Shloka 57
Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)
तत्कर्तव्यमशङ्केन यन्न गोप्यं महाजने ।
एवमाचरतो वत्स ! पुरुषस्य गृहे सतः ।
धर्मार्थकामसम्प्राप्त्या परत्रेह च शोभनम् ॥
tat kartavyam aśaṅkena yan na gopyaṃ mahājane /
evam ācarato vatsa ! puruṣasya gṛhe sataḥ /
dharmārthakāmasaṃprāptyā paratreha ca śobhanam
Ohne Zögern soll getan werden, was vor der Öffentlichkeit nicht verborgen werden muss. Denn für den Mann, der als Haushälter lebt und so handelt, bringt das Erlangen von Dharma, Artha und Kāma das Glückverheißende und Ehrenvolle sowohl hier als auch im Jenseits, liebes Kind.
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FAQs
A practical ethical test is offered: do what can withstand public scrutiny. Such transparent conduct supports a balanced human life—dharma, prosperity, and rightful enjoyment—leading to honor in both worlds.
Primarily dharma-ācāra teaching; not a pañcalakṣaṇa narrative segment.
‘Not to be hidden’ points to inner alignment: when thought, speech, and action are unified, there is no need for concealment—this unity is itself a form of purity.