Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya)
by George Thibaut | 1890 | 203,611 words
English translation of the Brahma sutras (aka. Vedanta Sutras) with commentary by Shankaracharya (Shankara Bhashya): One of the three canonical texts of the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. The Brahma sutra is the exposition of the philosophy of the Upanishads. It is an attempt to systematise the various strands of the Upanishads which form the ...
III, 4, 30
30. And this is said in Smṛti also.
That in cases of need both he who knows and he who does not know may eat any food Smṛti also states; compare e.g. 'He who being in danger of his life eats food from anywhere is stained by sin no more than the lotus leaf by water.'--On the other hand, many passages teach that unlawful food is to be avoided. 'Intoxicating liquor the Brāhmaṇa must permanently forego;' 'Let them pour boiling spirits down the throat of the Brāhmaṇa who drinks spirits;' 'Spirit-drinking worms grow in the mouth of the spirit-drinking man, because he enjoys what is unlawful.'