Shloka 54
Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)
प्रतोददण्डौ च तथा सम्यग्वर्णाः कृतक्रियाः ।
स्ववर्णधर्मनिर्दिष्टमुपादानं तथा क्रियाः ॥
pratodadaṇḍau ca tathā samyag varṇāḥ kṛtakriyāḥ /
svavarṇadharmanirdiṣṭam upādānaṃ tathā kriyāḥ
अङ्कुशदण्डयोश्चैव तथैव; वर्णाः कृतकृत्याः सम्यग् विधिं समाप्य, उपकरणानि गृहित्वा स्ववर्णधर्मानुसारं कर्माणि कुर्युः।
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FAQs
Ritual life and social duty are coordinated: once purification and rites are completed, one returns to rightful responsibilities with proper instruments and conduct.
Normative dharma instruction; not a pañcalakṣaṇa category.
‘Staff and goad’ can be read as symbols of self-governance and direction: discipline (daṇḍa) and impetus (pratoda) applied first inwardly, then outwardly in action.