Shloka 47

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

Sanskrit

न्यूनाङ्गांश्चाधिकाङ्गांश्च नोपहासैर्विदूषयेत् ।

परस्य दण्डं नॊद्यच्छेच्छिक्षार्थं पुत्रशिष्ययोः ॥

Transliteration

nyūnāṅgāṃś cādhikāṅgāṃś ca nopahāsair vidūṣayet |

parasya daṇḍaṃ nodyacchec chikṣārthaṃ putra-śiṣyayoḥ ||

Translation

అవయవ లోపమున్నవారిని లేదా అదనపు అవయవమున్నవారిని ఎగతాళి చేసి అవమానించకూడదు. ఇతరులపై దండం ఎత్తకూడదు—కేవలం కుమారుడు లేదా శిష్యుని బోధనార్థం మాత్రమే మినహాయింపు।

Word by Word

न्यूनाङ्गान्those with deficient limbs

चand

अधिकाङ्गान्those with extra limbs

चand

नnot

उपहासैःby mockery/ridicule

विदूषयेत्should disgrace/insult

परस्यof another person

दण्डम्punishment/rod

नnot

उद्यच्छेत्should raise/lift (to strike)

शिक्षार्थम्for instruction/discipline

पुत्रशिष्ययोःof (one's) son and disciple

Speakers

Dharmic instruction within the Markandeya Purana’s didactic section (speaker not specified in the provided extract)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

DharmaNon-crueltyDisability ethicsDiscipline and its limits

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Ridicule is condemned as a form of violence against the vulnerable. Physical punishment is broadly restricted; even where permitted (child/student), it is framed as corrective instruction, not anger or cruelty.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra-dharma; not pañcalakṣaṇa narrative.

What is the esoteric significance?

Mockery reinforces separateness and ego. The restraint from raising the rod teaches governance of one’s own impulses first—true ‘discipline’ begins with the disciplinarian.