Shloka 8

Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)

Sanskrit

संहतानाञ्च वस्त्राणां प्रोक्षणात् सञ्चयस्य च । वल्कलानामशेषाणामम्बुमृच्छौचमिष्यते ॥

Transliteration

saṃhatānāñ ca vastrāṇāṃ prokṣaṇāt sañcayasya ca | valkalānām aśeṣāṇām ambumṛcchaucam iṣyate ||

Translation

ମୁଡ଼ା/ବାନ୍ଧା ବସ୍ତ୍ର ଏବଂ ସଞ୍ଚୟ/ଢେରର ଶୁଦ୍ଧି ପ୍ରୋକ୍ଷଣ (ଛିଟା) ଦ୍ୱାରା ହୁଏ। ସମସ୍ତ ବଲ୍କଳ (ଛାଲ-ବସ୍ତ୍ର)ର ଶୁଦ୍ଧି ଜଳ ଓ ମୃତ୍ତିକା (ମାଟି) ଦ୍ୱାରା କଥିତ।

Word by Word

• saṃhatānām: of bundled/collected
• saṃhatānām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃhata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying vastrāṇām

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चय अव्यय)

• vastrāṇām: of garments/cloths
• vastrāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• prokṣaṇāt: from sprinkling (i.e., by sprinkling)
• prokṣaṇāt: Apādāna/Hetu (अपादान/हेतु; source/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prokṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• sañcayasya: of a heap/collection
• sañcayasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sañcaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चय अव्यय)

• valkalānām: of bark-garments
• valkalānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: valkala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• aśeṣāṇām: of all/entire
• aśeṣāṇām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying valkalānām

• ambu-mṛt-śaucam: purification by water and earth (clay)
• ambu-mṛt-śaucam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambu + mṛt + śauca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• iṣyate: is considered
• iṣyate: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √iṣ (इष् धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

Speakers

• Madālasā to Alarka

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Śauca
• Purification methods (sprinkling, water, clay)
• Ascetic materials (valkala)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

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.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Not pañcalakṣaṇa; it is prescriptive ācāra content.

What is the esoteric significance?

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.