Shloka 58
Adhyaya 69 — The King’s Neglect of His Wife and the Restoration of Dharma
पक्षेण कर्मणो हान्या प्रयात्यस्पर्शतां नरः ।
विण्मूत्रैर्वार्षिकी यस्य हानिस्ते नित्यकर्मणः ॥
pakṣeṇa karmaṇo hānyā prayāty asparśatāṃ naraḥ | viṇ-mūtrair vārṣikī yasya hānis te nitya-karmaṇaḥ ||
Par la perte des rites prescrits durant une quinzaine, l’homme tombe dans l’impureté rituelle (comme « intouchable »). Pour celui dont la purification n’a lieu qu’une fois l’an avec excréments et urine, cela revient à perdre les devoirs quotidiens.
FAQs
Neglect of daily obligations rapidly degrades one’s ritual and ethical standing. The verse underscores discipline: omission is not neutral; it produces disqualification and disorder in one’s life.
Dharma/ācāra instruction embedded in Manvantara narrative. It is prescriptive teaching rather than cosmological description.
‘Untouchability’ here functions as a symbol of inner incoherence: when daily consecration is dropped, the person becomes ‘unfit for contact’ with the sacred—i.e., loses resonance with higher order.