कामक्रोधसमाक्रांतं श्वसनैश्चोपमर्दितम् । भोगतृष्णातुरं गूढं रागद्वेष वशानुगम्
Overwhelmed by desire and anger, afflicted by breaths, tormented by the thirst for enjoyment, hidden, and subject to the sway of passion and aversion.
सवर्णितांगप्रत्यंगं जरायु परिवेष्टितम् । संकटेनाविविक्तेन योनिमार्गेण निर्गतम्
With limbs and sub-limbs well described, enveloped by the membrane, emerging through the narrow, confined path of the womb.
विण्मूत्ररक्तसिक्तांगं षट्कौशिकसमुद्भवम् । अस्थिपंजरसंघातं ज्ञेयमस्मिन्कलेवरे
Its body is soaked with excrement, urine, and blood, produced from six sheaths, and is to be known as a mass of bone framework.
शतत्रयं शताधिकं पंचपेशी शतानि च । सार्धाभिस्तिसृभिश्छन्नं समंताद्रोमकोटिभिः
Three hundred and five muscles, covered on all sides by countless hair roots, together with three and a half layers.
शरीरं स्थूलसूक्ष्माभिर्दृश्यादृश्याभिरंततः । एताभिर्मांसनाडीभिः कोटिभिस्तत्समन्वितम्
The body, both gross and subtle, visible and invisible, is entirely pervaded by these millions of fleshly channels.
प्रस्वेदमशुचिं ताभिरंतरस्थं च तेन हि । द्वात्रिंशद्दशनाः प्रोक्ता विंशतिश्च नखाः स्मृताः
Sweat, impure, is contained within them; thus, thirty-two teeth are declared, and twenty nails are remembered.
पित्तस्य कुडवं ज्ञेयं कफस्यार्धाढकं तथा । वसायाश्च पलाः पंच तदर्धं फलकस्य च
A measure of bile is known as a kuḍava, and half an āḍhaka for phlegm; five palas of fat, and half that for marrow.
पंचार्बुद पला ज्ञेयाः पलानि दश मेदसः । पलत्रयं महारक्तं मज्जा रक्ताच्चतुर्गुणा
Five arbuda palas are to be known, and ten palas of fat; three palas of great blood, and marrow is four times the blood.
शुक्रार्धकुडवं ज्ञेयं तदर्धं देहिनां बलम् । मांसस्य चैकं पिंडेन पलसाहस्रमुच्यते
Half a kuḍava of semen is to be known, and half of that is the strength of embodied beings; the mass of flesh is said to be a thousand palas in one lump.
रक्तं पलशतं ज्ञेयं विण्मूत्रं चाप्रमाणतः । इति देहगृहे राजन्वासः स्यान्नित्यमात्मनः
A hundred palas of blood are to be known, and the quantity of excrement and urine is immeasurable; thus, O King, the body is always the dwelling of the self.
अशुद्धं च विशुद्धस्य कर्मबंधविनिर्मितम् । शुक्रशोणितसंयोगाद्देहः संजायते क्वचित्
Impure, yet belonging to the pure, constructed by the bonds of karma, the body is sometimes produced from the union of semen and blood.
नित्यं विण्मूत्रसंयुक्तस्तेनायमशुचिः स्मृतः । यथा वै विष्ठया पूर्णः शुचिः सांतर्बहिर्घटः
Always joined with excrement and urine, therefore it is called impure; just as a pot filled with filth is clean only on the outside.
शौचेन शोध्यमानोपि देहोयमशुचिर्भवेत् । यं प्राप्यातिपवित्राणि पंचगव्य हवींषि च
Even when this body is purified by cleanliness, it remains impure; yet, by attaining it, even the most sacred offerings and the five products of the cow become utterly impure.
अशुचित्वं प्रयांत्याशु देहोयमशुचिस्ततः । हृद्यान्यप्यन्नपानानि यं प्राप्य सुरभीणि च
Because of this body's impurity, even the most delightful foods and drinks, as well as fragrant substances, quickly lose their purity upon contact with it.
अशुचित्वं प्रयांत्याशु कोऽन्य स्यादशुचिस्ततः । हे जनाः किं न पश्यध्वं यन्निर्याति दिनेदिने
Because of this, what else could be more impure? O people, do you not see what leaves the body day after day?
