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Shloka 6

Adhyaya 35Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)

गात्राणाञ्च मनुष्याणामम्बुना शौचमिष्यते । यथायसानां तोयेन ग्राव्णः सङ्घर्षणेन च ॥

gātrāṇāñ ca manuṣyāṇām ambunā śaucam iṣyate | yathāyasānāṃ toyena grāvṇaḥ saṅgharṣaṇena ca ||

สำหรับอวัยวะของมนุษย์ การชำระให้บริสุทธิ์กำหนดด้วยน้ำ; ดุจเหล็กที่ชำระด้วยน้ำ และหินที่ชำระด้วยการขัดถู/เสียดสี.

gātrāṇāmof the limbs/bodies
gātrāṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootgātra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चय अव्यय)
manuṣyāṇāmof humans
manuṣyāṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootmanuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
ambunāby water
ambunā:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootambu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
śaucampurification/cleanliness
śaucam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootśauca (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
iṣyateis considered/accepted
iṣyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√iṣ (इष् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि प्रयोग), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
yathājust as
yathā:
Upamāna (उपमान/standard of comparison)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
FormComparative particle (उपमानवाचक अव्यय)
ayasānāmof iron (objects)
ayasānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootayasa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
toyenaby water
toyena:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Roottoya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
grāvṇaḥby a stone
grāvṇaḥ:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootgrāvan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); Vedic/irregular instr. form of grāvan
saṅgharṣaṇenaby rubbing/friction
saṅgharṣaṇena:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṅgharṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चय अव्यय)
Madālasā to Alarka

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ŚaucaRitual hygieneAnalogy-based instruction

FAQs

Cleanliness is taught through accessible analogies: different substances require different means of purification; likewise, human conduct requires appropriate corrective practices.

Ācāra/śauca instruction; outside the five-characteristic purāṇic taxonomy.

Water and friction can symbolize two inner methods: gentle cleansing (calming, washing away) and austere effort (tapas-like rubbing) to remove ingrained impurities.