Shloka 94
यज्ञवृक्षस्य मूले च उद्याने पुष्पवाटके । शरीरस्य मलत्यागं न कुर्याज्जीवने तथा
yajñavṛkṣasya mūle ca udyāne puṣpavāṭake | śarīrasya malatyāgaṃ na kuryājjīvane tathā
لا يطرح المرء فضلات الجسد عند أصل شجرة اليَجْنَه، ولا في بستان ولا في روضة أزهار؛ وكذلك لا يفعل ذلك قط في المواضع التي تسكنها الكائنات.
Unspecified (narratorial/dharmic injunction within the chapter context)
Concept: Śauca (purity) and ahiṃsā extend to environmental and communal spaces; do not profane places that sustain life or ritual.
Application: Use designated sanitary places; protect gardens/temple groves; treat shared spaces as sacred; cultivate cleanliness as a devotional discipline.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
Type: forest
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A serene sacred grove surrounds a venerable yajña-tree with a small altar nearby; a devotee respectfully walks away toward a discreet, designated place, holding a water pot, embodying restraint and cleanliness. Flowering creepers and a tended garden border the grove, while small beings—birds, squirrels, and insects—animate the ‘places where life dwells,’ emphasizing non-defilement.","primary_figures":["a dharmic householder (gṛhastha)","a silent priestly presence near a yajña-vedi (optional)"],"setting":"sacrificial grove with yajña-vṛkṣa, garden paths, flower-grove (puṣpavāṭikā), small altar and water vessel","lighting_mood":"golden dawn","color_palette":["leaf green","sandalwood beige","lotus pink","smoke gray","golden ochre"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: a sacred yajña-tree with a small vedi and kalasha at its base, lush garden and flower-grove behind; a devotee turns away respectfully toward a designated secluded spot, gold leaf halos around the tree and altar, rich reds and greens, gem-studded ornaments on ritual vessels, traditional South Indian iconographic detailing for the sacred grove.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: delicate grove scene with a venerable tree and tiny yajña-altar, winding garden path and flowering shrubs; a modest figure walking away in restraint, cool greens and soft pink blossoms, lyrical naturalism, refined faces, distant hills and birds to suggest ‘living places.’","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold black outlines, natural pigments; central sacred tree and small altar, stylized flora and fauna indicating inhabited spaces; devotee in simple attire moving away, temple-wall aesthetic with red/yellow/green dominance and calm, symmetrical composition.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: ornate floral borders and lotus motifs framing a sacred grove; central yajña-tree treated like a sanctified axis, peacocks and cows at the periphery to signify life; deep blues and gold accents, intricate garden patterns, devotional cleanliness theme conveyed through the figure’s respectful withdrawal."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"meditative","suggested_raga":"Bhupali","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"reverent-soft","sound_elements":["morning birds","soft flowing water (distant)","temple bell (faint)","silence between lines"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: कुर्याज्जीवने = कुर्यात् + जीवने (त् + ज् → ज्ज्)।
FAQs
It instructs basic sanitation and reverence: do not relieve yourself near sacred trees, gardens, flower-groves, or inhabited places.
They are spaces of cultivation, beauty, worship-offerings, and shared public use; defiling them violates cleanliness (śauca) and respect for sacred or communal environments.
Personal bodily needs should be managed with responsibility—protecting purity, health, and the dignity of sacred and communal spaces.