Shloka 53
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
यच्चापि कुर्वतो नात्मा जुगुप्सामेति राक्षस तत् कर्त्तव्यमशङ्केन यन्न गोप्यं महाजने
yaccāpi kurvato nātmā jugupsāmeti rākṣasa tat karttavyamaśaṅkena yanna gopyaṃ mahājane
হে রাক্ষস, যে কাজ করলে নিজের অন্তরে ঘৃণা বা গ্লানি জাগে না—তা নিঃসংশয়ে করা উচিত; যা মহাজনের কাছে গোপনীয় নয়।
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FAQs
An internal and external test of dharma is offered: a deed is fit if it does not produce inner self-reproach and if it can withstand public scrutiny—linking conscience with social accountability.
Categorizes as dharma/ācāra instruction embedded within Purāṇic narration rather than the cosmological limbs (sarga/pratisarga). It supports the Purāṇic aim of shaping conduct alongside mythic history.
Addressing a ‘Rākṣasa’ highlights the possibility of moral reform: even those inclined to tamas can be guided by the twin lamps of inner shame (hri) and public non-concealment (an-āpahnavatā).