Shloka 22

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

Devanagari script

पञ्चपिण्डाननुद्धत्य न स्नायात् परवारिणि स्नायीत देवखातेषु सरोहदसरित्सु च

Transliteration

pañcapiṇḍānanuddhatya na snāyāt paravāriṇi snāyīta devakhāteṣu sarohadasaritsu ca

Translation

Sin retirar primero los cinco bultos (de impureza), no debe uno bañarse en el agua de otro. Debe bañarse en estanques excavados para los dioses, y en lagos y ríos.

Word by Word

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (अव्यय/संख्याशब्द)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; here used as numeral adjective qualifying ‘पिण्डान्’

• पिण्डान्: lumps/balls (of offering)
• पिण्डान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; accusative plural masculine

• अनुद्धत्य: without lifting up
• अनुद्धत्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन् + उद्धृ (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), निषेधपूर्वक; gerund ‘without taking up/without lifting’

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

• स्नायात्: should bathe
• स्नायात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; optative ‘should bathe’ (negative context)

• परवारिणि: in another’s water (tank)
• परवारिणि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर + वारि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular neuter; ‘in another’s water (reservoir)’

• स्नायीत: should bathe
• स्नायीत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; optative ‘should bathe’

• देवखातेषु: in sacred (god-dug) ponds
• देवखातेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + खात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; locative plural neuter; ‘in god-dug (sacred) tanks’

• सरोहदसरित्सु: in lakes, ponds, and rivers
• सरोहदसरित्सु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् + ह्रद + सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; locative plural feminine; ‘in lakes, ponds, and rivers’

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

Speakers

• Pulastya to Nārada (typical frame; may vary by recension)

Key Themes

• Dharma/Ācāra
• Snāna (Ritual bathing)
• Śauca (Purity)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The rule combines purity with social ethics: one should not appropriate or contaminate others’ water sources, and should prefer public/sacred waters maintained for communal religious use.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

It is an ācāra (conduct) injunction rather than a pañcalakṣaṇa topic; Purāṇas often embed such dharma-guidance alongside myth and tīrtha material.

What is the symbolic significance?

‘God-dug tanks’ and rivers/lakes symbolize shared, purifying resources—suggesting that purification is not merely private hygiene but participation in sacred, community-sustaining order.