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Shloka 83

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

स्नायीत चेलवान् प्राज्ञः कटभूमिमुपेत्य च ।

देववेदद्विजातीनां साधुसत्यमहात्मनाम् ॥

snāyīta celavān prājñaḥ kaṭabhūmim upetya ca / devavedadvijātīnāṃ sādhusatyamahātmanām

വിദ്വാൻ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ശുദ്ധവസ്ത്രം ധരിച്ചു, ശുദ്ധസ്ഥാനത്തെ സമീപിച്ച് ദേവന്മാർ, വേദം, ദ്വിജർ, സത്യവാദികളായ മഹാത്മ സാദുക്കൾ എന്നിവരോടു ഭക്തിയോടും ആദരവോടും പെരുമാറണം।

स्नायीतshould bathe
स्नायीत:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative/Imperative sense), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद
चेलवान्wearing clothes
चेलवान्:
Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootचेलवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective)
प्राज्ञःthe wise man
प्राज्ञः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्राज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
कटभूमिम्a mat/grass-covered ground
कटभूमिम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकटभूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kaṭasya bhūmiḥ)
उपेत्यhaving approached
उपेत्य:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootउप-इ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
देववेदद्विजातीनाम्of gods, Vedas, and the twice-born
देववेदद्विजातीनाम्:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव + वेद + द्विजाति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (collective), षष्ठी (genitive), बहुवचन; समासः इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (devaś ca vedaś ca dvijātayaś ca)
साधुसत्यमहात्मनाम्of the virtuous, truthful, and great-souled
साधुसत्यमहात्मनाम्:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसाधु + सत्य + महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (collective), षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समासः इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (sādhavaś ca satyāś ca mahātmānaś ca)
Didactic narrator within Markandeya Purana

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Devas (general)
DharmaŚauca (purity)Reverence for Veda and sādhus

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External cleanliness is paired with social-spiritual reverence: purity of body supports purity of conduct, especially in relation to sacred learning and virtuous people.

Ancillary dharma-ācāra instruction.

Bathing and clean clothing signify inner reset; honoring Veda and the truthful is honoring the principle of ṛta (cosmic order) manifest in speech and conduct.