Grass, wood, and straw become pure by being sprinkled (with water), a house by sweeping and smearing (it with cowdung or whitewash), an earthen (vessel) by a second burning.
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संमार्जनौपाञ्जनेन सेकेन-उल्लेखनेन च । गवां च परिवासेन भूमिः शुध्यति पञ्चभिः ॥ [म्शुद्ध्यति]
saṃmārjana.upāñjanena sekena-ullekhanena ca | gavāṃ ca parivāsena bhūmiḥ śudhyati pañcabhiḥ || [M.śuddhyati]
Land is purified by (the following) five (modes, viz.) "by sweeping, by smearing (it with cowdung), by sprinkling (it with cows' urine or milk), by scraping, and by cows staying (on it during a day and night).
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As long as the (foul) smell does not leave an (object) defiled by impure substances, and the stain caused by them (does not disappear), so long must earth and water be applied in cleansing (inanimate) things. ^__^
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The gods declared three things (to be) pure to Brāhmaṇas, that (on which) no (taint is) visible, what has been washed with water, and what has been commended (as pure) by the word (of a Brāhmaṇa).
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Water, sufficient (in quantity) in order to slake the thirst of a cow, possessing the (proper) smell, colour, and taste, and unmixed with impure substances, is pure, if it is collected on (pure) ground.
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The mouth of a woman is alwaysjpure, likewise a bird when he causes a fruit to fall; a calf is pure on the flowing of the milk, and a dog when he catches a deer.
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श्वभिर् हतस्य यन् मांसं शुचि तन् मनुर् अब्रवीत् । क्रव्याद्भिश् च हतस्य-अन्यैश् चण्डालाद्यैश् च दस्युभिः ॥
śvabhir hatasya yan māṃsaṃ śuci tan manur abravīt | kravyādbhiś ca hatasya-anyaiś caṇḍālādyaiś ca dasyubhiḥ ||
Manu has declared that the flesh (of an animal) killed by dogs is pure, likewise (that) of a (beast) slain by carnivorous (animals) or by men of low caste (Dasyu), such as A'a/z^alas.
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All those cavities (of the body) which lie above the navel are pure, (but) those which are below the navel are impure, as well as excretions that fall from the body.
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viṣ.mūtra.utsarga.śuddhi.arthaṃ mṛt.vāry ādeyam arthavat | daihikānāṃ malānāṃ ca śuddhiṣu dvādaśasv api ||
In order to cleanse (the organs) by which urine and faeces are ejected, earth and water must be used, as they may be required, likewise in removing the (remaining ones among) twelve impurities of the body.
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न-उच्छिष्टं कुर्वते मुख्या विप्रुषो ऽअङ्गं न यान्ति याः । न श्मश्रूणि गतान्य् आस्यं न दन्तान्तरधिष्ठितम् ॥
na-ucchiṣṭaṃ kurvate mukhyā vipruṣo 'aṅgaṃ na yānti yāḥ | na śmaśrūṇi gatāny āsyaṃ na dantāntar.adhiṣṭhitam ||
Drops (of water) from the mouth which do not fall on a limb, do not make (a man) impure, nor the hair of the moustache entering the mouth, nor what adheres to the teeth.
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स्पृशन्ति बिन्दवः पादौ य आचामयतः परान् । भौमिकैस् ते समा ज्ञेया न तैर् आप्रयतो भवेत् ॥ [म्। अप्रयतो]
spṛśanti bindavaḥ pādau ya ācāmayataḥ parān | bhaumikais te samā jñeyā na tair āprayato bhavet || [M. a.prayato]
Drops which trickle on the feet of him who offers water for sipping to others, must be considered as equal to (water) collected on the ground; they render him not impure.
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ucchiṣṭena tu saṃspṛṣṭo dravya.hastaḥ kathaṃ cana | a.nidhāya-eva tad dravyam ācāntaḥ śucitām iyāt ||
He who, while carrying anything in any manner, is touched by an impure (person or thing), shall become pure, if he performs an ablution, without putting down that object.
