Shloka 103

Adhyaya 89: शौचाचारलक्षणम् — सदाचार, भैक्ष्यचर्या, प्रायश्चित्त, द्रव्यशुद्धि, आशौच-निर्णय

Devanagari script

पञ्चरात्रं तथास्पृश्या रजसा वर्तते यदि सा विंशद्दिवसादूर्ध्वं रजसा पूर्ववत्तथा

Transliteration

pañcarātraṃ tathāspṛśyā rajasā vartate yadi sā viṃśaddivasādūrdhvaṃ rajasā pūrvavattathā

Translation

Se, por causa do rajas (fluxo menstrual), ela permanecer em estado de intocabilidade ritual por cinco noites, e se esse rajas continuar para além de vinte dias, então deve ser considerada como antes—isto é, as mesmas restrições rituais voltam a aplicar-se.

Word by Word

• पञ्चरात्रम्: for five nights

• तथा: thus/in that manner

• अस्पृश्या: untouchable (ritually unfit to be touched)

• रजसा: by rajas, menstrual flow

• वर्तते: continues/remains

• यदि: if

• सा: she

• विंशद्दिवसात्: from twenty days

• ऊर्ध्वम्: beyond/above

• रजसा: with the menstrual flow

• पूर्ववत्: as earlier/as previously prescribed

• तथा: likewise

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Śaiva dharma and ritual discipline to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)