Shloka 21
Adhyaya 35 — Sins and Their Remedies
रजोऽग्निरश्वो गौश्छाया रश्मयः पवनो मही ।
विप्रुषो मक्षिकाद्याश्च दुष्टसङ्गाददोṣिणः ॥
rajo 'gnir aśvo gauś chāyā raśmayaḥ pavano mahī | vipruṣo makṣikādyāś ca duṣṭa-saṅgād adoṣiṇaḥ ||
ധൂളി, അഗ്നി, അശ്വം, പശു, നിഴൽ, സൂര്യകിരണങ്ങൾ, വായു, ഭൂമി, ജലബിന്ദുക്കൾ, ഈച്ച മുതലായവ—അശുചിയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടാലും മലിനമാകുന്നില്ല।
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FAQs
Not everything that touches impurity becomes impure; dharma texts distinguish between carriers of pollution and neutral elements. This discourages obsessive contagion-thinking and anchors purity rules in a hierarchy of substances.
It belongs to ācāra/dharma guidance, a common Purāṇic function alongside pancalakṣaṇa narrative content.
Fire, wind, rays, and earth represent transformative principles (tejas, vāyu, sūrya, pṛthvī) that digest or neutralize taint—an external analogue to inner tapas and discernment.