The Good Deeds of Restraint: Truth, Vows and Purity

Verse 1 (13.232.1)

विधानं सुकृतस्यापि भूयः शृणु शुचिस्मिते । प्रोच्यते तत्त्रिधा देवि सुकृतं च समासतः ॥

vidhānaṃ sukṛtasyāpi bhūyaḥ śṛṇu śucismite | procyate tattridhā devi sukṛtaṃ ca samāsataḥ

“Listen again, bright-smiling lady, to the rule of good deeds. In brief, goddess, good deed is said to be of three kinds.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2891-2892.

Verse 2 (13.232.2)

यदौपरमिकं चैव सुकृतं निरुपद्रवम् । तथैव सोपकरणं तावता सुकृतं विदुः ॥

yadauparamikaṃ caiva sukṛtaṃ nirupadravam | tathaiva sopakaraṇaṃ tāvatā sukṛtaṃ viduḥ

“There is the good deed of cessation, which is free of all trouble, and likewise the good deed that requires equipment; only so far do they recognise a good deed.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2893-2894.

Verse 3 (13.232.3)

निवृत्तिः पापकर्मभ्यस्तदौपरमिकं प्रिये । मनोवाक्कायजा दोषाः शृणु मे वर्जनाच्छुभम् ॥

nivṛttiḥ pāpakarmabhyastadauparamikaṃ priye | manovākkāyajā doṣāḥ śṛṇu me varjanācchubham

“Withdrawal from sinful acts, beloved, is the good deed of cessation. Hear from me the faults born of mind, speech and body, and the good that comes from avoiding them.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2895-2896.

Verse 4 (13.232.4)

त्रैविध्यदोषोपरमे यस्तु दोषव्यपेक्षया । स हि प्राप्नोति सकलं सर्वदुष्कृतवर्जनात् ॥

traividhyadoṣoparame yastu doṣavyapekṣayā | sa hi prāpnoti sakalaṃ sarvaduṣkṛtavarjanāt

“When the threefold fault has ceased, the one who keeps his eye on fault gains the whole, because he has abandoned every evil deed.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2897-2898.

Verse 5 (13.232.5)

प्रथमं वर्जयेद्दोषान्युगपत्पृथगेव वा । तथा धर्ममवाप्नोति दोषत्यागो हि दुष्करः । दोषसाकल्यसंत्यागान्मुनिर्भवति मानवः ॥

prathamaṃ varjayeddoṣānyugapatpṛthageva vā | tathā dharmamavāpnoti doṣatyāgo hi duṣkaraḥ | doṣasākalyasaṃtyāgānmunirbhavati mānavaḥ

“Let him first give up the faults, whether all together or one by one; so he gains dharma, for giving up faults is hard. By abandoning faults completely, a man becomes a sage.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2899-2901. Three-line verse.

Verse 6 (13.232.6)

सौकर्यं परस्य धर्मस्य कार्यारम्भादृतेऽपि च । आत्मा च लब्धोपरमो लभन्ते सुकृतं परम् ॥

saukaryaṃ parasya dharmasya kāryārambhādṛte'pi ca | ātmā ca labdhoparamo labhante sukṛtaṃ param

“The higher dharma is easy, for it needs not even the start of any undertaking; and those whose self has come to rest obtain the supreme good deed.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2902-2903. Corrected पस्य → परस्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र; the critical edition reads paradharmasya, CE 2902).

Verse 7 (13.232.7)

अहो नृशंसाः पच्यन्ते मानुषाः स्वल्पबुद्धयः । एतादृशं न बुध्यन्ते आत्माधीनं न निर्व्यथाः ॥

aho nṛśaṃsāḥ pacyante mānuṣāḥ svalpabuddhayaḥ | etādṛśaṃ na budhyante ātmādhīnaṃ na nirvyathāḥ

“Alas, cruel and dull-witted men are cooked in torment! They do not understand a thing like this, which lies within their own power, and so they are not free of pain.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2904-2905.

