Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.17

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
vyāsa uvāca
nādyācchūdrasya vipro 'nnaṃ mohād vā yadi vānyataḥ /
sa śūdrayoniṃ vrajati yastu bhuṅkte hyanāpadi

ṣaṇmāsān yo dvijo bhuṅkte śūdrasyānnaṃ vigarhitam /
jīvanneva bhavecchūdro mṛtaḥ śvā cābhijāyate

brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrasya ca munīśvarāḥ /
yasyānnenodarasthena mṛtastadyonimāpnuyāt

rājānnaṃ nartakānnaṃ ca takṣṇo 'nnaṃ carmakāriṇaḥ /
gaṇānnaṃ gaṇikānnaṃ ca ṣaṇḍhānnaṃ caiva varjayet

cakropajīvirajakataskaradhvajināṃ tathā /
gāndharvalohakārānnaṃ sūtakānnaṃ ca varjayet

kulālacitrakarmānnaṃ vārdhuṣeḥ patitasya ca /
paunarbhavacchatrikayorabhiśastasya caiva hi

suvarṇakāraśailūṣavyādhabaddhāturasya ca /
cikitsakasya caivānnaṃ puṃścalyā daṇḍikasya ca

stenanāstikayorannaṃ devatānindakasya ca /
somavikrayiṇaścānnaṃ śvapākasya viśeṣataḥ

bhāryājitasya caivānnaṃ yasya copapatirgṛhe /
utsṛṣṭasya kadaryasya tathaivocchiṣṭabhojinaḥ

apāṅktyānnaṃ ca saṅghānnaṃ śastrājīvasya caiva hi /
klībasaṃnyāsinoścānnaṃ mattonmattasya caiva hi /
bhītasya ruditasyānnamavakruṣṭaṃ parikṣutam

brahmadviṣaḥ pāparuceḥ śrāddhānnaṃ sūtakasya ca /
vṛthāpākasya caivānnaṃ śāvānnaṃ śvaśurasya ca

aprajānāṃ tu nārīṇāṃ bhṛtakasya tathaiva ca /
kārukānnaṃ viśeṣeṇa śastravikrayiṇastathā

śauṇḍānnaṃ ghāṭikānnaṃ ca bhiṣajāmannameva ca /
viddhaprajananasyānnaṃ parivittyannameva ca

punarbhuvo viśeṣeṇa tathaiva didhiṣūpateḥ /
avajñātaṃ cāvadhūtaṃ saroṣaṃ vismayānvitam /
gurorapi na bhoktavyamannaṃ saṃskāravarjitam

duṣkṛtaṃ hi manuṣyasya sarvamanne vyavasthitam /
yo yasyānnaṃ samaśnāti sa tasyāśnāni kilbiṣam

ārdhikaḥ kulamitraśca svagopālaśca nāpitaḥ /
ete śūdreṣu bhojyānnā yaścātmānaṃ nivedayet

kuśīlavaḥ kumbhakāraḥ kṣetrakarmaka eva ca /
ete śūdreṣu bhojyānnā dattvā svalpaṃ paṇaṃ budhaiḥ

pāyasaṃ snehapakvaṃ yad gorasaṃ caiva saktavaḥ /
piṇyākaṃ caiva tailaṃ ca śūdrād grāhyaṃ dvijātibhiḥ

vṛntākaṃ nālikāśākaṃ kusumbhāśmantakaṃ tathā /
palāṇḍuṃ laśunaṃ śuktaṃ niryāsaṃ caiva varjayet

chatrākaṃ viḍvarāhaṃ ca śelaṃ peyūṣameva ca /
vilayaṃ sumukhaṃ caiva kavakāni ca varjayet

gṛñjanaṃ kiṃśukaṃ caiva kakubhāṇḍaṃ tathaiva ca /
udumbaramalābuṃ ca jagdhvā patati vai dvijaḥ

vṛthā kṛśarasaṃyāvaṃ pāyasāpūpameva ca /
anupākṛtamāṃsaṃ ca devānnāni havīṃṣi ca

yavāgūṃ mātuliṅgaṃ ca matsyānapyanupākṛtān /
nīpaṃ kapitthaṃ plakṣaṃ ca prayatnena vivarjayet

