अशित्वा च सहोषित्वा दशरात्रेण शुध्यति
After eating and dwelling together, purification is achieved in ten nights.
अनदन्नन्नमह्नैव न च तस्मिन् गृहे वसेत्
One should not eat food nor stay in that house on that day.
दशाहेन शवस्पर्शे सपिण्डश्चैव शुध्यति
By touching a corpse, a sapiṇḍa relative is purified in ten days.
दशाहेन द्विजः शुध्येद् द्वादशाहेन भूमिपः
A twice-born is purified in ten days, a king in twelve days.
षड्रात्रेणाथवा सर्वे त्रिरात्रेणाथवा पुनः
Alternatively, all may be purified in six nights, or again, in three nights.
स्नात्वा संप्राश्य तु घृतं शुध्यन्ति ब्राह्मणादयः
After bathing and partaking of ghee, Brāhmaṇas and others become purified.
अशौचे संस्पृशेत् स्नेहात् तदाशौचेन शुध्यति
If one touches another out of affection during impurity, purification is achieved by the same period of impurity.
स्नात्वा सचैलं स्पृष्ट्वाग्निं घृतं प्राश्य विशुध्यति
After bathing with clothes on, touching fire, and partaking of ghee, one becomes purified.
शूद्रे दिनत्रयं प्रोक्तं प्राणायामशतं पुनः
For a Śūdra, three days are prescribed, or alternatively, a hundred breath-control exercises.
त्रिरात्रं स्यात् तथाशौचमेकाहं त्वन्यथा स्मृतम्
Impurity is for three nights, or otherwise, it is remembered as lasting one day.
अन्यथा चैव सज्योतिर्ब्राह्मणे स्नानमेव तु
Otherwise, for a Brahmin, only bathing is required together with light.
स्नानेनैव भवेच्छुद्धिः सचैलेन न संशयः
Purification is achieved solely by bathing, even with clothes on; there is no doubt about this.
बान्धवो वापरो वापि स दशाहेन शुध्यति
Whether a relative or another person, he becomes purified after ten days.
तदाशौचे निवृत्ते ऽसौ स्नानं कृत्वा विशुध्यति
When the period of impurity ends, he attains purity by bathing.
तावन्त्यहान्यशौचं स्यात् प्रायश्चित्तं ततश्चरेत्
The impurity lasts for as many days; after that, one should perform expiation.
सपिण्डानां तु मरणे मरणादितरेषु च
In the case of the death of sapiṇḍa relatives, and also in other deaths,
समानोदकभावस्तु जन्मनाम्नोरवेदने
The relationship of sharing the same water is determined by knowledge of birth names.
लेपभाजस्त्रयश्चात्मा सापिण्ड्यं साप्तपौरुषण्
There are three who partake of touch, and the self; sapiṇḍa relationship extends to seven generations.
ऊढानां भर्तुसापिण्ड्यं प्राह देवः पितामहः
For married women, the deity Pitāmaha declared the sapiṇḍa relationship is through the husband.
भिन्नवर्णास्तु सापिण्ड्यं भवेत् तेषां त्रिपूरुषम्
For those of different castes, their sapiṇḍa relationship extends to three generations.
दातारो नियमी चैव ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मचारिणौ
Donors, those who observe discipline, knowers of Brahman, and celibates,
राजा चैवाभिषिक्तश्च प्राणसत्रिण एव च
The king, the consecrated one, and the performer of the prāṇasattra sacrifice,
सद्यः शौचं समाख्यातं दुर्भिक्षे चाप्युपद्रवे
Immediate purity is declared in times of famine or calamity.
सद्यः शौचं समाख्यातं सर्पादिमरणे तथा
Immediate purity is also declared in cases of death by snake and similar causes.
ब्राह्मणार्थे च संन्यस्ते सद्यः शौचं विधीयते
Immediate purity is prescribed when renouncing for the sake of a Brahmin.
नाशौचं कीर्त्यते सद्भिः पतिते च तथा मृते
No impurity is recognized by the virtuous when one has fallen or died.
न चाश्रुपातपिण्डौ वा कार्यं श्राद्धादि कङ्क्वचित्
Nor should any śrāddha or similar rites be performed for one who has died by tears or for a piṇḍa.
विहितं तस्य नाशौचं नाग्निर्नाप्युदकादिकम्
For such a person, impurity is not prescribed; nor fire, nor water, nor anything similar.
तस्याशौचं विधातव्यं कार्यं चैवोदकादिकम्
For her, impurity rites must be observed, and the prescribed offerings of water and similar acts performed.
हिरण्यधान्यगोवासस्तिलान्नगुडसर्पिषाम्
Gold, grain, cows, garments, sesame, cooked rice, jaggery, and clarified butter—