Verse 8 (13.232.8)

दुष्कृतत्यागमात्रेण पदमूर्ध्वं हि लभ्यते ॥

duṣkṛtatyāgamātreṇa padamūrdhvaṃ hi labhyate

“By the mere giving up of evil deeds, a higher state is gained.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), line 2906.

Verse 9 (13.232.9)

पापभीरुत्वमात्रेण दोषाणां परिवर्जनात् । सुशोभनो भवेद्देवि ऋजुर्धर्मव्यपेक्षया । इत्यौपरमिकं देवि कथितं सुकृतं तव ॥

pāpabhīrutvamātreṇa doṣāṇāṃ parivarjanāt | suśobhano bhaveddevi ṛjurdharmavyapekṣayā | ityauparamikaṃ devi kathitaṃ sukṛtaṃ tava

“By fear of sin alone, by avoiding faults, an upright man becomes very fine in regard to dharma, goddess. Thus, goddess, the good deed of cessation has been told to you.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2907-2909. Three-line verse. Corrected क्रजुर्धर्म → ऋजुर्धर्म (misprint in Wikisource; stray क for ऋ; the critical edition has a different wording here, kim u dharmavyapekṣayā).

Verse 10 (13.232.10)

श्रुत्वा च वृद्धसंयोगादिन्द्रियाणां च निग्रहात् । सन्तोषाच्च धृतेश्चैव शक्यते दोषवर्जनम् ॥

śrutvā ca vṛddhasaṃyogādindriyāṇāṃ ca nigrahāt | santoṣācca dhṛteścaiva śakyate doṣavarjanam

“Through learning, through the company of the aged, through control of the senses, and through contentment and steadiness, the avoidance of faults becomes possible.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2910-2911.

Verse 11 (13.232.11)

तदेव धर्ममित्याहुर्दोषसंयमनं प्रिये । यमधर्मेण धर्मोऽस्ति नान्यः शुभतरः प्रिये । यमधर्मेण यतयः प्राप्नुवन्त्युत्तमां गतिम् ॥

tadeva dharmamityāhurdoṣasaṃyamanaṃ priye | yamadharmeṇa dharmo'sti nānyaḥ śubhataraḥ priye | yamadharmeṇa yatayaḥ prāpnuvantyuttamāṃ gatim

“That very restraint of faults, beloved, they call dharma. There is no dharma more auspicious than the dharma of restraint; by the dharma of restraint ascetics reach the highest goal.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2912-2914. Three-line verse. Corrected धर्मोस्ति → धर्मोऽस्ति (missing avagraha in Wikisource; CE 2913 dharmo 'sti).

Verse 12 (13.232.12)

ईश्वराणां प्रभवतां दरिद्राणां च वै नृणाम् । सफलो दोषसंत्यागो दानादपि शुभादपि ॥

īśvarāṇāṃ prabhavatāṃ daridrāṇāṃ ca vai nṛṇām | saphalo doṣasaṃtyāgo dānādapi śubhādapi

“For the mighty and for the poor alike, the giving up of faults bears fruit, even more than a good gift does.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2915-2916.

Verse 13 (13.232.13)

तपो दानं महादेवि दोषमल्पं हि निर्भरेत् । सुकृतं यामिकं चोक्तं वक्ष्ये निरुपसाधनम् ॥

tapo dānaṃ mahādevi doṣamalpaṃ hi nirbharet | sukṛtaṃ yāmikaṃ coktaṃ vakṣye nirupasādhanam

“Austerity and giving, great goddess, can carry off only a little fault. I shall now speak of the good deed that belongs to the observances, which needs no apparatus.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2917-2918.

Verse 14 (13.232.14)

सुखाभिसन्धिर्लोकानां सत्यं शौचमथार्जवम् । व्रतोपवासः प्रीतिश्च ब्रह्मचर्यं दमः शमः ॥

sukhābhisandhirlokānāṃ satyaṃ śaucamathārjavam | vratopavāsaḥ prītiśca brahmacaryaṃ damaḥ śamaḥ

“A resolve for the happiness of all people, truth, purity, uprightness, vows and fasting, kindliness, chastity, self-control and calm —”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2919-2920.

