Shloka : 48

शास्त्रोक्त आपद्धर्मो य: स त्वल्पापदि कर्हिचित् ।

मदाश्रितैर्मुख्यतया ग्रहीतव्यो न मानवै: ॥ 48 ॥

અને અમારા આશ્રિત જે મનુષ્ય તેમણે શાસ્ત્રે કહ્યો જે આપદ્ધર્મ તે અલ્પ આપત્કાળને વિષે મુખ્યપણે કરીને ક્યારેય ગ્રહણ ન કરવો. ॥ 48 ॥

And my devotees should not follow the code of conduct prescribed for the emergency during a minor or an insignificant emergency. || 48 ||

Commentary

The devotees of Shriji Maharaj should never follow the code of conduct prescribed for the emergency during an insignificant emergency. 'Aapaddharma' means the code of conduct to be followed during the time of emergency. i.e. 'A sick person can have the food offered to God Vishnu on a fasting day.' Using such state­ments one should not eat food on a fasting day if one has slight fever or headache. That means during any insignificant emergency, one should not follow the code of conduct described for the emergency.

But during an emergency, one should follow the code of conduct in such a way that one’s body does not suffer or one does not leave the body. Moreover, when one feels healthy enough, one should follow proper code of conduct as usual. Such exceptional code of conduct has been described for the biggest emergency like that of life and death. Therefore, the devotees of Shri Hari should not follow it for an insignificant emergency.