In the Sanatan tradition, the month of Sawan is holy and considered on the basis of fast and rituals. These four months falling in the rainy season due to the law of Chaturmas are also called the time of spiritual awakening. Many rules and ethics were made for this time since ancient times, which are still present in our lifestyle in some form or the other and people consider them in some form or the other.
Questions arise on the ancient rules of food and drink?
Nevertheless, there is either confusion about many rules or they are declared irrational. The situation of debate between new and older generations emerges between these rules, while on the other hand the society also gets divided into two grooves, in which people on one side justify these rules and people on the other side consider it just a blank gapp.
What is the prevailing recognition of food and drink about spring?
Talking about spring, the most common belief is that meat should not be consumed during this period. It is argued that the month of Sawan is considered very sacred and special. Lord Shiva is worshiped this month and fast is kept. Kavad Yatra is taken out. That is why it is forbidden to eat carnivores in this month.
Why is it necessary to avoid meat to control the senses?
If you go ahead with this reasoning behind not doing non -vegetarian, it can be just one opinion, a religion based idea, but only this is the reason, it should not be considered. It is also said that non -vegetarian is a meal of tamasic instinct and it removes from sattvikta. Consuming this food increases lethargy, laziness, ego and anger and distance from spirituality, so the diet is said to control the senses.
How does spring become necessary for biodiversity?
The reality and real thing is the second thing beyond all these things and arguments. In the month of Sawan, scientific arguments are made behind meat and some green vegetables from food that the month of rain is the month of bio -diversity. The subtle organisms coming in biodiversity are also very important to maintain the balance of the atmosphere and environment of the earth. In such a situation, leafy vegetables and herbs are also banned in food, because insects can be found in them. This moisture season is the most suitable time for bacteria to flourish. That is why non -veg is also forbidden.
What does Ayurveda say on carnivores in spring?
Whether or not meat should be eaten in Sawan, Ayurveda expert and doctor Pradeep Chaudhary (Shatabhisha, Lucknow) tells in great detail. He says that according to modern medicine, there is no problem in the spring even in the spring because the meat is a good source of protein.
But, if you obey the age of age, then this subject needs to be understood in a different way. In Ayurveda, the description of the flesh of different organisms and every flesh have their own properties, and also how to cook their qualities. Along with this, the weather also affects the food. Therefore, according to the country, time and person, their consumption can be right or wrong.
According to Ayurveda, in this Vedic book related to human health, rules have been made for rainy food and diet. Sawan is the month to come in this rainy season, so all these rules are easily associated with the religious rules of Sawan and their real heart is left behind.
The reason for avoiding meat in the rainy season?
According to Ayurveda, from the health point of view, the body’s fire, that is, the power to digest food, is the weakest in the whole year. During this time both Vata and Kapha continue to increase. In such a situation, whatever diet is heavy, lubricating, balsamic and secretive that does not digest, but produces toxins and obstacles in the body.
Dr. Pradeep says that now if you look at the goat meat, it is considered to be strong, balsamic, heavy in taste and filling the body, but its quality becomes harmful to the body in the rainy season. When the fire is dim and the gout is increased, then it is not able to digest, so there is a problem like indigestion, heaviness, pain of chronic joints and sleep restlessness with swelling.
How does the effect of which animal/organism affect?
Similarly, chicken meat is also delicious, enhanced and rich in smoothness, but the chickens of modern poultry farm are more tandaiy to increase lubrication and phlegm. It can also increase symptoms like indigestion, stool, skin viscosity, irritation and constipation in the rainy season. Similarly, eating fish in the rainy season also causes harm because even though the fish cooks quickly, it is also a quality of abstinence, ie secretion. In this way it enhances viscosity, moisture, itching and phlegm disorders in the body.
In the rainy season, when moisture and phlegm already increased in the atmosphere, then it can become more harmful.
Consuming beef and pork also causes harm to the body during this period. In the rainy season, their consumption can cause indigestion, mango (toxin), vomiting (vomiting) and skin disorders. They do even more harm in people with weak gastritis.
Not only Sawan, not only does it affect meat in Bhadas
This is the reason that eating meat in Sawan is prohibited, in fact, this taboo is not only due to religious reasons for Sawan, but is due to the health reasons of Ayurveda and this rule has been made for the rainy season. Therefore, only if the meat is left due to the worship of Shiva in Sawan, if the flesh will eat the flesh next month and it will rain at that time (which is at that time), then it can only damage the body of the eater.
Although an alternative to eating meat during this time can be a meat soup, soup has a fraction of the properties of meat, but it digests relatively quickly. Therefore it can also be given to patients with slow fire, but with caution.
On this basis, sages and Manishis had told the avoidance of non-vegetarian, rich food, leafy vegetables etc. during the rainy season, but the reason behind this avoidance was completely scientific rather than religious or worship.
Maharishi Charak’s views about food
Maharishi Charak has mentioned three gold rules of food in Charak Samhita. Benefit, Mitubhuk and Ritubhuk. Beneficial means that a food that is beneficial or welfare. Which no one has been troubled in getting. Mitubhuk means that food should be in appropriate amounts. No matter how beneficial or delicious the food is, the quantity of food should be controlled and appropriate. Ritubhuk means to receive the right food items according to season and time.
Food is the most important source for the nutrition of our body. It is not just to fill the stomach, but also the nutritious of our soul. Therefore, it is considered appropriate to eat according to the season. So the relationship of avoiding non -vegetarianism is not just a religious cause or purity of spring, but is the ancient view of the season that is essential for geographically peninsular India.
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