Verse 15 (13.232.15)

एवमादि शुभं कर्म सुकृतं नियमाश्रितम् । शृणु तेषां विशेषांश्च कीर्तयिष्यामि भामिनि ॥

evamādi śubhaṃ karma sukṛtaṃ niyamāśritam | śṛṇu teṣāṃ viśeṣāṃśca kīrtayiṣyāmi bhāmini

“such good acts, resting on rules of observance, are the good deed of the observances. Listen, radiant lady; I shall recount their particulars.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2921-2922.

Verse 16 (13.232.16)

सत्यं स्वर्गस्य सोपानं पारावारस्य नौरिव । नास्ति सत्यात्परं दानं नास्ति सत्यात्परं तपः ॥

satyaṃ svargasya sopānaṃ pārāvārasya nauriva | nāsti satyātparaṃ dānaṃ nāsti satyātparaṃ tapaḥ

“Truth is the stairway to heaven, like a boat for crossing the sea. There is no gift greater than truth, and no austerity greater than truth.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2923-2924.

Verse 17 (13.232.17)

यथा श्रुतं यथा दृष्टमात्मना यद्यथा कृतम् । तथा तस्याविकारेण वचनं सत्यलक्षणम् ॥

yathā śrutaṃ yathā dṛṣṭamātmanā yadyathā kṛtam | tathā tasyāvikāreṇa vacanaṃ satyalakṣaṇam

“As it was heard, as it was seen, as one did it oneself — to speak of it just so, without any alteration, is the mark of truth.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2925-2926.

Verse 18 (13.232.18)

यच्छलेनाभिसंयुक्तं सत्यरूपं मृषैव तत् । सत्यमेव प्रवक्तव्यं पारावर्यं विजानता ॥

yacchalenābhisaṃyuktaṃ satyarūpaṃ mṛṣaiva tat | satyameva pravaktavyaṃ pārāvaryaṃ vijānatā

“What is mixed with deceit, though it has the look of truth, is falsehood. One who knows the near and the far shore should speak only the truth.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2927-2928.

Verse 19 (13.232.19)

दीर्घायुश्च भवेत्सत्यात्कुलसन्तानपालकः । लोकसंस्थितिपालश्च भवेत्सत्येन मानवः ॥

dīrghāyuśca bhavetsatyātkulasantānapālakaḥ | lokasaṃsthitipālaśca bhavetsatyena mānavaḥ

“Through truth a man becomes long-lived, a protector of the continuity of his family, and a keeper of the order of the world.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2929-2930.

Verse 20 (13.232.20)

कथं सन्धारयन्मर्त्यो व्रतं शुभमवाप्नुयात् ॥

kathaṃ sandhārayanmartyo vrataṃ śubhamavāpnuyāt

“How may a mortal who keeps a vow obtain what is good?”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), line 2931.

Verse 21 (13.232.21)

पूर्वमुक्तं तु यत्पापं मनोवाक्कायकर्मभिः । व्रतवत्तस्य संत्यागस्तपोव्रतमिति स्मृतम् ॥

pūrvamuktaṃ tu yatpāpaṃ manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ | vratavattasya saṃtyāgastapovratamiti smṛtam

“The sin spoken of before, done through mind, speech and body — to give it up as one keeps a vow is called the vow of austerity.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d): the first line is line 2932 and the second line is line 2938 (lines 2933-2937 of the passage have no counterpart in Wikisource).

Verse 22 (13.232.22)

त्याज्यं वा यदि वा जोष्यमव्रतेन वृथा चरन् । तथा फलं न लभते तस्माद्धर्मं वृथा चरेत् ॥

tyājyaṃ vā yadi vā joṣyamavratena vṛthā caran | tathā phalaṃ na labhate tasmāddharmaṃ vṛthā caret

“Whether it is to be given up or to be taken up, one who acts without a vow, in vain, does not gain the fruit; so he would be practising dharma in vain.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2939-2940. Corrected जोष्यमव्रतेनि → जोष्यमव्रतेन (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि; instrumental, CE 2939 avratena). The second line reads वृथा चरेत् here; the critical edition has vratāc caret. The Wikisource reading is a valid word and is kept.

