Shloka 41

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

Sanskrit

पुंश्चल्याः कृतवैरस्य बालस्य पतितस्य च ।

देवालयं चैत्यतरुं तथैव च चतुष्पथम् ॥

Transliteration

puṃścalyāḥ kṛtavairasya bālasya patitasya ca |

devālayaṃ caityataruṃ tathaiva ca catuṣpatham ||

Translation

بدچلن عورت، دشمنی کرنے والا، بچہ اور پَتِت (گرا ہوا شخص)—ان کے بارے میں محتاط رہے اور مناسب فاصلہ رکھے؛ نیز مندر، مقدس درخت اور چوراہے کے قریب بھی آداب کی پابندی کرے۔

Word by Word

• पुंश्चल्याः: of a wanton woman/prostitute
• पुंश्चल्याः: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंश्चली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृतवैरस्य: of one who has made enmity
• कृतवैरस्य: सम्बन्ध/विशेषण (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतवैर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वैरं कृतम् यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• बालस्य: of a child
• बालस्य: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पतितस्य: of the fallen/outcaste
• पतितस्य: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतित (कृदन्त; √पत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle used substantively); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• देवालयम्: temple
• देवालयम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवालय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (देवानाम् आलयः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• चैत्यतरुम्: sacred/caitya tree
• चैत्यतरुम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्यतरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (चैत्यस्य तरुः); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: thus; likewise
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: अवधारण (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• चतुष्पथम्: crossroads; four-way junction
• चतुष्पथम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुष्पथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (चत्वारः पन्थानः यस्मिन्/चतुरः पथाः); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• Dharma
• Social caution and safety
• Sacred-space etiquette
• Avoiding occasions of conflict or impurity

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Dharma includes situational awareness: avoid needless entanglement with volatile relationships and maintain reverence and restraint in liminal or sacred spaces (temple, sacred tree, crossroads).

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra-dharma instruction; not a pañcalakṣaṇa narrative unit.

What is the esoteric significance?

Crossroads and shrine-trees are ‘threshold’ zones; the instruction implies guarding one’s conduct at boundaries—social, psychological, and sacred—where distractions and impurities easily arise.