Shloka 111
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
नाचक्षीत धयन्तीं गां जलं नाञ्जलिना पिबेत् ।
शौचकालेषु सर्वेषु गुरुṣ्वल्पेषु वा पुनः ॥
nācakṣīta dhayantīṃ gāṃ jalaṃ nāñjalinā pibet / śaucakāleṣu sarveṣu guruṣvalpeṣu vā punaḥ
धेनुं पाययन्तीं न पश्येत्; अञ्जलिस्थं जलं न पिबेत्। सर्वेषु शौचकालेषु तथा वृद्धगुरुसन्निधौ—यद्यपि ते तरुणा अपि स्युः—एवं संयमः।
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FAQs
Dharma trains sensitivity: avoid intrusive or improper acts (especially around nurturing life) and maintain decorum during liminal states (śauca) and before those worthy of respect.
Ācāra instruction; it supports societal and ritual order rather than cosmological genealogy.
Nursing symbolizes protected vitality; ‘not looking’ can indicate guarding intimacy and non-appropriation. Drinking not from cupped hands emphasizes measured, non-hasty consumption—disciplining desire and impulse.