देहानुगो मलः पूतिस्तदाधारः कथं शुचिः । देहः संशोध्यमानोपि पंचगव्यकुशांबुभिः
The filth that follows the body is its stench—how can its container be pure? Even when the body is cleansed with the five products of the cow and with sacred grass-water,
घृष्यमाण इवांगारो निर्मलत्वं न गच्छति । स्रोतांसि यस्य सततं प्रवहंति गिरेरिव
Just as charcoal, even when scrubbed, does not become spotless, so too the body's channels constantly flow like streams from a mountain.
कफमूत्राद्यमशुचिः स देहः शुध्यते कथम् । सर्वाशुचिनिधानस्य शरीरस्य न विद्यते
How can that body, which is impure with phlegm, urine, and the like, ever be purified? There is no part of the body, the repository of all impurities,
शुचिरेकप्रदेशोपि शुचिर्न स्यादृतेऽपि वा । दिवा वा यदि वा रात्रौ मृत्तोयैः शोध्यते करः
that is truly pure, even if a single spot appears clean. Whether by day or night, even if the hand is washed with clay and water,
तथापि शुचिभाङ्नस्यान्न विरज्यंति ते नराः । कायोयमग्र्यधूपाद्यैर्यत्नेनापि सुसंस्कृतः
still, people do not turn away from the enjoyment of what is associated with the body. Even if this body is carefully adorned with the finest incense and such,
न जहाति स्वभावं हि श्वपुच्छमिव नामितम् । तथा जात्यैव कृष्णोर्णा न शुक्ला जातु जायते
it does not abandon its nature, just as a dog's tail cannot be straightened. Likewise, black wool by its very nature never becomes white.
संशोध्यमानापि तथा भवेन्मूर्तिर्न निर्मला । जिघ्रन्नपि स्वदुर्गंधं पश्यन्नपि मलं स्वकम्
In the same way, even when purified, the form does not become spotless. Even when smelling its own foul odor or seeing its own filth,
न विरज्यति लोकोऽयं पीडयन्नपि नासिकाम् । अहो मोहस्य माहात्म्यं येन व्यामोहितं जगत्
people do not turn away from it, even while pinching their noses. Ah, such is the greatness of delusion, by which the world is bewildered.
जिघ्रन्पश्यन्स्वकान्दोषान्कायस्य न विरज्यते । स्वदेहस्य विगंधेन विरज्येत न यो नरः
Even while smelling and seeing the body's own faults, people do not turn away from it. The man who does not turn away from his own body's stench,
विरागकारणं तस्य किमन्यदुपदिश्यते । सर्वमेव जगत्पूतं देहमेवाशुचिः परम्
what other cause for detachment could be taught to him? The whole world is pure; only the body is supremely impure.
यन्मलावयवस्पर्शाच्छुचिरप्यशुचिर्भवेत् । गंधलेपापनोदाय शौचं देहस्य कीर्तितम्
By contact with the body's excretions and parts, even the pure becomes impure. Cleanliness is prescribed for the body only to remove odor and stains.
द्वयस्यापगमात्पश्चाद्भावशुद्ध्या विशुद्ध्यति । गंगातोयेन सर्वेण मृद्भारैर्गात्रलेपनैः
Only after both are removed does true purity arise. Even with all the water of the Ganges and with clay and ointments applied to the limbs,
मर्त्यो दुर्गंधदेहोसौ भावदुष्टो न शुध्यति । तीर्थस्नानैस्तपोभिश्च दुष्टात्मा न च शुध्यति
a mortal with a foul-smelling body and impure mind is not purified. Even by bathing at holy places and performing austerities, the corrupted soul is not purified.
स्वमूर्तिः क्षालिता तीर्थे न शुद्धिमधिगच्छति । अंतर्भावप्रदुष्टस्य विशतोपि हुताशनम्
Even if one's own form is washed at a sacred place, it does not attain purity. For one whose inner disposition is tainted, even entering the sacrificial fire,
न स्वर्गो नापवर्गश्च देहनिर्दहनं परम् । भावशुद्धिः परं शौचं प्रमाणं सर्वकर्मसु
neither heaven nor liberation is attained by merely burning the body. Purity of mind is the highest cleanliness and the standard in all actions.