Verse 23 (13.232.23)

शुद्धकायो नरो भूत्वा स्नात्वा तीर्थे यथाविधि । पञ्चभूतानि चन्द्रार्कौ संध्ये धर्मयमौ पितॄन् ॥

śuddhakāyo naro bhūtvā snātvā tīrthe yathāvidhi | pañcabhūtāni candrārkau saṃdhye dharmayamau pitṝn

“Having made his body pure and bathed at a holy ford as the rule prescribes, let him turn to the five elements, the moon and the sun, the two twilights, Dharma, Yama and the ancestors,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2941-2942. Corrected तीर्थ यथाविधि → तीर्थे यथाविधि (misprint in Wikisource; locative ending dropped; CE 2941 tīrthe yathāvidhi).

Verse 24 (13.232.24)

आत्मनैव तथाऽऽत्मानं निवेद्य व्रतवच्चरेत् । व्रतमामरणाद्वाऽपि कालच्छेदेन वा हरेत् ॥

ātmanaiva tathā''tmānaṃ nivedya vratavaccaret | vratamāmaraṇādvā'pi kālacchedena vā haret

“and, having thus offered himself to them by his own act, let him keep the vow as a vow — until death, or else take it up for a fixed span of time.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2943-2944.

Verse 25 (13.232.25)

शाकादिषु व्रतं कुर्यात्तथा पुष्पफलादिषु । ब्रह्मचर्यव्रतं कुर्यादुपवासव्रतं तथा ॥

śākādiṣu vrataṃ kuryāttathā puṣpaphalādiṣu | brahmacaryavrataṃ kuryādupavāsavrataṃ tathā

“Let him keep a vow concerning vegetables and the like, and likewise concerning flowers, fruits and the like; let him keep a vow of chastity, and likewise a vow of fasting.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2945-2946.

Verse 26 (13.232.26)

एवमन्येषु बहुषु व्रतं कार्यं हितैषिणा । व्रतभङ्गो यथा न स्याद्रक्षितव्यं तथा बुधैः । व्रतभङ्गे महत्पापमिति विद्धि शुभेक्षणे ॥

evamanyeṣu bahuṣu vrataṃ kāryaṃ hitaiṣiṇā | vratabhaṅgo yathā na syādrakṣitavyaṃ tathā budhaiḥ | vratabhaṅge mahatpāpamiti viddhi śubhekṣaṇe

“In many other matters as well, a man who wishes his own good should keep a vow. The wise should guard against the breaking of a vow; know, fair-eyed lady, that breaking a vow is a great sin.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2947-2949. Three-line verse.

Verse 27 (13.232.27)

औषधार्थं यदज्ञानाद्गुरूणां वचनादपि । अनुग्रहार्थं बन्धूनां व्रतभङ्गो न दुष्यते ॥

auṣadhārthaṃ yadajñānādgurūṇāṃ vacanādapi | anugrahārthaṃ bandhūnāṃ vratabhaṅgo na duṣyate

“The breaking of a vow for the sake of medicine, through ignorance, at the word of one's elders, or to oblige one's kinsmen is not a fault.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2950-2951.

Verse 28 (13.232.28)

व्रतापवर्गकाले तु दैवब्राह्मणपूजनम् । नरेण तु यथा विद्धि कार्यसिद्धिं यथाऽऽप्तुयात् ॥

vratāpavargakāle tu daivabrāhmaṇapūjanam | nareṇa tu yathā viddhi kāryasiddhiṃ yathā''ptuyāt

“When a vow is concluded, the gods and the Brahmins are to be worshipped. Know that in this way a man may reach the success of his undertaking.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2952-2953.

