Shloka 36
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
शिरः स्नातश्च तैलेन नाङ्गं किञ्चिदपि स्पृशेत् ।
अनध्यायेषु सर्वेषु स्वाध्यायञ्च विवर्जयेत् ॥
śiraḥ snātaś ca tailena nāṅgaṃ kiñcid api spṛśet | anadhyāyeṣu sarveṣu svādhyāyaṃ ca vivarjayet ||
Après s’être lavé la tête avec de l’huile, on ne doit toucher aucune partie du corps de façon inconvenante ou sans nécessité. Et durant tous les jours ou moments d’anadhyāya (où l’étude est suspendue), on doit éviter le svādhyāya (récitation et étude personnelle des Veda).
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FAQs
Sacred learning is governed by time-conditions (anadhyāya), emphasizing that discipline includes knowing when not to act. The oil-bath etiquette reflects carefulness about bodily states during ritualized cleanliness.
Ācāra/dharma instruction; not pañcalakṣaṇa.
Anadhyāya indicates that mantra and study are ‘seasonal’ to cosmic/ritual rhythms. Observing pauses preserves potency (tejas) and prevents desacralization through routine.