Shloka 12

Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)

Sanskrit

पुनः पाकेन भाण्डानां पार्थिवानाञ्च मेध्यता ।

शुचिर्भैक्षं कारुहस्तः पण्यं योषिन्मुखं तथा ॥

Transliteration

punaḥ pākena bhāṇḍānāṃ pārthivānāñ ca medhyatā /

śucir bhaikṣaṃ kāru-hastaḥ paṇyaṃ yoṣin-mukhaṃ tathā //

Translation

پھر برتن—خصوصاً مٹی کے—آگ پر تپا کر/پکا کر پاک ہوتے ہیں۔ بھیک کا کھانا پاک سمجھا جاتا ہے؛ کاریگروں کے ہاتھ لگا ہوا مال تجارت کے لیے پاک مانا جاتا ہے؛ اور اسی طرح عورت کے منہ سے چھوا ہوا (کھانا/پانی وغیرہ) بھی خاص ضابطے کے مطابق طہارت کے حکم میں آتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• पुनः: again; further
• पुनः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक-अव्यय (adverb: again/further)

• पाकेन: by cooking; by heating
• पाकेन: करण (करणम् / Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• भाण्डानाम्: of vessels; utensils
• भाण्डानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी / Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पार्थिवानाम्: earthen; made of clay
• पार्थिवानाम्: विशेषण (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifying भाण्डानाम्)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• मेध्यता: purity; fitness for ritual
• मेध्यता: कर्ता (कर्तृ / Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेध्यता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: विधेय-विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विधेय-विशेषण (predicative adjective)

• भैक्षम्: alms-food; what is obtained by begging
• भैक्षम्: कर्ता (कर्तृ / Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• कारु-हस्तः: the artisan’s hand
• कारु-हस्तः: कर्ता (कर्तृ / Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारु (प्रातिपदिक) + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध: ‘artisan’s hand’), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पण्यम्: merchandise; goods for sale
• पण्यम्: कर्ता (कर्तृ / Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• योषित्-मुखम्: a woman’s face/mouth
• योषित्-मुखम्: कर्ता (कर्तृ / Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषित् (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध: ‘woman’s face/mouth’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकार-वाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise/so)

Speakers

• Instructional narrator within Dharma discourse (frame-speaker not explicit in provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Śauca (purity)
• Household ritual practice
• Social conventions of purity

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Purity is linked to function and social order: heat purifies objects meant for cooking; alms are protected as a dharmic institution; commerce requires practical presumptions of cleanliness.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra/dharma material; not part of sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita.

What is the esoteric significance?

Fire/heat (pāka) is the inner 'tapas' principle—transforming and rendering fit; it mirrors austerity that refines the practitioner.