piṇyākaṃ coddhṛtasnehaṃ devadhānya tathaiva ca /
rātrau ca tilasaṃbaddhaṃ prayatnena dadhi tyajet

nāśnīyāt payasā takraṃ na bījānyupajīvayet /
kriyāduṣṭaṃ bhāvaduṣṭamasatsaṃsargi varjayet

keśakīṭāvapannaṃ ca sahṛllekhaṃ ca nityaśaḥ /
śvāghrātaṃ ca punaḥ siddhaṃ caṇḍālāvekṣitaṃ tathā

udakyayā ca patitairgavā cāghrātameva ca /
anarcitaṃ puryuṃ ṣitaṃ paryāyānnaṃ ca nityaśaḥ

kākakukkuṭasaṃspṛṣṭaṃ kṛmibhiścaiva saṃyutam /
manuṣyairapyavaghrātaṃ kuṣṭhinā spṛṣṭameva ca

na rajasvalayā dattaṃ na puṃścālyā saroṣayā /
malabadvāsasā vāpi paravāso 'tha varjayet

vivatsāyāśca goḥ kṣīramauṣṭraṃ vānirdaśaṃ tathā /
āvikaṃ sandhinīkṣīramapeyaṃ manurabravīt

balākaṃ haṃsadātyūhaṃ kalaviṅkaṃ śukaṃ tathā /
kuraraṃ ca cakoraṃ ca jālapādaṃ ca kokilam

vāyasaṃ khañjarīṭaṃ ca śyenaṃ gṛdhraṃ tathaiva ca /
ulūkaṃ cakravākaṃ ca bhāsaṃ pārāvatānapi /
kapotaṃ ṭiṭṭibhaṃ caiva grāmakukkuṭameva ca

siṃhavyāghraṃ ca mārjāraṃ śvānaṃ śūkarameva ca /
śṛgālaṃ markaṭaṃ caiva gardabhaṃ ca na bhakṣayet

na bhakṣayet sarvamṛgān pakṣiṇo 'nyān vanecarān /
jalecarān sthalacarān prāṇinaśceti dhāraṇā

godhā kūrmaḥ śaśaḥ śvāvicchalyakaśceti sattamāḥ /
bhakṣyāḥ pañcanakhā nityaṃ manurāha prijāpatiḥ

matsyān saśalkān bhuñjīyān māṃsaṃ rauravamevaca /
nivedya devatābhyastu brāhmaṇebhyastu nānyathā

mayūraṃ tittiraṃ caiva kapotaṃ ca kapiñjalam /
vādhrīṇasaṃ bakaṃ bhakṣyaṃ mīnahaṃsaparājitāḥ

śapharaṃ siṃhatuṇḍaṃ ca tathā pāṭhīnarohitau /
matsyāścaite samuddiṣṭā bhakṣaṇāya dvijottamāḥ

prokṣitaṃ bhakṣayedeṣāṃ māṃsaṃ ca dvijakāmyayā /
yathāvidhi niyuktaṃ ca prāṇānāmapi cātyaye

bhakṣayennaiva māṃsāni śeṣabhojī na lipyate /
auṣadhārthamaśaktau vā niyogād yajñakāraṇāt

āmantritastu yaḥ śrāddhe daive vā māṃsamutsṛjet /
yāvanti paśuromāṇi tāvato narakān vrajet

adeyaṃ cāpyapeyaṃ ca tathaivāspṛśyameva ca /
dvijātīnāmanālokyaṃ nityaṃ madyamiti sthitiḥ

tasmāt sarvaprakāreṇa madyaṃ nityaṃ vivarjayet /
pītvā patati karmabhyastvasaṃbhāṣyo bhaved dvijaḥ

bhakṣayitvā hyabhakṣyāṇi pītvāpeyānyapi dvijaḥ /
nādhikārī bhavet tāvad yāvad tanna jahātyadhaḥ

tasmāt pariharennityamabhakṣyāṇi prayatnataḥ /
apeyāni ca vipro vai tathā ced yāti rauravam