Shloka 4
Adhyaya 30 — Madālasā’s Instruction on Household Duties and Naimittika–Śrāddha Rites
पुत्रजन्मनि यत्कार्यं जातकर्मसमं नरैः ।
विवाहादौ च कर्तव्यं सर्वं सम्यक् क्रिमोदितम् ॥
putrajanmani yatkāryaṃ jātakarmasamaṃ naraiḥ | vivāhādau ca kartavyaṃ sarvaṃ samyak krimoditam ||
ಮಗನ ಜನನ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಪುರುಷರು ಮಾಡಬೇಕಾದದ್ದು—ಜಾತಕರ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ ಸಮಾನವಾದ ವಿಧಿಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ—ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ವಿವಾಹಾದಿ ಸಂದರ್ಭಗಳಲ್ಲಿನ ಎಲ್ಲ ಕರ್ಮಗಳನ್ನೂ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರೋಕ್ತವಾಗಿ ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ನೆರವೇರಿಸಬೇಕು.
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FAQs
Major transitions in family life (birth, marriage) are sacralized through ordered rites; dharma emphasizes doing them ‘samyak’—with correctness and restraint—so joy is harmonized with responsibility.
This is dharma-śāstric guidance embedded in a Purāṇa; it does not directly map to sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita, but supports social continuity central to vaṃśa.
Life-events are treated as ‘thresholds’ where unseen obligations (ṛṇa to pitṛs) are acknowledged; correct ritual order symbolizes inner order during change.