उदके चोदकस्थं तु स्थलेषु स्थलजं शुचि । पादौ स्थाप्यौ च तत्रैव आचान्तः शुचितामियात् ॥ १,२२२.
In water, one should use objects produced in water; on land, objects produced on land, if pure. The feet should be placed there itself, and after rinsing the mouth, one attains purity.
शुध्येत्तद्भस्मना कांस्यं सुरया यन्न लिप्यते । मूत्रेण सुरया मिश्रं तपनैः खलु शुध्यति ॥ १,२२२.
Bronze vessels not smeared with liquor are purified with ashes; those mixed with urine and liquor are indeed purified by heating.
गवाघ्रातानि कांस्यानि शूद्रोच्छिष्टानि यानि च । काकश्वापहतान्येव शुध्यन्ति दश भस्मना ॥ १,२२२.
Bronze vessels sniffed by cows, or defiled by outcastes, and those touched by crows or dogs, are purified by ten applications of ashes.
शूद्रभाजनभोक्ता यः पञ्चगव्यं त्र्युपोषितः । उच्छिष्टं स्पृशते विप्रः श्वसूद्रश्चापराधिकः ॥ १,२२२.
A person who eats from a Śūdra's vessel, who has observed three fasts and taken pañcagavya, if a Brahmin touches leftovers, he becomes like a dog or Śūdra, guilty of transgression.
उपोषितः पञ्चगव्याच्छुध्येत्स्पृष्ट्वा रजस्वलाम् । अनुदकेषु देशेषु चोरव्याघ्राकुले पथि ॥ १,२२२.
One who has fasted and taken pañcagavya becomes pure after touching a menstruating woman, or in places without water, or on roads infested by thieves or tigers.
कृत्वा मूत्रपुरीषन्तु द्रव्यहस्तो न दुष्यति । भूमौनिः क्षैप्य तद्द्रव्यं शौचं कृत्वा समाहितः ॥ १,२२२.
After passing urine or feces, the hand holding an object is not defiled; one should place the object on the ground, purify oneself, and then take it up with concentration.
आरनालं दधि क्षीरं तक्रन्तु कृसरञ्च यत् । शूद्रादपि च तद्गाह्यं मांसं मधु तथान्त्यजात् ॥ १,२२२.
Buttermilk, curd, milk, whey, cooked rice, and whatever else, even if taken from a Śūdra, as well as meat and honey from the lowest caste, may be accepted.
गौडीं पैष्टीञ्च माध्वीकं विप्रादिर्यः सुरां पिबेत् । सुरां पिबन्द्विजः शुध्येदग्निवर्णां सुरां पिबन् ॥ १,२२२.
Whoever drinks surā made from jaggery, flour, or honey, even a Brahmin, becomes pure by drinking surā of the color of fire.
विप्रः पञ्चशतं जप्यं गायत्र्याः क्षत्रियस्य च शतं विप्रश्च भुक्त्वान्नं पानपात्रेण सूतके ॥ १,२२२.
A Brahmin should recite five hundred times the Gāyatrī, a Kṣatriya one hundred times; and a Brahmin who has eaten food with a vessel during birth impurity.
शुचिर्विप्रो दशाहेन क्षत्त्रियो द्वादशाहतः । वैश्यः पञ्चदशाहन शूद्रो मासेन शुध्यति ॥ १,२२२.
A Brahmin becomes pure in ten days, a Kṣatriya in twelve days, a Vaiśya in fifteen days, and a Śūdra in a month.
राज्ञां युद्धेषु यज्ञादौ देशान्तरगतेषु च । बाले प्रेते मासिके च सद्यः शौचं विधीयते ॥ १,२२२.
In royal battles, at sacrifices, when traveling to another country, for a child, for a corpse, or for one who died in a month, purity is prescribed immediately.
अविवाहा तथा कन्या द्विजो मौञ्जीविवर्जितः । जतदन्तश्च बालश्च कुमारी च त्रिवर्षिका ॥ १,२२२.
An unmarried girl, a twice-born without the sacred thread, one with matted hair, a child, and a maiden three years old—
तेषां शुद्धिस्त्रिरात्रेण गर्भस्त्रावे त्रिरात्रिभिः । सूतायां मासतुल्याश्च चतुर्थेऽह्नि रजस्वला ॥ १,२२२.
Their purification occurs in three nights; for miscarriage, in three nights; for a woman in childbirth, equal to a month; for a menstruating woman, on the fourth day.
दुर्भिक्षे राष्ट्रसंपते सूतके मृतकेपि वा । नियमाश्च न दुष्यन्ति दानधर्मपरास्तथा ॥ १,२२२.
During famine, national calamity, birth impurity, or death, the prescribed rules are not violated, nor for those devoted to charity and religious duties.
दक्षिकाले विवाहादौ देवद्विजनिमन्त्रिते । पूर्वसंकल्पिते वापि नाशौचं मृतसूतके ॥ १,२२२.
At the time of sacrifice, marriage, or when invoked by gods or Brahmins, or when previously resolved, there is no impurity from birth or death.
प्रसूतपत्नीसंस्पर्शादशुचिः स्यात्तथा द्विजः । अग्नयो यत्र हूयन्ते वेदो वा यत्र पठ्यते ॥ १,२२२.
