Shloka 21

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

Devanagari script

न लङ्घयेत्पुरीषासृक्ष्ठीवनोद्वर्त्तनानि च गृहादुच्छिष्टविण्मूत्रे पादाम्भांसि क्षिपेद् बहिः

Transliteration

na laṅghayetpurīṣāsṛkṣṭhīvanodvarttanāni ca gṛhāducchiṣṭaviṇmūtre pādāmbhāṃsi kṣiped bahiḥ

Translation

Man soll weder über Kot, Blut, Speichel noch über das Pulver/die Salbe zum Einreiben des Körpers hinwegsteigen. Aus dem Haus soll man Reste, Kot und Urin sowie das Wasser vom Füßewaschen nach draußen werfen.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात; negation

• लङ्घयेत्: should step over
• लङ्घयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लङ्घ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; optative ‘should step over/cross’

• पुरीष: feces
• पुरीष: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरीष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; compound-member (समासाङ्ग)

• असृक्: blood
• असृक्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असृज्/असृक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; compound-member (समासाङ्ग)

• ष्ठीवन: spittle
• ष्ठीवन: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ष्ठीवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; compound-member (समासाङ्ग)

• उद्वर्त्तनानि: rubbings/scrapings (of the body)
• उद्वर्त्तनानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्वर्त्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; accusative plural neuter

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात; conjunction

• गृहात्: from the house
• गृहात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन; ablative singular neuter

• उच्छिष्ट: leftover/impure
• उच्छिष्ट: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; compound-member (समासाङ्ग); विशेषण—‘leftover/impure’

• विण्मूत्रे: in feces and urine
• विण्मूत्रे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विट् + मूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), द्विवचन; locative dual neuter; ‘in feces and urine’

• पादाम्भांसि: foot-washing water
• पादाम्भांसि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद + अम्भस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; accusative plural neuter; ‘water for washing feet’

• क्षिपेत्: should throw
• क्षिपेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; optative ‘should throw’

• बहिः: outside
• बहिः: Desha-adhikarana (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—देशवाचक; adverb ‘outside’

Speakers

• Pulastya to Nārada (typical frame for Vāmana Purāṇa instruction sections; exact speaker may vary by recension)

Key Themes

• Dharma/Ācāra
• Śauca (Purity)
• Vrata/Rituals

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

External cleanliness is treated as a support for inner discipline: avoiding contact with impure substances and maintaining a clean dwelling cultivates mindfulness, restraint, and respect for ritual order.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is not pañcalakṣaṇa narrative material (sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita) but an ancillary dharma-śāstra style passage on ācāra within the Purāṇa.

What is the symbolic significance?

‘Not stepping over’ impurities symbolizes not normalizing moral/ritual disorder; removing waste-water and remnants outside marks the boundary between the ordered domestic space (gṛha) and the impure discard-zone.