Shloka 7

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

Devanagari script

नागदन्तास्थिशृङ्गाणां तक्षणाच्छुद्धिरिष्यते पुनः पाकेन भाण्डानां मृन्मयानां च मेध्यता

Transliteration

nāgadantāsthiśṛṅgāṇāṃ takṣaṇācchuddhiriṣyate punaḥ pākena bhāṇḍānāṃ mṛnmayānāṃ ca medhyatā

Translation

Für Elfenbein, Knochen und Horn gilt Reinigung durch Abschaben bzw. Abtragen als anerkannt. Und bei irdenen Gefäßen wird die Tauglichkeit (zum Gebrauch) durch erneutes Brennen im Feuer wiederhergestellt.

Word by Word

• नाग-दन्त-अस्थि-शृङ्गाणाम्: of elephant-teeth (ivory), bones, and horns
• नाग-दन्त-अस्थि-शृङ्गाणाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग + दन्त + अस्थि + शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (समाहार), षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व (ivory/elephant-teeth, bones, horns)

• तक्षणात्: by scraping/cutting
• तक्षणात्: Karana (करण/Means; expressed by ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तक्षण (प्रातिपदिक; √तक्ष् धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान (ablative: 'by/from scraping/cutting')

• शुद्धिः: purification
• शुद्धिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• इष्यते: is prescribed
• इष्यते: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; 'is prescribed/accepted'

• पुनः: again/further
• पुनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्त्यर्थ (again/further)

• पाकेन: by cooking/baking
• पाकेन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण

• भाण्डानाम्: of vessels/pots
• भाण्डानाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• मृन्-मयानाम्: of earthen (ones)
• मृन्-मयानाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृद्/मृन् + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (made of clay); षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; विशेषण (earthen)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (समुच्चय/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• मेध्यता: purity/fitness for ritual
• मेध्यता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेध्यता (प्रातिपदिक; मेध्य + ता)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speakers

• Not stated in the provided excerpt (commonly framed as Pulastya → Nārada in this Purāṇa
• but not asserted here)

Key Themes

• Vrata/Rituals
• Dharma
• Shauca (Purity rules)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Purification is defined as removal or transformation of the contaminated surface: scraping removes the affected layer; re-firing transforms the clay and symbolically ‘renews’ the vessel.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Ancillary ācāra/dharma material, not pancalakṣaṇa narrative cosmology or genealogy.

What is the symbolic significance?

Scraping implies discernment—discarding the tainted outer accretion; fire (pāka) is the archetypal purifier, representing tapas-like transformation that restores ritual usability.