Vamana Purana — Dietary Rules & Purification, Shloka 4

Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller

Devanagari script

मणिरत्नप्रवालानां तद्वन्मुक्ताफलस्य च शैलदारुमयानां च तृणमूलौषधान्यपि

Transliteration

maṇiratnapravālānāṃ tadvanmuktāphalasya ca śailadārumayānāṃ ca tṛṇamūlauṣadhānyapi

Translation

Of gems, jewels, and corals—and likewise of pearls; and of things made of stone and wood; also of grass, roots, and medicinal herbs (these are included in the discussion).

Word by Word

• मणि-रत्न-प्रवालानाम्: of gems, jewels, and corals
• मणि-रत्न-प्रवालानाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि + रत्न + प्रवाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective copulative)

• तद्वत्: likewise
• तद्वत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्वत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय; तुल्यतासूचक (adverb of similarity: 'likewise')

• मुक्ता-फलस्य: of pearl-fruit (pearl)
• मुक्ता-फलस्य: Sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ता + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (muktāyāḥ phalam)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (समुच्चय/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• शैल-दारु-मयानाम्: of those made of stone and wood
• शैल-दारु-मयानाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शैल + दारु + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सामान्यविशेषण), षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (śailadāru-maya = made of stone/wood)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (समुच्चय/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तृण-मूल-औषधानि: grasses, roots, and herbs
• तृण-मूल-औषधानि: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृण + मूल + औषध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative: grasses, roots, herbs)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

Speakers

• Not specified in input (likely within Pulastya → Nārada framework)

Key Themes

• Ritual purity (śuddhi)
• Material classification
• Dharma/Ācāra

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Purity is treated as a practical discipline extending beyond food to objects and substances, encouraging mindful handling of both valuables and simple natural items.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

It functions as ancillary dharma instruction (ācāra), not as one of the five defining Purāṇic topics.

What is the symbolic significance?

By placing pearls and gems alongside grass and herbs, the text levels the material hierarchy under a single dharmic lens: all objects can be subject to purity rules.