Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 97

GaP 1 97.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ९७ याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच । द्रव्यशुद्धिंप्रवक्ष्यामि तन्निबोधत सत्तमाः । सौवर्णराजताब्जानां शङ्खरज्ज्वादिचर्मणाम्

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 97 yājñavalkya uvāca / dravyaśuddhiṃpravakṣyāmi tannibodhata sattamāḥ / sauvarṇarājatābjānāṃ śaṅkharajjvādicarmaṇām

The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 98[97]. Yājñavalkya said: I shall declare the purification of substances; learn it, O best of men. Of things of gold, silver and water(-born, i.e. conch-shell?), of conch, of rope, of hide and the like—

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GaP 1 97.2

पात्राणां चासनानां च वारिणा शुद्धिरिष्यते । उष्णवाभः स्त्रुक्स्त्रुवयोर्धान्यादेः प्रोक्षणेन च

pātrāṇāṃ cāsanānāṃ ca vāriṇā śuddhiriṣyate / uṣṇavābhaḥ strukstruvayordhānyādeḥ prokṣaṇena ca

—and of vessels and of seats, purification is held (to be) by water; of the sruk and sruva by warm water (?), and of grain and the like by sprinkling.

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GaP 1 97.3

तक्षणाद्दारुशृङ्गादेर्यज्ञपात्रस्य मार्जनात् । सोष्णैरुदकगोमूत्रैः शुध्यत्याविककौशिकम्

takṣaṇāddāruśṛṅgāderyajñapātrasya mārjanāt / soṣṇairudakagomūtraiḥ śudhyatyāvikakauśikam

(Objects) of wood, horn and the like (are purified) by planing, a sacrificial vessel by scouring; woollen and silken (cloth) is purified with warm water and cow's urine.

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GaP 1 97.4

भैक्ष्यं योषिन्मुखं पश्यन्पुनः पाकान्महीमयम् । गाघ्नाते ऽन्ने तथा केशमक्षिकाकीटदूषिते

bhaikṣyaṃ yoṣinmukhaṃ paśyanpunaḥ pākānmahīmayam / gāghnāte 'nne tathā keśamakṣikākīṭadūṣite

Begged food, (and food) at which a woman's face looks (?), and an earthen (vessel) by re-firing; likewise in the case of food licked by a cow or spoiled by hair, flies or insects—

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GaP 1 97.5

भस्मक्षेपाद्विशुद्धिः स्याद्भूशुद्धिर्माजनादिना । त्रपुसीसकताम्राणां क्षाराम्लोदकवारिभिः

bhasmakṣepādviśuddhiḥ syādbhūśuddhirmājanādinā / trapusīsakatāmrāṇāṃ kṣārāmlodakavāribhiḥ

—purification comes about by throwing on ashes; purification of the ground (comes) by sweeping and the like; of tin, lead and copper by alkali, acid and water.

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GaP 1 97.6

भस्माद्भिर्लोहकांस्यानामज्ञातं च सदा शुचि । अमेध्याक्तस्य मृत्तोयैर्गन्धलेपापकर्षणात्

bhasmādbhirlohakāṃsyānāmajñātaṃ ca sadā śuci / amedhyāktasya mṛttoyairgandhalepāpakarṣaṇāt

Of iron and bell-metal, by ashes and water; and what is not known (to be impure) is always pure. Of what is smeared with something unclean, (purification comes) by the removal of the smell and the coating with earth and water.

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GaP 1 97.7

शुचि गोतृप्तिदं तोयं प्रकृतिस्थं महीगतम् । तथा मांसं श्वचाण्डालक्रव्यादादिनिपातितम्

śuci gotṛptidaṃ toyaṃ prakṛtisthaṃ mahīgatam / tathā māṃsaṃ śvacāṇḍālakravyādādinipātitam

Water is pure (when it is) enough to satisfy a cow, in its natural state and lying on the ground; so too is flesh (pure that has been) thrown down by a dog, a Cāṇḍāla, a beast of prey and the like.

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GaP 1 97.8

रश्मिरग्नी रजश्छाया गौरश्वो वसुधानिलाः । अश्वाजविप्रुषो मेध्या स्तथाचमनबिन्दवः

raśmiragnī rajaśchāyā gauraśvo vasudhānilāḥ / aśvājavipruṣo medhyā stathācamanabindavaḥ

A ray (of the sun), fire, dust, shade, a cow, a horse, the earth, the winds, the droplets (thrown up) by a horse or a goat are pure, and likewise the drops of the sipping-rite.

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GaP 1 97.9

स्नात्वा पीत्वा क्षुते सुप्ते भुक्त्वा रथ्याप्रसर्पणे । आचान्तः पुनराचामेद्वासो ऽन्यत्परिधाय च

snātvā pītvā kṣute supte bhuktvā rathyāprasarpaṇe / ācāntaḥ punarācāmedvāso 'nyatparidhāya ca

After bathing, drinking, on sneezing, on sleeping, after eating, and on going along a highway, one who has sipped water should sip again, and also after putting on other clothing.

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GaP 1 97.10

क्षुते निष्ठीविते स्वापे परिधाने ऽश्रुपातने । पञ्चस्वेतेषु नाचामेद्दक्षिणं श्रवणं स्पृशेत् । तिष्ठन्त्यग्न्यादयो देवा विप्रकर्णे तु दक्षिणे

kṣute niṣṭhīvite svāpe paridhāne 'śrupātane / pañcasveteṣu nācāmeddakṣiṇaṃ śravaṇaṃ spṛśet / tiṣṭhantyagnyādayo devā viprakarṇe tu dakṣiṇe

On sneezing, spitting, sleeping, dressing, and shedding tears—in these five one should not sip water, but should touch the right ear; for the gods, Agni and the rest, dwell in the right ear of a brahmin.

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