Shloka 76

Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)

Sanskrit

व्यङ्गिनीं वर्जयेत् कन्यां कुलजामपि रोगिणीम् ।

विकृतां पिङ्गलाञ्चैव वाचाटां सर्वदूषिताम् ॥

Transliteration

vyaṅginīṃ varjayet kanyāṃ kulajām api rogiṇīm | vikṛtāṃ piṅgalāñ caiva vācāṭāṃ sarvadūṣitām ||

Translation

हीनाङ्गीं न वह्देकन्यां सगोत्रामपि वा ऽऽतुराम्। विकटां पिङ्गलां वाचालं भृशदूषिताम्॥

Word by Word

• vyaṅginīm: deformed/with a defect
• vyaṅginīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyaṅginī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• varjayet: should avoid
• varjayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• kanyām: a maiden/bride
• kanyām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• kulajām: born in a (certain) family
• kulajām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kulajā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: kula + jā (कुल + जा)

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (also/even)

• rogiṇīm: sick/diseased
• rogiṇīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rogiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• vikṛtām: misshapen/abnormal
• vikṛtām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vikṛtā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• piṅgalām: tawny/reddish-eyed (piṅgala)
• piṅgalām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: piṅgalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (and)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis)

• vācāṭām: talkative/loquacious
• vācāṭām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vācāṭā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• sarva-dūṣitām: corrupted in every way / wholly tainted
• sarva-dūṣitām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + dūṣitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष (adverbial/extent: 'in every way')

Speakers

• General dharma instruction (speaker not specified in provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Vivāha (marriage) norms
• Gṛhastha duties
• Social regulation

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text reflects a classical dharma-literature concern with household stability and progeny, using bodily/behavioral markers as proxies for health and social harmony. Historically, such lists functioned as prescriptive social norms rather than universal ethical ideals.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

This is social-dharma (ācāra) material, not sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita.

What is the esoteric significance?

On a symbolic reading, the ‘blemished’ traits can be taken as warnings against instability—physical illness as fragility, excessive speech as lack of restraint—qualities seen as obstacles to a disciplined gṛhastha life.