कथायां वर्तमानायां ये वदंति नराधमाः । ते गर्दभाः प्रजायन्ते कृकलासास्ततः परम्
kathāyāṃ vartamānāyāṃ ye vadaṃti narādhamāḥ | te gardabhāḥ prajāyante kṛkalāsāstataḥ param
कथा चल रही हो तब जो अधम पुरुष बातें करते हैं, वे गधे बनते हैं और फिर उसके बाद छिपकली की योनि पाते हैं।
Unknown (context not supplied; likely a purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: During recitation, two men whisper and gesture; the audience looks disturbed; karmic symbolism shows them burdened like donkeys and clinging like lizards to walls—metaphors for heedlessness.
Maintain silence and attentiveness; disrupting sacred discourse is a serious fault.
None is specified; it is a general dharma rule.
Do not engage in side-talk while kathā is being recited.