Shloka 286

Brahmā’s Instruction on Brahmacarya, Vānaprastha, and the Aliṅga Path

Ethics of Non-attachment

Devanagari script

उपस्पृशेदुद्धृताभिरद्धिश्व॒ पुरुष: सदा । मोक्ष-धर्मके ज्ञाता संन्यासीको उचित है कि सदा पवित्र जलसे काम ले। प्रतिदिन तुरंत निकाले हुए जलसे स्नान करे (बहुत पहलेके भरे हुए जलसे नहीं)

Transliteration

upaspṛśed uddhṛtābhir adbhiś ca puruṣaḥ sadā |

Translation

ବାୟୁଦେବ କହିଲେ—ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ସଦା ତୁରନ୍ତ ଉଠାଇଥିବା ଜଳଦ୍ୱାରା ଶୁଦ୍ଧିକ୍ରିୟା କରିବା ଉଚିତ୍। ବିଶେଷତଃ ମୋକ୍ଷଧର୍ମଜ୍ଞ ସନ୍ନ୍ୟାସୀ ପାଇଁ ଶୁଦ୍ଧ ଜଳରେ ଭରସା ରଖିବା ଯୁକ୍ତ; ପ୍ରତିଦିନ ତୁରନ୍ତ ଉଠାଇଥିବା ଜଳରେ ସ୍ନାନ କରିବା ଉଚିତ୍, ଦୀର୍ଘଦିନ ପୂର୍ବରୁ ସଞ୍ଚିତ ଜଳରେ ନୁହେଁ।

Word by Word

• उपस्पृशेत्: should touch/should perform purification by touching (water)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपस्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Present (injunctive/optative sense), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उद्धृताभिः: with freshly drawn (waters)
• उद्धृताभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्धृत (कृदन्त; √हृ + उद्)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• अद्भिः: with waters
• अद्भिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पुरुषः: a man/person
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• water (freshly drawn)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Purity in daily conduct is maintained through immediate, living sources of cleanliness: one should perform purification and bathing with freshly drawn water, reflecting disciplined renunciation and attentiveness to mokṣa-dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing about proper ascetic and liberation-oriented conduct, giving a practical rule of ritual hygiene: use freshly drawn water for purification rather than old, stored water.