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## 37
## Somasen Bhattaraka Composed...
For a mother, the period of *sutka* (impurity) lasts for as many days as the months of pregnancy. For other siblings, relatives, and the father, it is one day. After the *garbhpat* (miscarriage) *sutka*, everyone should perform *slan* (purification rituals). || 45 ||
## ... Childbirth *Sutka* ...
For a *nirdosh* (healthy) birth, the *sutka* is ten days. For a *kshatriya* (warrior), it is twelve days, and for a *shudra* (laborer), it is fifteen days. It is important to understand that there is no *sutka* for a king. || 46 ||
For a *brahmana* (priest), the *sutka* is three days, for a *vaishya* (merchant) it is four days, for a *kshatriya* it is five days, and for a *shudra* it is eight days. ... Wherever *sutka* rules are mentioned, they should be understood in accordance with these ten days. || 47 ||
## Death *Shouch* (Impurity)
## *Gouch* (Impurity due to Birth)
If a child born alive dies before the umbilical cord is cut, the *sutka* for the mother is the full ten days. For the father, siblings, and other relatives up to the fourth generation, it is three days. || 48 ||
If a stillborn child is born or dies after the umbilical cord is cut, the *sutka* for the mother, father, and relatives is the full ten days. || 49 ||
If a child dies before ten days, the *sutka* for everyone is ten days. ... In the previous verse, the *sutka* for a child who dies after the umbilical cord is cut was mentioned as ten days for all relatives. If the child dies after that, the *sutka* would be even longer. To clarify this doubt, the author states that the *sutka* for a child who dies before ten days remains ten days, not longer. || 50 ||
On the tenth day, the *sutka* lasts for two days. After that, on the morning of the eleventh day, it lasts for three days. || 51 ||