Shloka 16
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
रथ्याकर्दमतोयानि नावः पथि तृणानि च मारुतेनैव सुद्ध्यन्ति पक्वेष्टकचितानि च
rathyākardamatoyāni nāvaḥ pathi tṛṇāni ca mārutenaiva suddhyanti pakveṣṭakacitāni ca
Ang putik sa lansangan at tubig na naipon, ang mga bangka, at ang damo sa daan ay nalilinis sa pamamagitan lamang ng hangin; gayundin ang mga estrukturang yari sa lutong ladrilyo.
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FAQs
Not all purification requires deliberate ritual action; time and natural forces can restore cleanliness. The teaching supports proportionality—using minimal means appropriate to the object and setting.
Ācāra/śauca instruction; it is ancillary dharma content rather than one of the five defining purāṇic topics.
Wind represents an impersonal, pervasive purifier—suggesting that dharma includes recognition of natural processes and that purity is sometimes a matter of exposure, drying, and dissipation rather than ceremonial intervention.