अन्तर्बाह्यशौचाशौचनिरूपणम्Inner and outer purity and impurity
Verse 72
गङ्गा नद्यो ह्रदा वाप्यस्तथा कूपाश्च क्षुल्लकाः । सर्वं पवित्रजननं स्वर्णदी क्रमतः प्रिये ॥ ७२ ॥
gaṅgā nadyō hradā vāpyastathā kūpāśca kṣullakāḥ | sarvaṁ pavitrajananaṁ svarṇadī kramataḥ priyē || 72 ||
Translation
The Gaṅgā, rivers, lakes, pools, wells and small ponds: all of them give purity, beloved, the river of heaven most, and the others in order.
Word by word
- gaṅgā
- the Gaṅgā
- nadyō
- (nadyaḥ) rivers
- hradā
- (hradāḥ) lakes
- vāpyas
- (vāpyaḥ) pools
- tathā
- and
- kūpāś
- (kūpāḥ) wells
- ca
- and
- kṣullakāḥ
- small ponds
- sarvaṁ
- all
- pavitra
- purity
- jananaṁ
- give
- svarṇadī
- the river of heaven
- kramataḥ
- in order
- priyē
- O beloved
Meaning
A ranking of waters for bathing: the Gaṅgā (here called svarṇadī, "the river of heaven", since she descends from heaven) first, then other rivers, lakes, step-wells and tanks (vāpī), wells and, last, small ponds. The commentary glosses "kṣullaka" as small bodies of water, citing the Amarakośa, and "sarvam" as all these waters. Each purifies; they differ in degree.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Kṣullakāḥ: small bodies of water; "kṣullaka also means small", says the Amarakośa. Sarvam: all, the water of the Gaṅgā and the rest.