Shloka 55
(देवालये5थ गोवन्दे चैत्ये सस्येषु विश्रमे । भक्ष्यान् भूक्त्वा क्षुतेअध्वानं गत्वा मूत्रपुरीषयो: ।। द्विराचामेद् यथान्यायं हृदगतं तु पिबन्नपः ।) देवमन्दिर, गौओंके समुदाय, देवसम्बन्धी वृक्ष और विश्रामस्थानके निकट तथा बढ़ी हुई खेतीमें भी मल-मूत्रका त्याग नहीं करना चाहिये। भोजन कर लेनेपर, छींक आनेपर, रास्ता चलनेपर तथा मल-मूत्रका त्याग करनेपर यथोचित शुद्धि करके दो बार आचमन करे। आचमनमें इतना जल पीये कि वह हृदयतक पहुँच जाय ।। अन्न बुभुक्षमाणस्तु त्रिर्मुखेन स्पशेदप: । भुक््त्वा चान्न॑ तथैव त्रिर्द्धि: पुनः परिमार्जयेत्,भोजन करनेकी इच्छावाला पुरुष पहले तीन बार मुखसे झलका स्पर्श (आचमन) करे। फिर भोजनके पश्चात् भी तीन आचमन करे। फिर अंगुष्ठके मूलभागसे दो बार मुँहको पोंछे
bhīṣma uvāca | devālaye 'tha govande caitye sasy eṣu viśrame | bhakṣyān bhuktvā kṣute 'dhvānaṃ gatvā mūtrapurīṣayoḥ || dvir ācāmed yathānyāyaṃ hṛdagataṃ tu pibann apaḥ | annaṃ bubhukṣamāṇas tu trir mukhena spṛśed apaḥ | bhuktvā cānnaṃ tathaiva trir dviḥ punaḥ parimārjayet ||
Bhīṣma said: One should not void urine or feces near a temple, among cows, at a sacred shrine (caitya), near trees connected with worship, near a resting place, or in flourishing cultivated fields. After eating, after sneezing, after traveling on the road, and after relieving oneself, one should perform the proper purification and then sip water twice in the prescribed manner (ācāmana)—drinking enough that it is felt to reach the heart. A man who is about to eat should perform ācāmana three times; after eating he should again do so three times, and then wipe the mouth twice with the base of the thumb.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Maintain śauca (purity) by respecting sacred and communal spaces—temples, shrines, cattle areas, resting places, and cultivated fields—and by performing prescribed ācāmana and cleansing after common impurity-causing acts such as eating, sneezing, traveling, and excretion.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising on dharmic conduct, giving practical rules of daily purity: prohibitions about where to relieve oneself and the proper sequence and manner of ācāmana before and after meals and after other activities.