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 ||
परस्त्रीं नग्नां न पश्येत्; स्वनग्नतां च नावलोकयेत्। रजस्वलां स्त्रीं दर्शनस्पर्शनसंभाषणैः परिहरेत्॥
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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.