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
ଔଦୁମ୍ବର (ଡୁମୁର) କାଠର ବସ୍ତୁ ଅମ୍ଲ ଦ୍ରବ୍ୟରେ ଶୁଦ୍ଧ ହୁଏ; ତ୍ରପୁ (ଟିନ) ଓ ସୀସ (ଲେଡ୍) କ୍ଷାରରେ ଶୁଦ୍ଧ ହୁଏ; କାଂସ୍ୟ ପାତ୍ର ଭସ୍ମ ଓ ଜଳରେ ଶୁଦ୍ଧ ହୁଏ; ଏବଂ ଧୋଇ/ଭିଜାଇ ଶୁଦ୍ଧ କରାଯାଉଥିବା ଓ ବହି ଚୁଇଁ ପଡିଥିବା/ଛଲକିଥିବା ବସ୍ତୁ ପାଇଁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଶୁଦ୍ଧିବିଧି କୁହାଯାଇଛି।
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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.