Shloka 55
आचारप्रशंसा
Praise of Ācāra as the Basis of Longevity, Fame, and Prosperity
(देवालये5थ गोवन्दे चैत्ये सस्येषु विश्रमे । भक्ष्यान् भूक्त्वा क्षुतेअध्वानं गत्वा मूत्रपुरीषयो: ।।
bhīṣma uvāca | devālaye 'tha govande caitye sasy eṣu viśrame | bhakṣyān bhuktvā kṣute 'dhvānaṃ gatvā mūtrapurīṣayoḥ || dvir ācāmed yathānyāyaṃ hṛdagataṃ tu pibann apaḥ | annaṃ bubhukṣamāṇas tu trir mukhena spṛśed apaḥ | bhuktvā cānnaṃ tathaiva trir dviḥ punaḥ parimārjayet ||
毗湿摩说道：不可在寺庙近旁、牛群之中、圣所（制多，caitya）之处、与祭祀相关的树木旁、歇息之地旁，或在庄稼繁茂的田里，排泄小便或大便。饭后、喷嚏后、行路之后，以及解手之后，应依仪轨行净，然后按法两次行阿遮摩那（ācāmana，啜水净口）——饮水至自觉其达于心。将要进食之人，先当三次以水触口行阿遮摩那；食毕亦复三次，然后以拇指根部拭口两遍。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Maintain śauca (purity) by respecting sacred and communal spaces—temples, shrines, cattle areas, resting places, and cultivated fields—and by performing prescribed ācāmana and cleansing after common impurity-causing acts such as eating, sneezing, traveling, and excretion.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising on dharmic conduct, giving practical rules of daily purity: prohibitions about where to relieve oneself and the proper sequence and manner of ācāmana before and after meals and after other activities.