Shloka 24

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

Devanagari script

देवतापितृसच्छास्त्रयज्ञवेदादिनिन्दकैः कृत्वा तु स्पर्शमालापं शुद्ध्यतेर्ऽकावलोकनात्

Transliteration

devatāpitṛsacchāstrayajñavedādinindakaiḥ kṛtvā tu sparśamālāpaṃ śuddhyater'kāvalokanāt

Translation

Wenn jemand körperlichen Kontakt oder ein Gespräch mit denen hatte, die die Götter, die Ahnen, die wahren Śāstras, Opfer, die Veden und dergleichen schmähen, wird er durch das Schauen der Sonne gereinigt.

Word by Word

• देवतापितृसत्-शास्त्र-यज्ञ-वेद-आदि-निन्दकैः: by/with the revilers of gods, ancestors, true scriptures, sacrifices, Vedas, etc.
• देवतापितृसत्-शास्त्र-यज्ञ-वेद-आदि-निन्दकैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता + पितृ + सत् + शास्त्र + यज्ञ + वेद + आदि + निन्दक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/सह), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी/तत्पुरुषप्रायः ("देवतादीनां निन्दकाः")

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), "having done"

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थे "but/indeed"

• स्पर्शम्: touch
• स्पर्शम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• आलापम्: conversation/speaking
• आलापम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आलाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• शुद्ध्यते: is purified
• शुद्ध्यते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अर्क-अवलोकनात्: from/because of looking at the sun
• अर्क-अवलोकनात्: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क + अवलोकन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ("अर्कस्य अवलोकनम्")

Speakers

• Not explicit in this verse (narrative voice within the dialogue framework; likely part of Pulastya’s instruction to Nārada in this section).

Primary Deities

• Sūrya

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Vrata/Rituals
• Śauca (purity rules)
• Vedic authority (Veda-yajña-śāstra protection)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Association (saṅga) shapes one’s inner and ritual condition; contempt for Veda, yajña, and the divine order is treated as a contaminating influence. The text recommends a simple, public, cosmic purifier—Sūrya—emphasizing that dharma is upheld by reverence for the sacred and by conscious disengagement from disparaging company.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa?

Primarily dharma-śikṣā within a māhātmya/anuśāsana-style passage rather than sarga/pratisarga. It most closely aligns with ancillary purāṇic instruction (ācāra-dharma) often embedded within tīrtha-māhātmya narratives.

What is the symbolic significance?

The Sun functions as the visible witness of ṛta (cosmic order). ‘Looking at the Sun’ symbolizes turning the mind from negation (nindā) toward illumination (prakāśa), restoring clarity and alignment with Vedic truth.