SB 11.21.13 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.21.13

అమేధ్యలిప్తం యద్ యేన గన్ధలేపం వ్యపోహతి । భజతే ప్రకృతిం తస్య తచ్ఛౌచం తావదిష్యతే ॥ ౧౩ ॥

amedhya-liptaṁ yad yena

[amedhya-liptam yad yena]

gandha-lepaṁ vyapohati

[gandha-lepam vyapohati]

bhajate prakṛtiṁ tasya

[bhajate prakritim tasya]

tac chaucaṁ tāvad iṣyate

[tach chaucham taavad ishyate]

Word-for-word

amedhya — by something impure liptam — touched yat — that thing which yena — by which gandha — the bad smell lepam — and the impure covering vyapohati — gives up bhajate — the contaminated object again assumes prakṛtim — its original nature tasya — of that object tat — that application śaucam — purification tāvat — to that extent iṣyate — is considered.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

amedhya-liptaṁ yad yena

amedhya

by something impure

liptam

touched

yat

that thing which

yena

by which

gandha-lepaṁ vyapohati

gandha

the bad smell

lepam

and the impure covering

vyapohati

gives up

bhajate prakṛtiṁ tasya

bhajate

the contaminated object again assumes

prakṛtim

its original nature

tasya

of that object

tac chaucaṁ tāvad iṣyate

tat

that application

śaucam

purification

tāvat

to that extent

iṣyate

is considered.

A particular purifying agent is considered appropriate when its application removes the bad odor or dirty covering of some contaminated object and makes it resume its original nature.

Purport

Furniture, kitchen utensils, clothing and other objects are purified by application of abrasion, alkali, acid, water and so on. One thereby removes the bad fragrance or impure coating of such objects, restoring them to their original clean appearance.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

An object is considered pure when it gives up contamination and bad smell by applying suitable purifying agents and returns to its original state. If a seat, cloth or vessel is contaminated by an impure item, it gives up the contamination and smell by water, earth, acids, soap, and scraping. It is then restored to its original nature. That is its purity. One should measure the purification from the extent that the contamination by smell is removed by scraping or other means.

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