🪷 ŚB 11.21.10
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Sanskrit
द्रव्यस्य शुद्ध्यशुद्धी च द्रव्येण वचनेन च ।
संस्कारेणाथ कालेन महत्वाल्पतयाथवा ॥ १० ॥
Transliteration
dravyasya śuddhy-aśuddhī ca
dravyeṇa vacanena ca
saṁskāreṇātha kālena
mahatvālpatayātha vā
Synonyms
dravyasya — of an object; śuddhi — purity; aśuddhī — or impurity; ca — and; dravyeṇa — by another object; vacanena — by speech; ca — and; saṁskāreṇa — by ritual performance; atha — or else; kālena — by time; mahatva-alpatayā — by greatness or smallness; atha vā — or else.
Translation
An object’s purity or impurity is established by application of another object, by words, by rituals, by the effects of time or according to relative magnitude.
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