Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
औदुम्बराणां चाम्लेन क्षारेण त्रपुसीसयोः भस्माम्बिभिश्च कांस्यानां शुद्धिः प्लावोद्रवस्य च
audumbarāṇāṃ cāmlena kṣāreṇa trapusīsayoḥ bhasmāmbibhiśca kāṃsyānāṃ śuddhiḥ plāvodravasya ca
Les objets en bois d’udumbara se purifient au moyen d’un agent acide; l’étain et le plomb se purifient avec un alcali; les vases de bronze se purifient avec de la cendre et de l’eau; et de même est prescrite la purification pour ce qui a été lavé ou trempé, et pour ce qui a coulé ou s’est répandu.
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Dharma is operationalized through appropriate means: different substances require different purifiers. The ethic is suitability (yogyatā)—choosing the right corrective measure rather than applying a single rigid rule.
Ancillary dharma/ācāra teaching (prakīrṇaka), not a pañcalakṣaṇa core narrative unit.
Sour and alkaline agents signify opposite but complementary forces that restore balance—mirroring the broader Purāṇic tendency to harmonize methods for maintaining order (ṛta/dharma) in daily life.