Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 34, Shloka 47
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
न्यूनाङ्गांश्चाधिकाङ्गांश्च नोपहासैर्विदूषयेत् ।
परस्य दण्डं नॊद्यच्छेच्छिक्षार्थं पुत्रशिष्ययोः ॥
nyūnāṅgāṃś cādhikāṅgāṃś ca nopahāsair vidūṣayet |
parasya daṇḍaṃ nodyacchec chikṣārthaṃ putra-śiṣyayoḥ ||
जिनके अंग अपूर्ण हों या अतिरिक्त अंग हों, उनका उपहास करके अपमान नहीं करना चाहिए। किसी अन्य पर दंड (लाठी) नहीं उठानी चाहिए—केवल पुत्र या शिष्य को शिक्षा देने के लिए अपवाद है।
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FAQs
Ridicule is condemned as a form of violence against the vulnerable. Physical punishment is broadly restricted; even where permitted (child/student), it is framed as corrective instruction, not anger or cruelty.
Ācāra-dharma; not pañcalakṣaṇa narrative.
Mockery reinforces separateness and ego. The restraint from raising the rod teaches governance of one’s own impulses first—true ‘discipline’ begins with the disciplinarian.