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 ||
欠けた肢体をもつ者、あるいは余分な肢体をもつ者を、嘲りによって辱めてはならない。また他人に向けて杖を振り上げてはならない――ただし教誨のため、自らの子や弟子に対する場合のみ例外である。
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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.