Shloka 7

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

Devanagari script

चक्षुःपूतं चरेन्मार्गं वस्त्रपूतं जलं पिबेत् सत्यपूतं वदेद्वाक्यं मनःपूतं समाचरेत्

Transliteration

cakṣuḥpūtaṃ carenmārgaṃ vastrapūtaṃ jalaṃ pibet satyapūtaṃ vadedvākyaṃ manaḥpūtaṃ samācaret

Translation

चक्षुःपूतं चरेन्मार्गं वस्त्रपूतं जलं पिबेत्। सत्यपूतं वदेद्वाक्यं मनःपूतं समाचरेत्॥

Word by Word

• चक्षुःपूतम्: purified by the eyes (carefully seen)

• चरेत्: should walk

• मार्गम्: path/road

• वस्त्रपूतम्: purified by cloth (strained/filtered)

• जलम्: water

• पिबेत्: should drink

• सत्यपूतम्: purified by truth

• वदेत्: should speak

• वाक्यम्: speech/statement

• मनःपूतम्: purified by the mind (inner purity)

• समाचरेत्: should practice/perform (right conduct)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shaiva dharma to the sages of Naimisharanya)