Shloka 15
अध्याय १३२ — कर्मणा मनसा वाचा: स्वर्गमार्गः तथा आयुर्विपाकः
Adhyāya 132 — The path to heaven through deed, mind, and speech; karmic results for lifespan
धौग्य उवाच भिन्नभाण्डं च खट्वां च कुक्कुटं शुनकं॑ तथा । अप्रशस्तानि सर्वाणि यश्न वृक्षो गृहेरुह:
Dhaumya uvāca: bhinnabhāṇḍaṃ ca khaṭvāṃ ca kukkuṭaṃ śunakaṃ tathā | apraśastāni sarvāṇi yaś ca vṛkṣo gṛheruhaḥ ||
தௌம்யர் கூறினார்—உடைந்த பாத்திரம், முறிந்த கட்டில், சேவல், நாய், மேலும் வீட்டிற்குள் வளர்ந்த எந்த மரமும்—இவை அனைத்தும் அபசகுனம் எனக் கருதப்படுகின்றன. ஒழுங்கான இல்லறத்தில் இவற்றைத் தவிர்ப்பதே மரபு.
धौग्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights gṛhastha-ācāra: maintaining a household free from objects and conditions traditionally deemed apraśasta (not commendable/inauspicious). The emphasis is on order, cleanliness, and culturally recognized signs that are believed to affect domestic well-being and harmony.
Dhaumya is instructing about household propriety by listing items considered undesirable within a home—broken utensils and furniture, certain animals kept within, and trees growing inside the dwelling—framing them as signs to be avoided in a disciplined domestic life.