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Shloka 56

Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)

Sanskrit

धर्मतो धनमाहार्यं यष्टव्यञ्चापि यत्नतः ।

यच्चापि कुर्वतो नात्मा जुगुप्सामेति पुत्रक ! ॥

Transliteration

dharmato dhanam āhāryaṃ yaṣṭavyañ cāpi yatnataḥ /

yac cāpi kurvato nātmā jugupsām eti putraka !

Translation

財は正しい手段によって得るべきであり、供犠（ヤジュニャ）は努力して修すべきである。さらに、自らが自分を嫌悪するに至らぬような行い—それを行え、愛しき子よ。

Word by Word
धर्मतःaccording to dharma / righteously
धर्मतः:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb), हेतौ/प्रकारे (by/according to dharma)
धनम्wealth
धनम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootधन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)
आहार्यम्to be obtained/collected
आहार्यम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ + हृ (धातु) + यत् (कृत्प्रत्यय)
Formयत्-कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom/acc), एकवचन (singular)
यष्टव्यम्to be sacrificed / should perform sacrifice
यष्टव्यम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयज् (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्प्रत्यय)
Formतव्यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom/acc), एकवचन (singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अवधान/समुच्चय (also/even)
यत्नतःwith effort, diligently
यत्नतः:
Prakāra (प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb), प्रकारे (with effort)
यत्that which
यत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom/acc), एकवचन (singular); सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle)
कुर्वतःof (one) doing
कुर्वतः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) + शतृ (कृत्प्रत्यय)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular)
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध (negation particle)
आत्माthe self
आत्मा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)
जुगुप्साम्disgust, self-reproach
जुगुप्साम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजुगुप्सा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)
एतिgoes to, attains
एति:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)
पुत्रकdear son
पुत्रक:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (vocative/8th), एकवचन (singular)
Speakers
Instructional discourse within Alarka-anuśāsana frame (addressing ‘putraka’i.e.son)
Verse Rasa

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Key Themes
Right livelihoodYajñaConscience/inner moral senseDharma

FAQs

Dharma is validated by both śāstra and conscience: earn cleanly, worship diligently, and avoid acts that leave inner shame—this is an internal test for ethical action.

Didactic dharma teaching; not pañcalakṣaṇa.

‘Self-disgust’ is the subtle indicator of tamas and inner fracture. The verse points to integrity (antar-śauca) as the hidden foundation of outer ritual.

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