Shloka 39
धर्मनिन्दा–धर्मोपासनाफलम् तथा साध्वाचारलक्षणम्
Fruits of Disparaging vs. Observing Dharma; Marks of Good Conduct
ग्राम्यधर्म न सेवेत स्वच्छन्देनार्थकोविद: । ऋतुकाले तु धर्मात्मा पत्नीमुपशयेत् सदा
grāmyadharmaṁ na seveta svacchandenārthakovidaḥ | ṛtukāle tu dharmātmā patnīm upaśayeta sadā ||
হিত-অহিতৰ বিবেক থকা পুৰুষে স্বেচ্ছাৰে গ্ৰাম্যধৰ্ম (কামাচাৰ) অবলম্বন নকৰিব। ধৰ্মাত্মা হৈ তেওঁ সদায় কেৱল ঋতুকালতহে পত্নীৰ ওচৰত শয়ন কৰিব—এই হোক তেওঁৰ সংযম।
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches disciplined household sexuality: avoid pleasure-driven, self-willed indulgence, and approach one’s wife in accordance with dharma—traditionally, chiefly during her ṛtukāla (fertile period), emphasizing restraint and purposeful conduct.
Śrī Maheśvara is giving a normative instruction on gṛhastha-dharma (householder ethics), defining ‘grāmyadharma’ as worldly sexual indulgence and prescribing regulated conjugal conduct aligned with righteousness and prudence.