मेध्यामेध्याविचाराणां न शुद्धिः श्रौतकर्म्मणा । न संहिताद्यैः स्मृतिभिरिष्टसिद्धिर्नृणां भवेत् ॥ ६ ॥
mēdhyāmēdhyāvicārāṇāṁ na śuddhiḥ śrautakarmmaṇā | na saṁhitādyaiḥ smṛtibhiriṣṭasiddhirnṛṇāṁ bhavēt || 6 ||
Translation
who make no distinction between pure and impure, there is no purification by Vedic rites; nor can people gain their desired ends through the saṁhitās and the smṛtis.
Word by word
- mēdhyāmēdhyāvicārāṇāṁ
- of those who do not distinguish pure and impure
- na
- not
- śuddhiḥ
- purification
- śrautakarmmaṇā
- by Vedic rites
- saṁhitādyaiḥ
- by the saṁhitās and the rest
- smṛtibhiriṣṭasiddhirnṛṇāṁ
- by the smṛtis, success in their aims for people
- bhavēt
- can be
Meaning
Śrauta rite is glossed as the rite taught in the Veda. Verses 5 and 6 are one sentence in the commentary.