Shloka 23
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
नग्नां परस्त्रियां नेक्षेन्न पश्येदात्मनः सकृत् ।
उदक्यादर्शनं स्पर्शो वर्ज्यं सम्भाषणं तथा ॥
nagnāṃ parastriyaṃ nekṣenna paśyedātmanaḥ sakṛt |
udakyā darśanaṃ sparśo varjyaṃ sambhāṣaṇaṃ tathā ||
ಇತರನ ಹೆಂಡತಿಯನ್ನು ನಗ್ನಾವಸ್ಥೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಬಾರದು; ತನ್ನ ನಗ್ನತೆಯನ್ನೂ ನೋಡಬಾರದು. ರಜಸ್ವಲೆಯಾದ ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯ ದರ್ಶನ, ಸ್ಪರ್ಶ ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಭಾಷಣೆಯನ್ನೂ ವರ್ಜಿಸಬೇಕು.
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FAQs
The text promotes restraint of the gaze and boundaries in interaction; it frames purity and self-control as supports for social harmony.
Ācāra-dharma; not pancalakṣaṇa.
Control of sight and speech is treated as a subtle tapas; the ‘gaze’ is a conduit of desire, so disciplining it is inner purification.