Shloka 59
Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method
तस्मान्न पीडयेद्वस्त्रमकृत्वा पितृतर्पणम् । तिस्रःकोट्योऽर्धकोटी च यानि लोमानि मानुषे
tasmānna pīḍayedvastramakṛtvā pitṛtarpaṇam | tisraḥkoṭyo'rdhakoṭī ca yāni lomāni mānuṣe
म्हणून पितृतर्पण न करता वस्त्र पिळू नये. कारण मनुष्यदेहात तीन कोटी व अर्धकोटी रोम असतात.
Unspecified (narratorial injunction within the Adhyaya; exact dialogue speaker not provided in the input)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Sandhi Resolution Notes: तस्मान्न → तस्मात् न. पीडयेद्वस्त्रम् → पीडयेत् वस्त्रम्. तिस्रःकोट्यः → तिस्रः कोट्यः. कोट्योऽर्धकोटी → कोट्यः अर्धकोटी.
FAQs
It frames a ritual-ethical rule: daily acts involving water and cleansing should be preceded by remembrance and satisfaction of the ancestors, integrating domestic routine with pitṛ-dharma.
The large number functions as a traditional hyperbolic measure to stress the vastness of embodied life and, by implication, the seriousness of ritual negligence affecting subtle beings connected with the person.
It encourages mindfulness and gratitude toward one’s lineage—turning ordinary chores into disciplined, value-based conduct (dharma) rather than merely mechanical activity.