Shloka 24
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
नाप्सु मूत्रं पुरीषं वा मैथुनं वा समाचरेत् ।
नाधितिष्ठेच्छकृन्मूत्रकेशभस्मकपालिकाः ॥
nāpsu mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ vā maithunaṃ vā samācaret |
nādhitiṣṭhecchakṛnmūtrakeśabhasmakapālikāḥ ||
ನೀರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮೂತ್ರವಿಸರ್ಜನೆ ಅಥವಾ ಮಲವಿಸರ್ಜನೆ ಮಾಡಬಾರದು; ಅಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಮೈಥುನವೂ ಮಾಡಬಾರದು. ಮಲ, ಮೂತ್ರ, ಕೂದಲು, ಭಸ್ಮ ಮತ್ತು ಮಡಕೆಯ ಚೂರು/ಖಂಡಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಕಾಲಿಡಬಾರದು.
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FAQs
Water is treated as sacred and communal; polluting it or behaving licentiously in it violates both cleanliness and reverence.
Ācāra-dharma; not pancalakṣaṇa.
Water symbolizes purity and life; guarding it outwardly mirrors guarding inner ‘streams’ of thought from defilement.