Expiation for Chewing the Tooth-stick
Dantakāṣṭha
मनुष्यः किल्बिषी भद्रे कफपित्तसमन्वितः ॥ पूयशोणितसम्पूर्णं दुर्गन्धि मुखमस्य तत् ॥
manuṣyaḥ kilbiṣī bhadre kaphapitta-samanvitaḥ || pūyaśoṇita-sampūrṇaṃ durgandhi mukham asya tat ||
इंसान के अंदर बहुत कमियाँ होती हैं। उसके मुँह में कफ और पित्त भरा होता है। उसमें पीप और खून भी होता है। और बदबू भी आती है। यह सब इंसान के शरीर में होता है।
Varāha
It preserves a common premodern South Asian rhetorical link between bodily impurity and ritual discipline, drawing on doṣa vocabulary associated with classical medical thought.
No geographic location is mentioned; the verse focuses on anthropological and ritual framing.
The passage supports a discipline of cleanliness and restraint by emphasizing the body’s inherent impurities as a reason for regulated conduct.
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