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Decision about Acceptable and Prohibited Food^ - Verse 3

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 17 · Verse 3

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Sanskrit Original

ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्रस्य च मुनीश्वराः। यस्यान्नेनोदरस्थेन मृतस्तद्योनिमाप्नुयात।।

brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrasya ca munīśvarāḥ| yasyānnenodarasthena mṛtastadyonimāpnuyāt||

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O leading sages, a person is reborn as a Brahmana, a Ksatriya, a Vaisya or a Sudra according as the food offered by these is still in his belly when he dies, (e.g. he dies with the food of a Brahmana in his stomach, he is reborn as a Brahmana, so on).