Shloka 15
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
मातुः प्रस्रवणे वत्सः शकुनिः फलपातने गर्दभो भारवाहित्वे श्वा मृगग्रहणे शुचिः
mātuḥ prasravaṇe vatsaḥ śakuniḥ phalapātane gardabho bhāravāhitve śvā mṛgagrahaṇe śuciḥ
ماں کے دودھ کے بہاؤ کے معاملے میں بچھڑا پاک ہے؛ پھل گرانے میں پرندہ پاک ہے؛ بوجھ اٹھانے میں گدھا پاک ہے؛ اور شکار پکڑنے میں کتا پاک سمجھا گیا ہے۔
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FAQs
Purity/impurity is presented as context-sensitive: an entity may be deemed ‘pure’ within its natural or socially sanctioned function. The verse uses occupational/natural roles to teach that dharma applies with nuance rather than blanket condemnation.
This belongs to Ācāra-dharma material rather than the five classic purāṇic marks; loosely it aligns with instruction ancillary to ‘dharma’ that often accompanies Vaṃśānucarita/Itihāsa sections, but it is not itself Sarga/Pratisarga/Vaṃśa/Manvantara/Vaṃśānucarita.
Each example symbolizes ‘fitness for purpose’: milk, fruit, labor, and hunting are framed as legitimate domains where the agent is not ritually faulted. It implicitly cautions against misapplying purity rules without regard to intended use and dhārmic context.