One should never, O king, eat off the same plate with another even if he be of his own or equal rank. Nor should one ever eat any food that has been prepared by a woman in her menses.
समानमेकपात्रे तु भुजेन्नान्नं जनेश्वर॥ नालीढया परिहतं भक्षयीत कदाचन।