Verse 29 (13.232.29)

कथं शौचविधिस्तत्र तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

kathaṃ śaucavidhistatra tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

“What is the rule of purity in this matter? Please tell me.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), line 2954.

Verse 30 (13.232.30)

बाह्यमाभ्यन्तरं चेति द्विविधं शौचमिष्यते । मानसं सुकृतं यत्तच्छौचमाभ्यन्तरं स्मृतम् ॥

bāhyamābhyantaraṃ ceti dvividhaṃ śaucamiṣyate | mānasaṃ sukṛtaṃ yattacchaucamābhyantaraṃ smṛtam

“Purity is held to be of two kinds, outer and inner. A good deed of the mind is called inner purity.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2955-2956. Corrected बाह्ममाभ्यन्तरं → बाह्यमाभ्यन्तरं (misprint in Wikisource; ह्म for ह्य; CE 2955 bāhyam ābhyantaraṃ).

Verse 31 (13.232.31)

सदाऽऽहारविशुद्धिश्च कायप्रक्षालनं च यत् । बाह्यशौचं भवेदेतत्तथैवाचमनादिना ॥

sadā''hāraviśuddhiśca kāyaprakṣālanaṃ ca yat | bāhyaśaucaṃ bhavedetattathaivācamanādinā

“Keeping one's food always pure and washing the body — this is outer purity, and so is rinsing the mouth and the like.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2957-2958.

Verse 32 (13.232.32)

मृच्चैव शुद्धदेशस्था गोशकृन्मूत्रमेव च । द्रव्याणि गन्धयुक्तानि यानि पुष्टिकराणि च । एतैः सम्मार्जयेत्कायमम्भसा च पुनः पुनः ॥

mṛccaiva śuddhadeśasthā gośakṛnmūtrameva ca | dravyāṇi gandhayuktāni yāni puṣṭikarāṇi ca | etaiḥ sammārjayetkāyamambhasā ca punaḥ punaḥ

“Clay from a clean place, cow dung and cow's urine, and fragrant substances that give strength — with these let him cleanse the body, and again and again with water.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2959-2961. Three-line verse.

Verse 33 (13.232.33)

अक्षोभ्यं यत्प्रकीर्णं च नित्यस्रोतं च यज्जलम् । प्रायशस्तादृशे मज्जेदन्यथा च विवर्जयेत् ॥

akṣobhyaṃ yatprakīrṇaṃ ca nityasrotaṃ ca yajjalam | prāyaśastādṛśe majjedanyathā ca vivarjayet

“Water that is undisturbed, spread wide, and always flowing — in water of that kind a man should generally bathe; otherwise he should avoid it.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2962-2963.

Verse 34 (13.232.34)

त्रिस्त्रिराचमनं श्रेष्ठं निष्फेनैर्निर्मलैर्जलैः । तथा विण्मूत्रयोः शुद्धिरद्भिर्बहुमृदा भवेत् । तथैव जलसंशुद्धिर्यत्संशुद्धं तु संस्पृशेत् ॥

tristrirācamanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ niṣphenairnirmalairjalaiḥ | tathā viṇmūtrayoḥ śuddhiradbhirbahumṛdā bhavet | tathaiva jalasaṃśuddhiryatsaṃśuddhaṃ tu saṃspṛśet

“Sipping water three times, with clear water free of foam, is best. Purification after excrement and urine should be with water and plenty of earth. Likewise there is the purifying of water; and what has been purified he may then touch.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2964-2966. Three-line verse.

Verse 35 (13.232.35)

शकृता भूमिशुद्धिः स्याल्लौहानां भस्मना स्मृतम् । तक्षणं घर्षणं चैव दारवाणां विशोधनम् ॥

śakṛtā bhūmiśuddhiḥ syāllauhānāṃ bhasmanā smṛtam | takṣaṇaṃ gharṣaṇaṃ caiva dāravāṇāṃ viśodhanam

“Ground is purified by cow dung, and metal vessels, it is held, by ash. Planing and scraping are what purify things of wood.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2967-2968.

