Shloka 102

Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method

Devanagari script

कुकर्मकारिणीं दुष्टां सदैव कलहप्रियाम् । प्रमत्तामधिकांगीञ्च निर्लज्जां बाह्यचारिणीम्

Transliteration

kukarmakāriṇīṃ duṣṭāṃ sadaiva kalahapriyām | pramattāmadhikāṃgīñca nirlajjāṃ bāhyacāriṇīm

Translation

कुकर्मकारिणीं दुष्टां सदैव कलहप्रियाम् । प्रमत्तामधिकांगीञ्च निर्लज्जां बाह्यचारिणीम्

Word by Word

• kukarma-kāriṇīm: one who does evil deeds

• duṣṭām: wicked/vile

• sadaiva: always

• kalaha-priyām: fond of quarrels

• pramattām: heedless/reckless

• adhikāṅgīm: excessively sensual/overly given to bodily pleasures (lit. ‘having excessive limbs’)

• ca: and

• nirlajjām: shameless

• bāhya-cāriṇīm: one who maintains only outward conduct/one whose behavior is merely external (hypocritical)

Speaker

Unspecified in provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses of Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 49)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

FAQs

What is the ethical lesson conveyed by this verse?

It warns against cultivating harmful traits—wrongdoing, quarrelsomeness, recklessness, shamelessness, and hypocritical “outer” respectability—presenting them as marks of deeply unethical character.

What does “bāhyacāriṇī” imply in this context?

It suggests conduct that is only external—maintaining appearances while lacking inner virtue—i.e., hypocrisy or merely performative morality.

Why are no speaker or entities listed here?

This single verse excerpt does not identify the dialogue frame; Padma Purana sections often embed verses within conversations (e.g., sages and kings). The surrounding verses of Adhyaya 49 are needed to assign the correct speaker and narrative setting.