Manava Dharmashastra 4.65

4.65

kāṃsye bhājane pādau na prakṣālayet | bhinnabhāṇḍe ekadeśabhinne'pi | sarvabhinneṣvarthata eva pratiṣedhaḥ | patrapuṭkādīnāṃ tu bhinnabhāṇḍavyavahārāt chidritānāmapi na doṣaḥ | bhāvaḥ antarhṛdayābhiprāyaḥ | yatra mano na parituṣyati | śabdaduṣṭe vā pattadmagadādau | tatrāpi naivaṃ bhāvaprasādo bhavati |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
He should not wash his feet in a vessel of white brass.

In a broken vessel—even in one that may be broken in a single place;—the use of one that is broken all over would be forbidden by its very nature. In the case of cups, etc., made of leaves, however, since these are never regarded as ‘broken vessels,’ there would be no harm in using them, even though they may have holes.

‘Bhāva’ is feeling in mind; that vessel with which the mind does not feel satisfied; or that which is defiled by name—such as ‘patadgraha,’ ‘spittoon,’ and the like, in the case of these latter also, the mind does not feel satisfied.—(65)