Shloka 27
Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)
उपवासस् त्रिरात्रन्तु दुष्टभक्ताशिनो भवेत् ।
अज्ञाते ज्ञानपूर्वन्तु तद्दोषोपशमेन तु ॥
upavāsas trirātraṃ tu duṣṭa-bhaktāśino bhavet | ajñāte jñāna-pūrvaṃ tu tad-doṣopaśamena tu ||
ومن أكل طعامًا مدنّسًا فُرض عليه صومُ ثلاثِ ليالٍ. فإن كان ذلك عن غير علمٍ كانت الطهارة على قدره؛ وإن كان عن علمٍ وتعمدٍ وجب تسكين تلك الخطيئة وإزالتها بكفّارةٍ لائقة.
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FAQs
Moral weight depends on intention and awareness: the same act has different consequences and remedies when done unknowingly versus knowingly, reflecting a nuanced ethics of culpability.
Ācāra/dharma instruction.
The three-night fast can be read as resetting the ‘inner fire’ (agni) and re-establishing mastery over desire; knowingly eating impurity symbolizes deliberate indulgence requiring deeper correction.