Shloka 70

Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)

Sanskrit

क्षुतेऽवलीढे वान्ते च तथा निष्ठीवनादिषु ।

कुर्यादाचमनं स्पर्शं गोपृष्ठस्यार्कदर्शनम् ॥

Transliteration

kṣute 'valīḍhe vānte ca tathā niṣṭhīvanādiṣu | kuryād ācamanaṃ sparśaṃ gopṛṣṭhasyārkadarśanam ||

Translation

Après avoir éternué, léché (quelque chose d’impur), vomi, et de même après avoir craché ou commis des actes semblables, on doit accomplir l’ācamana, toucher le dos d’une vache et contempler le soleil.

Word by Word

• kṣute: when sneezing
• kṣute: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣuta (कृदन्त, √kṣu)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); 'in/at sneezing' (event)

• avalīḍhe: when (something is) licked/licking (the lips)
• avalīḍhe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ava-√līḍh (धातु)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); PPP used as event-noun

• vānte: when vomiting
• vānte: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vānta (कृदन्त, √vam)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); 'in vomiting'

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction (समुच्चय)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• niṣṭhīvana-ādiṣu: in spitting and the like
• niṣṭhīvana-ādiṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niṣṭhīvana (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Compound (समास) tatpuruṣa (ādi-tatpuruṣa); Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• ācamanaṃ: sipping (ācamana)
• ācamanaṃ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ācamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• sparśam: touching
• sparśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sparśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• go-pṛṣṭhasya: of a cow's back
• go-pṛṣṭhasya: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक) + pṛṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Compound (समास) tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); Neuter head; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• arka-darśanam: seeing the sun
• arka-darśanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arka (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Compound (समास) tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-सम्भाव्य; here 'sun-seeing'); Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

Speakers

• General ācāra instruction (speaker not specified in provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Sūrya (Arka)

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Śauca
• Prāyaścitta-like immediate remedies
• Cow sanctity
• Solar purity

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse treats purity as recoverable through immediate, prescribed acts. It also highlights culturally central purifiers: the cow (as a symbol of sattva and auspiciousness) and the sun (witness and cleanser).

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Not pancalakṣaṇa content; it is ācāra (conduct) material serving social-religious regulation.

What is the esoteric significance?

Touching the cow’s back and seeing the sun function as ‘re-alignment’ with sattvic and luminous principles—earthly purity (go) and celestial clarity (arka).