स्वदेहाशुचिगंधेन न विरज्यति यो नरः । विरागे कारणं तस्य किमन्यदु पदिश्यते
svadehāśucigaṃdhena na virajyati yo naraḥ | virāge kāraṇaṃ tasya kimanyadu padiśyate
Kung ang tao’y hindi pa rin nagkakaroon ng paglayo sa pagnanasa kahit dahil sa baho ng karumihan ng sariling katawan, ano pang ibang dahilan ng pagtalikod ang maituturo sa kanya?
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A teacher indicates a person recoiling from the stench of a soiled garment/body, while another remains indifferent—illustrating the rhetorical question: if this doesn’t produce detachment, what will?
A basic awareness of bodily impurity should awaken detachment; if it does not, deeper instruction becomes difficult.
None; the emphasis is psychological and ethical rather than tīrtha-māhātmya.
No ritual is given; the verse stresses inner response (vairāgya) rather than outward acts.