Shloka 84
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
गुरोः पतिव्रतानाञ्च तथा यज्वितपस्विनाम् ।
परिवादं न कुर्वीत परिहासं च पुत्रक ॥
guroḥ pativratānāṃ ca tathā yajvitapasvinām / parivādaṃ na kurvīta parihāsaṃ ca putraka
गुरोः पतिव्रतानां च यजमानानां तपस्विनां च निन्दां न कुर्यात् न परिहासं च, वत्स।
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FAQs
Speech is karmically potent: slander and mockery toward those who embody discipline (guru, tapasvin) and fidelity (pativratā) is treated as a direct violation of dharma.
Ancillary ethical teaching (ācāra), not cosmological/genealogical material.
Ridicule dissolves śraddhā (reverent trust), which is the subtle foundation for learning, ritual efficacy, and inner transformation.