Upaniṣads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6,4.13
॥
Devanāgarī
अथ यस्य जायाम् आर्तवं विन्देत् त्र्यहं कंसे न पिबेत् अहतवासाः न एनां वृषलः न वृषली अपहन्यात् त्रिरात्रान्ते आप्लुत्य व्रीहीन् अवघातयेत्
Transliteración (IAST)
atha yasya jāyām ārtavaṃ vindet tryahaṃ kaṃse na pibet ahatavāsāḥ na enāṃ vṛṣalaḥ na vṛṣalī apahanyāt trirātrānte āplutya vrīhīn avaghātayet
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
अथathathereupon; further
यस्यyasyawhose; in whose case
जायाम्jāyāma wife; his wife
आर्तवंārtavaṃher season (ārtava — the menstrual cycle); the menses; the term
विन्देत्vindethe should find; he would find
त्र्यहंtryahaṃthree days (tri-aha); three days and nights; three days
कंसेkaṃsefrom a bronze cup (kaṁsa, loc.); from the bowl; from the cup
नnanot; no
पिबेत्pibetlet her drink; she should drink
अहतवासाःahatavāsāḥin an unworn garment (ahata-vāsas — 'in one not yet used'); in a new garment; in an unworn garment
नnanot; no
एनांenāṃit; this
वृषलःvṛṣalaḥthe śūdra; a man of low birth
नnanot; no
वृषलीvṛṣalīa śūdra woman; a woman of low birth
अपहन्यात्apahanyātlet him not touch; let him not strike
त्रिरात्रान्तेtrirātrāntewhen the three nights are over; after three nights
आप्लुत्यāplutyahaving bathed (ā + √plu); having washed; having bathed
व्रीहीन्vrīhīnthe rice grains; the rice
अवघातयेत्avaghātayetlet him have it husked (ava + √han, causative optative); let him pound it; let him have it threshed
Traducción
If a man's wife has her period, let her for three days not drink from the [common] cup and let her wear an unstitched garment; let neither a śūdra man nor a śūdra woman touch her. At the end of the three nights, having bathed, let her [set about] husking rice.
Versión
d51083d5b33a · publicado 27 jul 2026, 1:28:50 UTC
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The rule of a woman's period: three days of seclusion — her own cup, her own garment, protection from touch — and at the end a bath and a return to the household work (the husking of rice, for the coming rite of conception!). Ancient hygiene is framed as a temporary consecrated retreat: not a banishment but a safeguard.
The rhythm of a woman's cycle is built into the rhythm of the household's rites: the times of purity set the times of the chief mystery, the asking for offspring, to which the code now turns. A knower's house lives by two calendars at once — the lunar and the feminine — and both are sacred to it.