Shloka 58
Adhyaya 69 — The King’s Neglect of His Wife and the Restoration of Dharma
पक्षेण कर्मणो हान्या प्रयात्यस्पर्शतां नरः ।
विण्मूत्रैर्वार्षिकी यस्य हानिस्ते नित्यकर्मणः ॥
pakṣeṇa karmaṇo hānyā prayāty asparśatāṃ naraḥ | viṇ-mūtrair vārṣikī yasya hānis te nitya-karmaṇaḥ ||
Sa pagkawala ng mga itinakdang ritwal sa loob ng kalahating buwan, ang tao’y nahuhulog sa kalagayang maruming-ritwal (parang hindi dapat hipuin). Para sa taong ang paglilinis ay minsan lamang sa isang taon gamit ang dumi at ihi, iyon ay pagkawala ng mga tungkuling araw-araw.
FAQs
Neglect of daily obligations rapidly degrades one’s ritual and ethical standing. The verse underscores discipline: omission is not neutral; it produces disqualification and disorder in one’s life.
Dharma/ācāra instruction embedded in Manvantara narrative. It is prescriptive teaching rather than cosmological description.
‘Untouchability’ here functions as a symbol of inner incoherence: when daily consecration is dropped, the person becomes ‘unfit for contact’ with the sacred—i.e., loses resonance with higher order.