Shloka 18

Procedure of Ācamana and Rules of Ritual Purity (Śauca)

Devanagari script

अंगुल्यग्रं स्मृतं दैवं तदेवार्षं प्रकीर्तितम् । मूलेन दैवमार्षं स्यादाग्नेयं मध्यतः स्मृतम्

Transliteration

aṃgulyagraṃ smṛtaṃ daivaṃ tadevārṣaṃ prakīrtitam | mūlena daivamārṣaṃ syādāgneyaṃ madhyataḥ smṛtam

Translation

ปลายนิ้วถูกจดจำว่าเป็น ‘ไทวะ’ (ฝ่ายเทพ) และจุดเดียวกันนั้นก็กล่าวว่าเป็น ‘อารษะ’ (ของฤๅษี) ด้วย ที่โคนจึงเป็น ‘ไทวะ-อารษะ’ ส่วนกลางนิ้วถูกจดจำว่าเป็น ‘อาคเนยะ’ อันเกี่ยวเนื่องกับอัคนี

Word by Word

• aṅguli-agram: the fingertip
• aṅguli-agram: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅguli (प्रातिपदिक) + agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अङ्गुल्याः अग्रं), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• smṛtam: is remembered
• smṛtam: Kriya (क्रिया/nominal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (धातु) + smṛta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate: 'is remembered')

• daivam: the Daiva(-tīrtha)
• daivam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नाम: तीर्थम् implied)

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय

• ārṣam: the Ārṣa(-tīrtha)
• ārṣam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ārṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नाम: तीर्थम् implied)

• prakīrtitam: is proclaimed
• prakīrtitam: Kriya (क्रिया/nominal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kīrt (धातु) + prakīrtita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate: 'is proclaimed')

• mūlena: by/with the base (root)
• mūlena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• daivam-ārṣam: Daiva and Ārṣa (together)
• daivam-ārṣam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daiva (प्रातिपदिक) + ārṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (दैवं च आर्षं च), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (समाहार)

• syāt: would be/is to be
• syāt: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• āgneyam: the Āgneya(-tīrtha)
• āgneyam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āgneya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नाम: तीर्थम् implied)

• madhyataḥ: from the middle
• madhyataḥ: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): 'from the middle'

• smṛtam: is remembered
• smṛtam: Kriya (क्रिया/nominal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (धातु) + smṛta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate: 'is remembered')

Speaker

Unspecified (context not provided; likely a narrator/teacher explaining ritual or symbolic correspondences)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: अंगुल्यग्रं = अङ्गुलि-अग्रं; तदेवार्षं = तत् + एव + आर्षं; दैवमार्षं = दैवम् + आर्षं (द्वन्द्व-समासरूपेण); स्यादाग्नेयं = स्यात् + आग्नेयं

Characters & Entities

• Agni

FAQs

What is the verse classifying in practical terms?

It assigns sacred designations to parts of the finger—tip, base, and middle—used in ritual-symbolic mapping (often relevant to nyāsa or mudrā-style correspondences).

Why is the middle portion called ‘Agneya’?

‘Āgneya’ means ‘belonging to Agni (fire)’. The verse identifies the finger’s mid-portion with an Agni-related quality or locus, reflecting a ritual cosmology where body-parts are linked to deities/elements.

What ethical or spiritual lesson can be drawn from this mapping?

It reflects the Purāṇic principle that the body and ordinary actions can be sacralized through disciplined attention—training the practitioner to see divine order even in small details.