Shloka 55
आचारप्रशंसा
Praise of Ācāra as the Basis of Longevity, Fame, and Prosperity
(देवालये5थ गोवन्दे चैत्ये सस्येषु विश्रमे । भक्ष्यान् भूक्त्वा क्षुतेअध्वानं गत्वा मूत्रपुरीषयो: ।।
bhīṣma uvāca | devālaye 'tha govande caitye sasy eṣu viśrame | bhakṣyān bhuktvā kṣute 'dhvānaṃ gatvā mūtrapurīṣayoḥ || dvir ācāmed yathānyāyaṃ hṛdagataṃ tu pibann apaḥ | annaṃ bubhukṣamāṇas tu trir mukhena spṛśed apaḥ | bhuktvā cānnaṃ tathaiva trir dviḥ punaḥ parimārjayet ||
देवालयेऽथ गोवृन्दे चैत्ये सस्येषु विश्रमे । भक्ष्यान् भूक्त्वा क्षुतेऽध्वानं गत्वा मूत्रपुरीषयोः ॥ द्विराचामेद् यथान्यायं हृद्गतं तु पिबन्नपः । अन्नं बुभुक्षमाणस्तु त्रिर्मुखेन स्पृशेदपः । भुक्त्वा चान्नं तथैव त्रिर्द्विः पुनः परिमार्जयेत् ॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Maintain śauca (purity) by respecting sacred and communal spaces—temples, shrines, cattle areas, resting places, and cultivated fields—and by performing prescribed ācāmana and cleansing after common impurity-causing acts such as eating, sneezing, traveling, and excretion.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising on dharmic conduct, giving practical rules of daily purity: prohibitions about where to relieve oneself and the proper sequence and manner of ācāmana before and after meals and after other activities.