Shloka 79
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
परोपतापकं कर्म जन्तुपीडां च वर्जयेत् ।
उदक्या सर्ववर्णानां वर्ज्या रात्रिचतुष्टयम् ॥
paropatāpakaṃ karma jantupīḍāṃ ca varjayet / udakyā sarvavarṇānāṃ varjyā rātricatuṣṭayam
பிறருக்கு துன்பம் தரும் செயல்களைத் தவிர்த்து, உயிர்களுக்கு தீங்கு செய்வதையும் விலக்க வேண்டும். மாதவிடாய் உள்ள (உதக்யா) பெண்ணை நான்கு இரவுகள் வரை எல்லா வர்ணத்தாரும் உடலுறவிற்காகத் தவிர்க்க வேண்டும்।
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FAQs
The verse pairs universal ethics (non-harm, non-oppression) with household purity-regulations, implying that dharma is both social (ahimsa) and personal (regulated intimacy).
Ancillary dharma-śikṣā (conduct teaching), not one of the five purāṇic lakṣaṇas.
Ahimsa is treated as foundational; purity rules function as disciplines that train restraint and reverence for life-cycles, rather than mere external taboo.