गङ्गातोये शिलादौ च स्पृष्टदोषोऽपि वर्त्तते । परब्रह्मार्पिते द्रव्ये स्पृष्टास्पृष्टं न विद्यते ॥ ८० ॥
gaṅgātōyē śilādau ca spṛṣṭadōṣō’pi varttatē | parabrahmārpitē dravyē spṛṣṭāspṛṣṭaṁ na vidyatē || 80 ||
Translation
Even the water of the Gaṅgā, and the sacred stone and the like, can be defiled by touch; but in a thing offered to the Supreme Brahman there is no question of touched and untouched.
Word by word
- gaṅgātōyē
- in the water of the Gaṅgā
- śilādau
- in the sacred stone and the like
- ca
- and
- spṛṣṭadōṣō’pi
- even the fault of touch
- varttatē
- exists
- parabrahmārpitē
- offered to the Supreme Brahman
- dravyē
- in a thing
- spṛṣṭāspṛṣṭaṁ
- touched or untouched
- na
- not
- vidyatē
- there is
Meaning
The stone is glossed as the śālagrāma and the like.