Shloka 70
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
क्षुतेऽवलीढे वान्ते च तथा निष्ठीवनादिषु ।
कुर्यादाचमनं स्पर्शं गोपृष्ठस्यार्कदर्शनम् ॥
kṣute 'valīḍhe vānte ca tathā niṣṭhīvanādiṣu | kuryād ācamanaṃ sparśaṃ gopṛṣṭhasyārkadarśanam ||
क्षुत्वा लेहित्वा वान्त्वा तथा निष्ठीवित्वा च तत्सदृशेषु कर्मसु आचमेत्, गोपृष्ठं स्पृशेत्, सूर्यं च पश्येत्।
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FAQs
The verse treats purity as recoverable through immediate, prescribed acts. It also highlights culturally central purifiers: the cow (as a symbol of sattva and auspiciousness) and the sun (witness and cleanser).
Not pancalakṣaṇa content; it is ācāra (conduct) material serving social-religious regulation.
Touching the cow’s back and seeing the sun function as ‘re-alignment’ with sattvic and luminous principles—earthly purity (go) and celestial clarity (arka).