Vamana Purana — Rules of Purity (Shauca), Shloka 29

Duties of Householder and Forest-Dweller

Devanagari script

ततः समुत्थाय विचिन्तयेन धर्मं तथार्थं च विहाय शय्याम् उत्थाय पश्चाद्धरिरित्युदीर्य गच्छेत् तदोत्सर्गविधिं हि कर्तुम्

Transliteration

tataḥ samutthāya vicintayena dharmaṃ tathārthaṃ ca vihāya śayyām utthāya paścāddharirityudīrya gacchet tadotsargavidhiṃ hi kartum

Translation

ତାପରେ ଶୟ୍ୟା ତ୍ୟାଗ କରି ଉଠି ଧର୍ମ ଓ ଅର୍ଥ ବିଷୟରେ ଚିନ୍ତନ କରିବ। ପଛରେ ‘ହରି’ ଉଚ୍ଚାରଣ କରି ଉତ୍ସର୍ଗ (ମଳମୂତ୍ର ତ୍ୟାଗ) ବିଧି କରିବାକୁ ଯିବ।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त; adverb of sequence ‘thereafter’

• समुत्थाय: having risen
• समुत्थाय: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), from √स्था with prefixes सम्+उत्; ‘having risen’

• विचिन्तयेत्: should contemplate
• विचिन्तयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg)

• धर्मम्: dharma / duty
• धर्मम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Acc, 2nd), एकवचन (sg)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb ‘likewise/also’

• अर्थम्: purpose/wealth/meaning
• अर्थम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m), द्वितीया (Acc, 2nd), एकवचन (sg)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक conjunction ‘and’

• विहाय: having left/abandoned
• विहाय: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-हा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund), from √हा ‘to abandon’ with prefix वि; ‘having left’

• शय्याम्: bed
• शय्याम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शय्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f), द्वितीया (Acc, 2nd), एकवचन (sg)

• उत्थाय: having gotten up
• उत्थाय: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund), from √स्था with prefix उत्; ‘having risen’

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb ‘afterwards’

• हरिः: Hari (name of Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m), प्रथमा (Nom, 1st), एकवचन (sg)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; quotative particle ‘thus’

• उदीर्य: having uttered
• उदीर्य: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-ईर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund), from √ईर् ‘to utter/raise’ with prefix उद्; ‘having uttered’

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg)

• तत्-उत्सर्ग-विधिम्: the procedure for that discharge
• तत्-उत्सर्ग-विधिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + उत्सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m), द्वितीया (Acc, 2nd), एकवचन (sg); षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध-तत्पुरुषः: ‘तस्य उत्सर्गस्य विधिः’

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात, emphasis/causal ‘indeed/for’

• कर्तुम्: to perform
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), ‘to do/perform’

Speakers

• Pulastya to Nārada (typical frame; not explicit in the excerpt)

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Hari)

Key Themes

• Ritual Conduct (Ācāra)
• Śauca (purity discipline)
• Bhakti (name-utterance)
• Dharma-artha contemplation

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even bodily necessities are integrated into dharma: the verse teaches mindfulness (dharma–artha reflection) and sanctification of action through remembrance of Hari, turning ordinary routines into disciplined, value-oriented conduct.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is an ācāra/niyama instruction rather than cosmology or dynastic narrative; it belongs to Purāṇic dharma teaching that often accompanies tīrtha-māhātmya sections.

What is the symbolic significance?

Uttering ‘Hari’ before proceeding signifies placing the divine at the head of all actions (sarva-kriyāsu īśvara-smṛti), indicating that purity is not only physical (śauca) but also intentional and devotional.