Dakshasmriti 5
English (machine translation) 5
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- 5.13 — 1 part
5.1
Purification and impurity, what is to be done and what is to be abandoned, have been declared by the wise; / for specific clarification of both, I will speak a little out of a desire to benefit.
5.2
Effort should always be made toward purification; the twice-born is said to have purification as his root. / For one devoid of purification and proper conduct, all rituals are fruitless.
5.3
And purification is declared to be of two kinds: external and internal; / external is said to be by earth and water, and internal is purity of disposition.
5.4
Indeed, external [purity] is better than impurity, and internal is better than that; / he who is pure by both, he is pure, not any other.
5.5
One application of earth on the penis, three on the anus, ten on the left hand, / seven on both hands, and three on the feet should be applied.
5.6
The purification for a householder has been stated; in the other three [stages], in due order, / double, triple, and for the fourth, quadruple.
5.7
The first lump of earth is said to be the measure of half a handful; / the second and third are declared to be half of that.
5.8
On the penis also, it is declared here as much as fills three finger-joints; / this is the purification for householders, double for chaste students,
5.9
triple for forest hermits, and quadruple for renunciants. / Water should be applied so long until there is an absence of earth.
5.10
Purity is effected by earth and water; there is no hardship and no expense of wealth; / he who is lax even in purification, his mind is tested.
5.11
One purification is prescribed by day, and another by night; / one in times of distress for brāhmaṇas, and another in the absence of distress.
5.12
Half of the purification declared for the day is prescribed at night; / they say half of that is for the sick, half in haste, [and half] on a journey.
5.13
Neither less nor more should be done in purification by one desiring purity; / he would incur an expiation if a violation of what is prescribed is committed.
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Thus ends the fifth chapter in the Dharmaśāstra of Dakṣa.
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- Dakṣasmṛti — Dakṣa, Sanskrit