Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)
तत्तद् गुणवते देयं तदेवाक्षयमिच्छता ।
पूर्णैस्तु दिवसैः स्पृष्ट्वा सलिलं वाहनायुधम् ॥
tattad guṇavate deyaṃ tadevākṣayam icchatā /
pūrṇais tu divasaiḥ spṛṣṭvā salilaṃ vāhanāyudham
Tal e tal dádiva deve ser dada a uma pessoa digna; para quem busca o mérito imperecível (akṣaya), isso somente se torna inesgotável. E, após completar o número total de dias, tendo tocado a água (ācamana), pode-se retomar veículo e armas.
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Merit depends not only on giving but on discernment: gifts placed in worthy hands become ‘akṣaya’—socially fruitful and spiritually enduring.
Dharma-ācāra material embedded in narrative; outside the five-lakṣaṇa core.
Touching water at the end of a period marks reintegration: water signifies restored purity and the return of agency (vehicles/weapons = capacities for worldly action).