Verse 36 (13.232.36)

दहनं मृण्मयानां च मर्त्यानां कृच्छ्रधारणम् । शेषाणां देवि सर्वेषामातपेन जलेन च । ब्राह्मणानां च वाक्येन सदा संशोधनं भवेत् ॥

dahanaṃ mṛṇmayānāṃ ca martyānāṃ kṛcchradhāraṇam | śeṣāṇāṃ devi sarveṣāmātapena jalena ca | brāhmaṇānāṃ ca vākyena sadā saṃśodhanaṃ bhavet

“Earthen vessels are purified by burning; mortals, by the keeping of a hard penance; and all the rest, goddess, by sun and water, and always by the word of Brahmins.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2969-2971. Three-line verse.

Verse 37 (13.232.37)

अदृष्टमद्भिर्निर्णिक्तं यच्च वाचा प्रशस्यते । एवमापदि संशुद्धिरेवं शौचं विधीयते ॥

adṛṣṭamadbhirnirṇiktaṃ yacca vācā praśasyate | evamāpadi saṃśuddhirevaṃ śaucaṃ vidhīyate

“What has not been seen to be defiled and has been washed with water, and what is approved by the word of the learned — thus in time of need there is purification; in this way purity is laid down.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2972-2973.

Verse 38 (13.232.38)

आहारशुद्धिस्तु कथं देवदेव महेश्वर ॥

āhāraśuddhistu kathaṃ devadeva maheśvara

“And how, god of gods, Maheshvara, is food made pure?”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), line 2974.

Verse 39 (13.232.39)

अमांसमद्यमक्लेद्यमपर्युषितमेव च । अतिकट्वम्ललवणहीनं च शुभगन्धि च ॥

amāṃsamadyamakledyamaparyuṣitameva ca | atikaṭvamlalavaṇahīnaṃ ca śubhagandhi ca

“Free of meat and liquor, not decayed, not stale, without excess of pungent, sour or salty flavours, and sweet-smelling —”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2975-2976. Corrected लवणहनं → लवणहीनं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ी; CE 2976 hīnaṃ).

Verse 40 (13.232.40)

क्रिमिकेशमलैर्हीनं संवृतं शुद्धदर्शम् । एवंविधं सदाहार्यं देवब्राह्मणसात्कृतम् ॥

krimikeśamalairhīnaṃ saṃvṛtaṃ śuddhadarśam | evaṃvidhaṃ sadāhāryaṃ devabrāhmaṇasātkṛtam

“free of worms, hair and dirt, covered, and clean to look at — food of this kind is always to be eaten, after it has been offered to gods and Brahmins.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2977-2978.

Verse 41 (13.232.41)

श्रुतमित्येव तज्ज्ञेयमन्यथा मन्यसेऽशुभम् । ग्राम्यादारण्यकैः सिद्धं श्रेष्ठमित्यवधारय ॥

śrutamityeva tajjñeyamanyathā manyase'śubham | grāmyādāraṇyakaiḥ siddhaṃ śreṣṭhamityavadhāraya

“That should be known as approved by tradition; otherwise you would take it to be unclean. Know that food cooked from forest produce is better than from village produce.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2979-2980.

Verse 42 (13.232.42)

अतिमात्रगृहीतात्तु अल्पदत्तं भवेच्छुचि । यज्ञशेषं हविःशेषं पितृशेषं च निर्मलम् । इति ते कथितं देवि भूयः किं श्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥

atimātragṛhītāttu alpadattaṃ bhavecchuci | yajñaśeṣaṃ haviḥśeṣaṃ pitṛśeṣaṃ ca nirmalam | iti te kathitaṃ devi bhūyaḥ kiṃ śrotumicchasi

“What is given a little out of a great deal that was received becomes pure. The remnant of the sacrifice, the remnant of the oblation and the remnant of the ancestral offering are spotless. Thus, goddess, it has been told to you; what more do you wish to hear?”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2981-2983. Three-line verse.