Shloka 13
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
औदुम्बराणां चाम्लेन क्षारेण त्रपुसीसयोः भस्माम्बिभिश्च कांस्यानां शुद्धिः प्लावोद्रवस्य च
audumbarāṇāṃ cāmlena kṣāreṇa trapusīsayoḥ bhasmāmbibhiśca kāṃsyānāṃ śuddhiḥ plāvodravasya ca
औदुंबर (उंबर) लाकडाच्या वस्तू आंबट द्रव्याने शुद्ध होतात; त्रपु (टिन) व सीस (शिसे) क्षाराने शुद्ध होतात; कांस्य भांडी भस्म व पाण्याने शुद्ध होतात; तसेच धुवून/भिजवून शुद्ध होणाऱ्या आणि सांडून वाहून गेलेल्या वस्तूंसाठीही शुद्धी सांगितली आहे.
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FAQs
Dharma is operationalized through appropriate means: different substances require different purifiers. The ethic is suitability (yogyatā)—choosing the right corrective measure rather than applying a single rigid rule.
Ancillary dharma/ācāra teaching (prakīrṇaka), not a pañcalakṣaṇa core narrative unit.
Sour and alkaline agents signify opposite but complementary forces that restore balance—mirroring the broader Purāṇic tendency to harmonize methods for maintaining order (ṛta/dharma) in daily life.