house of death;
 
ii. maNach sOARu:  Food in marriages. Cleanliness.
 
iii. vilaich sOARu: Food purchased. The aim is commercial.
 
iv. pugazhch sOARu; Food catered with the aim of attaining fame.
 
v.porut sOARu: Food offered with expectations of something.
 
vi. ecchiR sOARu: Food offered to anya-dhEvathAs.
 
These are the food specifically barred-refer vArthA mAlai.
 
Further, svAmi vEdhAntha Desikan has elaborately dealt on this subject. In his work AhAra niyamam
he reiterates the fact that food not offered to EmperumAn is a dont.
For further details one may log on to
http://www.sundarasimham.org/ebooks/ebook21.htm
 
( to be continued)
 
adiyEan dASan
vanamamalai padmanabhan
 
 
 
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