Shloka 5

Dietary Rules & Purification — Duties of the Ashrama System

Devanagari script

शूर्पधान्याजिनानां च संहतानां च वाससाम् वल्कलानामशेषाणामम्बुना शुद्धिरिष्यते

Transliteration

śūrpadhānyājinānāṃ ca saṃhatānāṃ ca vāsasām valkalānāmaśeṣāṇāmambunā śuddhiriṣyate

Translation

Para sa mga bilao/pang-giik, mga butil, balat ng hayop, at mga kasuotang hinabi o tinahi; at para sa lahat ng kasuotang yari sa balat ng punò—ang paglilinis sa pamamagitan ng tubig ang itinakda.

Word by Word

• शूर्प-धान्य-अजिनानाम्: of winnowing-baskets, grains, and hides
• शूर्प-धान्य-अजिनानाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर्प + धान्य + अजिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (समाहार), षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व (winnowing-baskets, grains, skins)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (समुच्चय/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• संहतानाम्: of those gathered together
• संहतानाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-हन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) → संहत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त), षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; 'of the collected/assembled'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (समुच्चय/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• वाससाम्: of garments/clothes
• वाससाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• वल्कलानाम्: of bark-garments
• वल्कलानाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल्कल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• अशेषाणाम्: of all (without remainder)
• अशेषाणाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; 'of all/entire'

• अम्बुना: with water
• अम्बुना: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental)

• शुद्धिः: purification/cleansing
• शुद्धिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• इष्यते: is prescribed/considered proper
• इष्यते: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोग (is considered/accepted)

Speakers

• Not specified in input (likely within Pulastya → Nārada framework)

Key Themes

• Ritual purity (śauca)
• Householder practice
• Dharma/Ācāra

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Purity is operationalized as maintainable practice: water functions as a universal, accessible purifier for common household and ascetic materials, reinforcing cleanliness as dharmic discipline.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is ācāra material (rules of śauca), a didactic layer typical of Purāṇas but not directly one of the pañcalakṣaṇa categories.

What is the symbolic significance?

Water (ambu) symbolizes both physical cleansing and moral clarity; prescribing it for items spanning agriculture (grain), ritual/ascetic use (ajina, valkala), and daily life (clothes) integrates sacred order into ordinary routines.