Shloka 62

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

Sanskrit

इष्टापूर्तायुषां हन्त्री परदारगतिर् नृणाम् ।

न हीदृशमनायुष्यं लोके किञ्चन विद्यते ॥

Transliteration

iṣṭāpūrtāyuṣāṃ hantrī paradāragatir nṛṇām | na hīdṛśam anāyuṣyaṃ loke kiñcana vidyate ||

Translation

ஆண்களுக்கு பிறனுடைய மனைவியிடம் செல்லுதல் யாகங்களின் மற்றும் புண்ணியச் செயல்களின் பலனை அழிக்கிறது; ஆயுளையும் குறைக்கிறது. இவ்வுலகில் நீண்ட ஆயுளுக்கு இதைவிட தீங்கானது எதுவும் இல்லை.

Word by Word

• iṣṭa-pūrta-āyuṣām: of the merit-born lifespan (from iṣṭa and pūrta)
• iṣṭa-pūrta-āyuṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: iṣṭa (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + pūrta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + āyus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (plural); तत्पुरुष (determinative): ‘of the lifespan (āyus) connected with iṣṭa and pūrta (meritorious rites)’

• hantrī: a destroyer
• hantrī: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hantrī (प्रातिपदिक; from √han (धातु) ‘to kill’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (fem.), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular)

• para-dāra-gatiḥ: going to another’s wife (adultery)
• para-dāra-gatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition to hantrī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (fem.), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: ‘going to another’s wife’

• nṛṇām: of men
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (plural)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/हेतुबोधक (particle: indeed/for)

• īdṛśam: such
• īdṛśam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īdṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण of anāyuṣyam

• anāyuṣyam: that which is life-shortening/unwholesome to longevity
• anāyuṣyam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of vidyate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: an-āyuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular)

• kiñcana: anything whatsoever
• kiñcana: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; appositional with anāyuṣyam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiñcana (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular); अनिश्चित/अल्पार्थ: ‘anything at all’

• vidyate: exists/is found
• vidyate: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (धातु) (आत्मनेपद; ‘to be found/exist’)
• Form: लट् (present/लट्), आत्मनेपद (ātmanepada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

Speakers

• Unspecified in input (instructional voice)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Karma-phala
• Sexual ethics
• Merit (puṇya) loss
• Longevity

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Ethics is not merely social: adultery is framed as a direct destroyer of puṇya and vitality, negating even accumulated religious and charitable merit.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ancillary dharma instruction; not pañcalakṣaṇa.

What is the esoteric significance?

Violation of marital boundaries is treated as a rupture of dharmic ‘protective field’ (rakṣā); such rupture is said to drain āyuḥ/ojas, hence the emphasis on longevity loss.