Shloka 32

Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)

Sanskrit

पञ्च पिण्डाननुधृत्य न स्त्रायात् परवारिणि । स्त्रायीत देवखातेṣu गङ्गाह्रदसरित्सु च ॥

Transliteration

pañca piṇḍān anudhṛtya na strāyāt paravāriṇi / strāyīta devakhāteṣu gaṅgā-hrad-saritsu ca

Translation

Après avoir pris (ou mis à part) les cinq piṇḍas, on ne doit pas se baigner dans l’eau d’autrui (source privée ou possédée). Mais on peut se baigner dans des bassins consacrés aux dieux, ainsi que dans la Gaṅgā, les lacs et les rivières.

Word by Word

• pañca: five
• pañca: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pañca (अव्यय/संख्याशब्द)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-अव्यय (numeral used indeclinably)

• piṇḍān: rice-balls (piṇḍas)
• piṇḍān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: piṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), बहुवचनम्

• anudhṛtya: having carried/held (them)
• anudhṛtya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातुः—अनुधृ (to hold/carry along)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• strāyāt: should bathe
• strāyāt: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: strā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; धातुः—स्ना/स्त्रा (to bathe)

• para-vāriṇi: in another’s water (reservoir)
• para-vāriṇi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + vārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (in another's water/body of water)

• strāyīta: should bathe
• strāyīta: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: strā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; धातुः—स्ना/स्त्रा

• deva-khāteṣu: in tanks dug for/associated with deities
• deva-khāteṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + khāta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, सप्तमी (7th/locative), बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (in god-dug tanks/ponds)

• gaṅgā-hrada-saritsu: in the Ganges, lakes, and rivers
• gaṅgā-hrada-saritsu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक) + hrada (प्रातिपदिक) + sarit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, सप्तमी (7th/locative), बहुवचनम्; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (in the Ganges, lakes, and rivers)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

Speakers

• Dharma-instruction voice within the Purāṇic discourse (didactic narration; not Devi Māhātmya)

Verse Rasa

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

Primary Deities

• Gaṅgā (as sacred river)

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Śauca (purity)
• Snāna (bathing)
• Sacred geography

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Purity practices are tied to respect for communal resources and property: one should not appropriate private water sources for ritual bathing. Sacred/public waters (temple tanks, rivers) are appropriate for rites.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ancillary dharma (ācāra) rather than the core five characteristics.

What is the esoteric significance?

Water symbolizes the flow of consciousness; ‘another’s water’ suggests reliance on borrowed supports, while sacred waters indicate aligning oneself with sanctified currents (tīrtha-bhāva) for inner cleansing.