Manava Dharmashastra 5.122

5.122

seko gomūtreṇodakena vā | kṣīreṇāpi kvaciduktaḥ | ullekhanaṃ śastrādinā lekhākaraṇaṃ āvāpanaṃ ca | "āvāpanaṃ ca bhūmeriti" gautamanirdeśādeva ( pra0 1 sū0 31) | pañcabhiriti punarvacanamabhighātāpekṣayā vyastasamastaprayogadarśanārtham | tatra saṃmārjanaśūnyaṃ śodhanamupāñjanaṃ tvavakararahitāyāḥ kevalamapi | mūtrapurīṣādilepe ullekhanasaṃmārjane | seko nadīpulinavanādiṣu | gavāṃ parivāsaḥ ekāhamātraṃ goṣṭhīkaraṇam | etacca śmaśānabhuvaḥ sarvaṃ kartavyam | āvapanaṃ tu yatra pūrvamasthikapālikādyasti taduddhṛtya mṛdāmanyāsāṃ prakṣepaḥ, yatra cāntarhitamevamādikālāntareṇāśaṅkayamānasadbhāvamityādivattatrāpi |

An earthen vessel which has been defiled by spirituous liquor, urine, ordure, saliva, pus or blood cannot be purified by another burning.—(122) (1).

Note: Above is an alternate translation by George Bühler.

[madyairmūtraiḥ &c.—which forms verse 123 in Kullūka (and also in Buhler and Burnell)—is not treated as Manu’s text by

Medhātithi and Govindarāja,—both of them quoting it as from Vaśiṣṭha (3-59).—It is quoted, however, as ‘Manu’ in Aparārka (p. 263);—in Mitākṣarā (on 1.191);—in Madanapārijāta (p. 449) to the effect that, if an earthenware pot happen to be defiled by the contact of the things mentioned it should be thrown away;—in Śuddhikaumudī (p. 306);—and in Smṛtisāroddhāra (p. 244)].

Comparative notes by various authors
not treated as Manu’s Text, by Medhātithi.

Vaśiṣṭha (3.59).—(Same as Manu.)

Gautama (1.34).—‘Objects that have been very much defiled should be thrown away.’

Baudhāyana (1.8.49).—‘Non-metallic objects defiled by urine, ordure, blood, semen or a dead body must be thrown away.’

Baudhāyana (1.14.3).—‘Earthen vessels defiled by urine, ordure, blood, semen and the like must be thrown away.’

Viṣṇu (23.5).—‘Vessels made of wood or earthenware must be thrown away.’

By cleaning and smearing, by sprinkling and by scraping, and by the lodging of cows—by these five land become purified.—(122).

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
Sprinkling—with cow’s urine or water; or by milk, as laid down in some books.

‘Scraping.’—Scratching with some weapon and then throwing away the scraped earth, according to Gautama’s direction that ‘of land there should be throwing away’ (1.32).

‘By these five.’—This re-iteration is with a view to indicate that the methods may be used singly or collectively. ‘Smearing without ‘cleaning’, is a means of purifying a spot which is not supplied with a dust-inn. If the ground is stained with urine or ordure, there should be scraping and sweeping. In the case of river-banks and forests, there should be sprinkling with water.

‘Lodging of cows’—making the land a cow-pen for a single day.

All this should be done in the case of land lying near the cremation-ground. In the case of land containing bones and skull, a portion of the earth should be taken out and thrown away to another place; also where all these may not be visible, but where their existence and subsequent appearance may be suspected.—(122).

(Verse 124 of others.)

This verse is quoted in Hemādri (Śrāddha, p. 821).

Comparative notes by various authors
Devala (Aparārka, p. 265).—(See under 121.)

Yama (Do.).—(See under 121.)

Baudhāyana (1.9.11).—‘Land becomes pure, according to the degree of defilement, by sweeping, by sprinkling, by smearing with cow-dung, by scattering pure earth over it, and by scraping.’

Baudhāyana (1.13.16-20).—‘If solid earth is defiled, it should be smeared with cow-dung; loose earth is cleansed by ploughing;—moist earth by bringing pure earth and covering with it; land is purified in four ways—by being trod on by cows, by digging, by lighting fire on it and by rain falling on it,—fifthly by smearing it with cow-dung and sixthly, through lapse of time.’

Gautama (1.32).—‘Scattering earth over it is a method of purifying land.’

Vaśiṣṭha (3.56).—‘Land becomes pure according to the degree of defilement, by sweeping, by smearing with cowdung, by scraping, by sprinkling and by heaping earth on it.’

Vaśiṣṭha (?.57).—(Same as Manu.)

Yājñavalkya (1.188).—‘The ground is purified by sweeping, burning and lapse of time, by cows walking over it, by sprinkling and scraping.’