Shloka 48

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

Sanskrit

एष एव विधिर्दृष्टो जन्मन्यपि हि सूतके ।

सपिण्डानां सपिण्डेषु यथावत्सोदकेषु च ॥

Transliteration

eṣa eva vidhir dṛṣṭo janmany api hi sūtake | sapiṇḍānāṃ sapiṇḍeṣu yathāvat sodakeṣu ca ||

Translation

یہی قاعدہ سوتک (پیدائش کی وجہ سے ہونے والی ناپاکی) میں بھی مانا جاتا ہے۔ سپِنڈ رشتہ داروں میں یہ حسبِ ضابطہ نافذ ہے، اور پانی سے متعلق رسومات میں بھی۔

Word by Word

एषःthis

एवindeed / only

विधिःrule / procedure

दृष्टःis observed/accepted

जन्मनिin birth

अपिalso

हिindeed / for

सूतकेin the birth-impurity (period)

सपिण्डानाम्of sapinda relatives

सपिण्डेषुamong sapindas

यथावत्properly / as prescribed

सwith

उदकेषुamong sodakas (water-related kin)

चand

Speakers

Dharma-instruction within the Markandeya Purana’s didactic discourse (speaker not specified in the excerpt)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

Sūtaka (birth impurity)Parallelism of birth/death ritesSapiṇḍa obligationsUdaka rites

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Birth and death are treated as symmetrical thresholds; dharma provides comparable procedures for both, emphasizing continuity of lineage and regulated reintegration.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra/dharma instruction; tangentially related to vaṃśa (lineage) concerns but not a vaṃśa narrative.

What is the esoteric significance?

Both birth and death disturb the household’s subtle equilibrium; the same ‘technology’ of purification and water-rites restores balance across opposite transitions.