By touching a woman who has just given birth, a twice-born becomes impure; wherever fires are offered or the Veda is recited—
सततं वैश्वदेवा दि न तेषां सूतकं भवेत् । अशुद्धे च गृहे भुक्ते त्रिरात्राच्छुध्यति द्विजः ॥ १,२२२.
For those who constantly perform Vaiśvadeva rites, there is no birth impurity; if food is eaten in an impure house, a Brahmin is purified in three nights.
ब्राह्मणी क्षत्रिया वैश्या शूद्रा चैव रजस्वला । अन्योन्यस्पर्शनात्तत्र ब्राह्मणी तु त्रिरात्रतः ॥ १,२२२.
A Brahmin woman, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya, and Śūdra who are menstruating, by mutual contact, the Brahmin woman is purified in three nights.
द्विरात्रतः क्षत्रिया च शुद्धा वैश्या ह्युपोषिता । शूद्रा स्नानेन शुध्येत्तु द्रोणार्थं न विसर्जयेत् ॥ १,२२२.
After fasting for two nights, Kṣatriyas become pure, and Vaiśyas by fasting for one night; Śūdras are purified by bathing. For the sake of a measure (droṇa) of water, one should not abandon it.
काकश्वानोपनी तन्तु अन्नं बाह्यन्तु तत्त्यजेत् । सुवर्णाद्भैः समभ्युक्ष्य हुताशे च प्रतापयेत् ॥ १,२२२.
If crows, dogs, or other animals touch food or water from outside, it should be discarded; after sprinkling with gold and purifying with fire, it becomes fit for use.
कूपे च पतितान्दृष्ट्वा श्वशृगालौ च मर्कटम् । तत्कूपस्योदकं पीत्वा शुध्येद्विप्रस्त्रिभिर्दिनैः । क्षत्रियोऽहर्द्वयेनैव वैश्यो वैकाहतः परम् ॥ १,२२२.
Upon seeing a dog, jackal, or monkey fallen into a well, if one drinks that well's water, a Brāhmaṇa is purified in three days, a Kṣatriya in two days, and a Vaiśya in one day.
अस्थि चर्म मलं वापि मूषिकां यदि कूपतः । उद्धृत्य चोदकं पञ्च गव्याच्छुद्ध्येत्तु शोधितम् ॥ १,२२२.
If bone, skin, filth, or a mouse falls into a well, after removing it and drawing out five water pots, the water is purified by mixing with five products of the cow.
तडागे पुष्करिण्यादौ भस्मादिं पातयेत्तथा । षट्कुम्भानप उत्द्धृय पञ्चगव्येन शुध्यति ॥ १,२२२.
If ashes or similar substances fall into a tank or lotus pond, after drawing out six water pots, purification is achieved by using the five products of the cow.
स्त्रीरजः पतितं मध्ये त्रिंशत्कुम्भान्समुद्धरेत् । अगम्यागमनं कृत्वा मद्यगोमांसभक्षणम् ॥ १,२२२.
If menstrual blood falls into the middle (of a tank), thirty water pots must be drawn out. After forbidden intercourse, or eating meat and drinking liquor, purification is prescribed.
शुध्ये च्चान्द्रायणाद्विप्रः प्राजापत्येन भूमिपः । वैश्यः सान्तपनाच्छूद्रः पञ्चाहोभिर्विशुध्यति ॥ १,२२२.
A Brāhmaṇa is purified by the Cāndrāyaṇa penance, a Kṣatriya by the Prājāpatya, a Vaiśya by the Sāntapana, and a Śūdra is purified in five days.
प्रायश्चित्ते कृते दद्याद्गवां ब्राह्मणभोजनम् । क्रीडायां शयनीयादौ नीलीवस्त्रं न दुष्यति ॥ १,२२२.
After performing penance, one should offer cows and feed Brāhmaṇas. In play, on bedding, and similar situations, blue cloth is not defiled.
नीलीवस्त्रं न स्पृशेच्च नीली च निरयं ब्रजेत् । व्रह्मघ्नश्च सुरापश्च स्तेयी च गुरुतल्पगः ॥ १,२२२.
One should not touch blue cloth; the indigo plant leads to hell. The slayer of a Brāhmaṇa, drinker of liquor, thief, and violator of the teacher's wife (are condemned).
ऋक्षं दृष्ट्वा विशुध्यन्ते तत्संयोगी च पञ्चमः । ततो धेनुशतं दद्याद्ब्राह्मणानान्तु भोजनम् ॥ १,२२२.
Upon seeing a bear, one is purified, as is a fifth person associated with them. Thereafter, one should give a hundred cows and feed Brāhmaṇas.
ब्रह्महा द्वादशाब्दानि कुटीं कृत्वा वने वसेत् । न्यस्येदात्मानमग्नौ वा सुसमिद्धे सुरापकः ॥ १,२२२.
A Brāhmaṇa-slayer should dwell in a hut in the forest for twelve years; a drinker of liquor should consign himself to a well-kindled fire.
स्तेयी सर्वं वेदविदे ब्राह्मणायोपपादयेत् । वृषमेकं सहस्रं गां दद्याच्च गुरुतल्पगः ॥ १,२२२.
A thief should restore everything to a Brāhmaṇa learned in the Vedas; the violator of the teacher's wife should give a thousand bulls and cows.