अमेध्यलिप्तं यद् येन गन्धलेपं व्यपोहति । भजते प्रकृतिं तस्य तच्छौचं तावदिष्यते ॥ १३ ॥
amedhya-liptaṁ yad yena gandha-lepaṁ vyapohati bhajate prakṛtiṁ tasya tac chaucaṁ tāvad iṣyate
- 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
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.