Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
नाचक्षीत धयन्तीं गां जलं नाञ्जलिना पिबेत् ।
शौचकालेषु सर्वेषु गुरुṣ्वल्पेषु वा पुनः ॥
nācakṣīta dhayantīṃ gāṃ jalaṃ nāñjalinā pibet / śaucakāleṣu sarveṣu guruṣvalpeṣu vā punaḥ
ไม่พึงมองโคขณะกำลังให้นมลูก; และไม่พึงดื่มน้ำจากฝ่ามือที่ประคองเป็นอัญชลี. ในกาลแห่งเศาจะจะ (ช่วงชำระ/อสุจิพิธี) ทั้งปวง และต่อหน้าผู้ใหญ่หรือคุรุ—แม้ท่านจะอายุน้อย—พึงสำรวมเช่นนี้.
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Dharma trains sensitivity: avoid intrusive or improper acts (especially around nurturing life) and maintain decorum during liminal states (śauca) and before those worthy of respect.
Ācāra instruction; it supports societal and ritual order rather than cosmological genealogy.
Nursing symbolizes protected vitality; ‘not looking’ can indicate guarding intimacy and non-appropriation. Drinking not from cupped hands emphasizes measured, non-hasty consumption—disciplining desire and impulse.