Shloka 58

Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller

Devanagari script

होमस्त्रिषवणं स्नानं जटावल्कलधारणम् वन्यस्नेहनिषेवित्वं वानप्रस्थविधिस्त्वयम्

Transliteration

homastriṣavaṇaṃ snānaṃ jaṭāvalkaladhāraṇam vanyasnehaniṣevitvaṃ vānaprasthavidhistvayam

Translation

การบูชาไฟ (โฮมะ) การอาบน้ำในสามกาลสันธิ การไว้ชฎาและนุ่งห่มเปลือกไม้ และการบริโภคเพียงไขมัน/เนยใสที่ได้จากป่า—นี่แลคือข้อปฏิบัติแห่งวานปรัสถะ।

Word by Word

• होमः: fire-offering, homa
• होमः: Karta/Viṣaya (कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्रि-सवणम्: the three daily observances
• त्रि-सवणम्: Karta/Viṣaya (कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + सवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः: त्रयाणां सवणानां समाहारः (three daily rites/pressings)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta/Viṣaya (कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जटा-अवल्कल-धारणम्: wearing matted hair and bark garments
• जटा-अवल्कल-धारणम्: Karta/Viṣaya (कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जटा (प्रातिपदिक) + अवल्कल (प्रातिपदिक) + धारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: जटायाः अवल्कलस्य च धारणम् (wearing matted hair and bark-garments)

• वन्य-स्नेह-निषेवित्वम्: use of forest oils/fats
• वन्य-स्नेह-निषेवित्वम्: Karta/Viṣaya (कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक) + निषेवित्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: वन्यस्य स्नेहस्य निषेवित्वम् (use/consumption of forest oils/fats)

• वानप्रस्थ-विधिः: the rule/discipline of the forest-dweller
• वानप्रस्थ-विधिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानप्रस्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: वानप्रस्थस्य विधिः (rule of the forest-dweller)

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle: ‘indeed/but’)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; ‘विधिः’ इत्यस्य समानाधिकरणम्

Speakers

• Not explicit in excerpt; likely within the standard Pulastya → Nārada instructional frame (uncertain without surrounding text).

Key Themes

• Varnashrama-Dharma
• Vānaprastha
• Nitya-karma (daily rites)
• Homa
• Tri-sandhya/tri-savana discipline
• Ascetic clothing

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse emphasizes regulated spirituality: even in withdrawal to the forest, one maintains daily sacred rhythm (thrice bathing; fire-rites) and adopts external simplicity (jaṭā, bark cloth) matched by internal discipline.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is dharma-śāstra-like material embedded in a Purāṇa (ācāra/dharma instruction). It does not directly map to sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita, but functions as ancillary dharma teaching typical of Purāṇic compendia.

What is the symbolic significance?

Triṣavaṇa bathing and homa sacralize time (daily cycles) and purify the practitioner; jaṭā-valkala signify deliberate de-emphasis of social status and sensuality; 'vanya-sneha' indicates dependence on nature with minimal processing—an ethic of non-excess.