Shloka 34
Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)
अवलोक्य तथोदक्यां अन्त्यजं पतितं शवम् । विधर्मि-सूतिका-षण्ढ-विवस्त्रान्त्यावसायिनः ॥
avalokya tathodakyām antyajaṃ patitaṃ śavam / vidharmi-sūtikā-ṣaṇḍha-vivastrāntyāvasāyinaḥ
وكذلك إذا رأى المرء في الماء منبوذاً خارج الطبقات، أو ساقطاً، أو جثةً، وإذا لقي زنديقاً، أو امرأةً في نجاسة النفاس، أو عاجزاً جنسياً، أو عارياً، أو منبوذاً، أو من يزاول مهنًا مُهينة—(فإنه يتدنّس وعليه أن يلتزم التطهير).
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FAQs
The text maps purity rules onto social and ritual categories prevalent in classical dharma literature, especially regarding death and birth impurity. Practically, it aims at maintaining ritual boundaries; ethically, it reflects a historical social taxonomy rather than a universal moral valuation.
Ancillary dharma/ācāra material.
Water is the medium of ritual purification; contamination ‘in water’ symbolizes disturbance in the very instrument of cleansing—suggesting that discernment (viveka) must precede purification practices.