Shloka 94
Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method
यज्ञवृक्षस्य मूले च उद्याने पुष्पवाटके । शरीरस्य मलत्यागं न कुर्याज्जीवने तथा
yajñavṛkṣasya mūle ca udyāne puṣpavāṭake | śarīrasya malatyāgaṃ na kuryājjīvane tathā
No se debe evacuar la inmundicia del cuerpo al pie del árbol del yajña, ni en un jardín o en un huerto de flores; del mismo modo, jamás debe hacerse en lugares donde habitan los seres.
Unspecified (narratorial/dharmic injunction within the chapter context)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
Type: forest
Sandhi Resolution Notes: कुर्याज्जीवने = कुर्यात् + जीवने (त् + ज् → ज्ज्)।
FAQs
It instructs basic sanitation and reverence: do not relieve yourself near sacred trees, gardens, flower-groves, or inhabited places.
They are spaces of cultivation, beauty, worship-offerings, and shared public use; defiling them violates cleanliness (śauca) and respect for sacred or communal environments.
Personal bodily needs should be managed with responsibility—protecting purity, health, and the dignity of sacred and communal spaces.