Shloka 8
Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)
संहतानाञ्च वस्त्राणां प्रोक्षणात् सञ्चयस्य च । वल्कलानामशेषाणामम्बुमृच्छौचमिष्यते ॥
saṃhatānāñ ca vastrāṇāṃ prokṣaṇāt sañcayasya ca | valkalānām aśeṣāṇām ambumṛcchaucam iṣyate ||
മടക്കിയ/കെട്ടിയ വസ്ത്രങ്ങളുടെയും സംഭരിച്ച കൂമ്പാരങ്ങളുടെയും ശുദ്ധി പ്രോക്ഷണം (തളിക്കൽ) വഴി. എല്ലാ വൽകല (മരത്തൊലി വസ്ത്രം)കളുടെയും ശുദ്ധി ജലവും മണ്ണും (മൃതിക) കൊണ്ടാണ്.
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FAQs
Purity norms are adapted to practicality: sprinkling suffices where washing may be difficult (bundled cloth, stores), while rough materials (bark garments) call for earth-and-water cleansing.
Not pañcalakṣaṇa; it is prescriptive ācāra content.
Earth-and-water cleansing reflects grounding and clarity: ‘earth’ stabilizes (removes grime/adhesion), ‘water’ flows (removes stain), together symbolizing steadiness and purification of life-practices.