Shloka 84
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
गुरोः पतिव्रतानाञ्च तथा यज्वितपस्विनाम् ।
परिवादं न कुर्वीत परिहासं च पुत्रक ॥
guroḥ pativratānāṃ ca tathā yajvitapasvinām / parivādaṃ na kurvīta parihāsaṃ ca putraka
Dear child, one should engage neither in slander nor in ridicule of one’s guru, of devoted chaste wives (pativratās), and likewise of sacrificers and ascetics.
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FAQs
Speech is karmically potent: slander and mockery toward those who embody discipline (guru, tapasvin) and fidelity (pativratā) is treated as a direct violation of dharma.
Ancillary ethical teaching (ācāra), not cosmological/genealogical material.
Ridicule dissolves śraddhā (reverent trust), which is the subtle foundation for learning, ritual efficacy, and inner transformation.