SB 10.5.4
Devanāgarī
कालेन स्नानशौचाभ्यां संस्कारैस्तपसेज्यया । शुध्यन्ति दानै: सन्तुष्टया द्रव्याण्यात्मात्मविद्यया ॥ ४ ॥
Text
kālena snāna-śaucābhyāṁ saṁskārais tapasejyayā śudhyanti dānaiḥ santuṣṭyā dravyāṇy ātmātma-vidyayā
Synonyms
kālena—by due course of time (the land and other material things become purified);snāna-śaucābhyām—by bathing (the body becomes purified) and by cleansing (unclean things become purified);saṁskāraiḥ—by purificatory processes (birth becomes purified);tapasā—by austerity (the senses become purified);ijyayā—by worship (thebrāhmaṇasbecome purified);śudhyanti—become purified;dānaiḥ—by charity (wealth becomes purified);santuṣṭyā—by satisfaction (the mind becomes purified);dravyāṇi—all material possessions, such as cows, land and gold;ātmā—the soul (becomes purified);ātma-vidyayā—by self-realization.
Translation
O King, by the passing of time, land and other material possessions are purified; by bathing, the body is purified; and by being cleansed, unclean things are purified. By purificatory ceremonies, birth is purified; by austerity, the senses are purified; and by worship and charity offered to the brāhmaṇas, material possessions are purified. By satisfaction, the mind is purified; and by self-realization, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the soul is purified.
