[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985) › c19.s3.6 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s3.6 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s3.6 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.6) 6. "The evil (\*pāpman\*) of the dīkṣita is divided in three ways. he who eats his food (takes) a third part; he who mentions his evil (\*aślīla\*) a third part; he who mentions his name a third part" (\*KS\* 23. 6). We are reminded here of the inauspicious "voice" (\*aślīlā vāc\*) that pursues Indra after his killing of Viśvarūpa. Indra—with whom the sacrificer is often identified—also disposes of his guilt, the impurity of death, in three ways (\*TS\* 2. 5. 1. 2–5). Eating the food of the dīkṣita is also forbidden by Manu, who brackets the dīkṣita with different kinds of impure people (\*Manu\* 4. 210). - [Previous: c19.s3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.5) - [Next: c19.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.7) - [Up: c19.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3) ## Linked texts (3) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.210) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.2.5.1.2) — Sanskrit - [Kāṭhakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*kathaka.23.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.6) · Pramāṇa