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vānto viriktaḥ snātvā tu ghṛtaprāśanam ācaret | ācāmed eva bhuktvā-annaṃ snānaṃ maithuninaḥ smṛtam ||
He who has vomited or purged shall bathe, and afterwards eat clarified butter; but if (the attack comes on) after he has eaten, let him only sip water; bathing is prescribed for him who has had intercourse I with a woman.
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सुप्त्वा क्षुत्वा च भुक्त्वा च निष्ठीव्य-उक्त्वा-अनृतानि च । पीत्वा-अपो ऽअध्येष्यमाणश् च आचामेत् प्रयतो ऽअपि सन् ॥
suptvā kṣutvā ca bhuktvā ca niṣṭhīvya-uktvā-anṛtāni ca | pītvā-apo 'adhyeṣyamāṇaś ca ācāmet prayato 'api san ||
Though he may be (already) pure, let him sip water after sleeping, sneezing, eating, spitting, telling untruths, and drinking water, likewise when he is going to study the Veda. j. Thus the rules of personal purification for men of all castes, and those for cleaning (inanimate) things, have been fully declared to you: hear now the duties of women. tba wi
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She must not seek to separate herself from her father, husband, or sons; by leaving them she would make both (her own and her husband's) families contemptible.
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यस्मै दद्यात् पिता त्व् एनां भ्राता वा-अनुमते पितुः । तं शुश्रूषेत जीवन्तं संस्थितं च न लङ्घयेत् ॥
yasmai dadyāt pitā tv enāṃ bhrātā vā-anumate pituḥ | taṃ śuśrūṣeta jīvantaṃ saṃsthitaṃ ca na laṅghayet ||
Him to whom her father may give her, or her brother with the fathers permission, she shall obey as long as he lives, and when he is dead, she must not insult (his memory).
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For the sake of procuring good fortune to (brides), the recitation of benedictory texts (svastyayana), and the sacrifice to the Lord of creatures (Prajāpati) are used at weddings; (but) the betrothal (by the father or guardian) is the cause of (the husbands) dominion (over his wife). 147-149. See below, IX, 2-3;
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Though destitute of virtue, or seeking pleasure (elsewhere), or devoid of good qualities, (yet) a husband must be constantly worshipped as a god by a faithful wife.
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na-asti strīṇāṃ pṛthag yajño na vrataṃ na-apy upoṣaṇam | [M.upoṣitam] patiṃ śuśrūṣate yena tena svarge mahīyate ||
No sacrifice, no vow, no fast must be performed by women apart (from their husbands); if a wife obeys her husband, she will for that (reason alone) be exalted in heaven.
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A faithful wife, who desires to dwell (after death) with her husband, must never do anything that might displease him who took her hand, whether he be alive or dead.
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kāmaṃ tu ksapayed dehaṃ puṣpa.mūla.phalaiḥ śubhaiḥ | na tu nāma-api gṛhṇīyāt patyau prete parasya tu ||
At her pleasure let her emaciate her body by (living on) pure flowers, roots, and fruit; but she must never even mention the name of another man after her husband has died.
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आसीत-आ मरणात् क्सान्ता नियता ब्रह्मचारिणी । यो धर्म एकपत्नीनां काङ्क्षन्ती तम् अनुत्तमम् ॥
āsīta-ā maraṇāt ksāntā niyatā brahmacāriṇī | yo dharma ekapatnīnāṃ kāṅkṣantī tam anuttamam ||
Until death let her be patient (of hardships), self-controlled, and chaste, and strive (to fulfil) that most excellent duty which (is prescribed) for wives who have one husband only.
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In reward of such conduct, a female who controls her thoughts, speech, and actions, gains in this (life) highest renown, and in the next (world) a place near her husband.
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A twice-born man, versed in the sacred law, shall burn a wife of equal caste who conducts herself thus and dies before him, with (the sacred fires used for) the Agnihotra, and with the sacrificial implements.
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