Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)
नारं स्पृष्ट्वास्थि सस्त्रेहं स्नातः शुध्यति मानवः ।
आचाम्यैव तु निःस्त्रेहं गामालभ्यार्कमीक्ष्य वा ॥
nāraṃ spṛṣṭvāsthi sastrehaṃ snātaḥ śudhyati mānavaḥ | ācāmyaiva tu niḥstrehaṃ gām ālabhyārkam īkṣya vā ||
Kung ang isang lalaki ay makahipo ng buto ng tao na may pahid na taba/mantika, nagiging dalisay siya sa pamamagitan ng pagligo. Ngunit kung walang pahid na taba, nagiging dalisay siya sa pagganap lamang ng ācamana; o kaya sa paghipo sa baka at/o sa pagtitig sa araw.
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Impurity is graded: the presence of ‘grease’ (organic residue) intensifies defilement and requires stronger cleansing (bath), while lesser contact is resolved by simpler rites (ācamana), reflecting proportionality.
Ācāra/dharma instruction.
Looking at the sun (arka) signifies turning the mind toward illuminative truth; touching the cow symbolizes contact with a culturally sacralized emblem of sattva and sustenance, used here as a ritual purifier.