Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
अलर्क उवाच कथितं मे त्वया मातर्नित्य नैमित्तिकञ्च यत् । नित्यनैमित्तिकञ्चैव त्रिविधं कर्म पौरुषम् ॥
alarka uvāca kathitaṃ me tvayā mātā nitya naimittikaṃ ca yat | nityanaimittikaṃ caiva trividhaṃ karma pauruṣam ||
Alarka said: “Mother, you have explained to me what is daily duty and what is occasional duty; thus human action is threefold—daily, occasional, and that which is both daily and occasional.”
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The student’s recap shows dharma is teachable as a structured system; ethical life is framed as intelligible categories rather than vague goodness.
Didactic dharma content; not pancalakṣaṇa.
Threefold karma can be read as aligning body/time in three modes: constant discipline, situational response, and hybrid observances—suggesting an integral spiritual regimen.