Shloka 31
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
यः परेषां हि मर्माणि निकृन्तन्निव भाषते नित्यं परगुणद्वेषी स श्वान इति कथ्यते
yaḥ pareṣāṃ hi marmāṇi nikṛntanniva bhāṣate nityaṃ paraguṇadveṣī sa śvāna iti kathyate
മറ്റുള്ളവരുടെ മർമ്മസ്ഥാനങ്ങൾ മുറിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ സംസാരിക്കുകയും, നിത്യവും പരഗുണങ്ങളെ ദ്വേഷിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ ‘ശ്വാൻ’ (നായ) എന്നു വിളിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു।
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FAQs
Speech can be a form of violence. Targeting others’ vulnerabilities and resenting their virtues is treated as a moral degradation equivalent to animal-like behavior; dharma requires restraint, truthfulness, and goodwill.
Like many Purāṇas, the Vāmana Purāṇa includes dharma instruction beyond pancalakṣaṇa. This verse is nīti-śikṣā (ethical teaching) embedded in the narrative setting.
The “dog” symbolizes biting, shameless aggression—speech that tears at the ‘marmas’ of others. The metaphor warns that envy of virtue corrodes one’s own character.