Vamana Purana — Rules of Purity (Shauca), Shloka 48

Rules of Purity (Śauca), Permissible Foods, and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller

Devanagari script

नन्दासु नाभ्यङ्गमुपाचरेत क्षौरं च रिक्तासु जयासु मांसम् पूर्णासु योषित्परिवर्जयेत भद्रासु सर्वाणि समाचरेत

Transliteration

nandāsu nābhyaṅgamupācareta kṣauraṃ ca riktāsu jayāsu māṃsam pūrṇāsu yoṣitparivarjayeta bhadrāsu sarvāṇi samācareta

Translation

নন্দা তিথিত অভ্যঙ্গ (তেল-মৰ্দন) নকৰিব; ৰিক্ত তিথিত ক্ষৌৰ (দাড়ি/চুলি কটা, মুণ্ডন) বর্জন কৰিব; জয়া তিথিত মাংস বর্জন কৰিব; পূৰ্ণা তিথিত স্ত্ৰীসঙ্গ (কামভোগ) পৰিহাৰ কৰিব; ভদ্ৰা তিথিত এই সকলো কৰ্ম কৰিব পাৰি।

Word by Word

• नन्दासु: on Nandā (days)
• नन्दासु: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; अधिकरण: 'on Nandā (tithis/days)'; contextual ritual term

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• अभ्यङ्गम्: oil-massage/anointing
• अभ्यङ्गम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभि-अञ्ज् (धातु) + घञ् → अभ्यङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object of उपाचरेत

• उपाचरेत: should perform
• उपाचरेत: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; 'should practice/perform'

• क्षौरम्: shaving
• क्षौरम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षौर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'shaving' (object, understood verb: avoid/perform depending on context)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• रिक्तासु: on Riktā (days)
• रिक्तासु: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिक्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; 'on Riktā (days)'

• जयासु: on Jayā (days)
• जयासु: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; 'on Jayā (days)'

• मांसम्: meat
• मांसम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object (to be avoided/consumed per rule)

• पूर्णासु: on Pūrṇā (days)
• पूर्णासु: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्णा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; 'on Pūrṇā (days)'

• योषित्: woman
• योषित्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object of परिवर्जयेत; generic 'woman' (as per ritual restriction)

• परिवर्जयेत: should avoid
• परिवर्जयेत: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-√वृज्/वर्ज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; 'should avoid'

• भद्रासु: on Bhadrā (days)
• भद्रासु: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; 'on Bhadrā (days)'

• सर्वाणि: all (things/acts)
• सर्वाणि: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; object of समाचरेत; 'all (acts)'

• समाचरेत: should perform
• समाचरेत: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; 'should practice/perform'

Speakers

• Not stated in the provided excerpt (often framed as Pulastya → Nārada in the Vāmana Purāṇa
• but unspecified here)

Key Themes

• Vrata/Rituals
• Tithi-based observances
• Auspicious timing (muhūrta/tithi-śuddhi)
• Self-restraint

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse ties everyday acts to ritual time-discipline: by regulating pleasure, grooming, and diet according to tithi-qualities, one cultivates mindfulness and subordinates impulse to dharmic order.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa?

This is again ancillary material: vrata/ācāra guidance rather than sarga/pratisarga or dynastic narration. It reflects the Purāṇic role as a practical dharma handbook.

What is the symbolic significance?

The tithi-classes encode a sacral calendar where ‘full/empty/auspicious’ time qualities shape conduct; abstentions symbolize conserving ojas and aligning personal life with cosmic rhythm (ṛta).