Shloka 53
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
यच्चापि कुर्वतो नात्मा जुगुप्सामेति राक्षस तत् कर्त्तव्यमशङ्केन यन्न गोप्यं महाजने
yaccāpi kurvato nātmā jugupsāmeti rākṣasa tat karttavyamaśaṅkena yanna gopyaṃ mahājane
ஓ ராக்ஷசா, எந்தச் செயலைச் செய்தால் தன் உள்ளம் அருவருப்பு அல்லது குற்றவுணர்ச்சி அடையாதோ—அதைத் தயக்கமின்றி செய்ய வேண்டும்; அது மக்களிடமிருந்து மறைக்க வேண்டாதது.
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FAQs
An internal and external test of dharma is offered: a deed is fit if it does not produce inner self-reproach and if it can withstand public scrutiny—linking conscience with social accountability.
Categorizes as dharma/ācāra instruction embedded within Purāṇic narration rather than the cosmological limbs (sarga/pratisarga). It supports the Purāṇic aim of shaping conduct alongside mythic history.
Addressing a ‘Rākṣasa’ highlights the possibility of moral reform: even those inclined to tamas can be guided by the twin lamps of inner shame (hri) and public non-concealment (an-āpahnavatā).