Shloka 46
अध्याय २८१ — दानधर्मः, न्यायागतधनम्, ऋणत्रय-परिशोधनं च
Dāna ethics, lawful wealth, and settling obligations
ब्रह्मोवाच रजस्वलासु नारीषु यो वै मैथुनमाचरेत् । तमेषा यास्यति क्षिप्रं व्येतु वो मानसो ज्वर:
brahmovāca rajasvalāsu nārīṣu yo vai maithunam ācaret | tam eṣā yāsyati kṣipraṃ vyetu vo mānaso jvaraḥ ||
برہما نے کہا—“جو مرد حیض والی عورتوں کے ساتھ ہم بستری کرے گا، یہ برہمن-ہتیا (کا پاپ) جلد اسی پر جا پڑے گا؛ لہٰذا تمہارا ذہنی جَور—یعنی اضطراب—دور ہو جائے۔”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames intercourse with a menstruating woman as a serious breach of dharma/ritual-ethical restraint, warning of swift negative consequence, and urges the listener to abandon anxious agitation by understanding the rule and its moral causality.
Within Bhīṣma’s discourse in Śānti Parva, a statement attributed to Brahmā is cited as authoritative instruction on conduct: it warns about the consequence of approaching a rajasvalā woman and concludes by telling the audience to let their mental distress (‘mānasa-jvara’) subside.