Shloka 40
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
नित्यस्य कर्मणो हानिः केवलं मृतजन्मसु न तु नैमित्तिकोच्छेदः कर्त्तव्यो हि कथञ्चन
nityasya karmaṇo hāniḥ kevalaṃ mṛtajanmasu na tu naimittikocchedaḥ karttavyo hi kathañcana
موت یا پیدائش کے اَشَوچ میں صرف نِتیہ کرم معطل ہوتے ہیں؛ مگر نَیمِتِّک (موقعہ وار) کرم کسی حال میں ترک نہیں کرنے چاہییں۔
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FAQs
Dharma is contextual: impurity rules may temporarily suspend routine practice, yet one must not abandon cause-based duties. The teaching prioritizes discernment (viveka) over blanket renunciation of obligation.
It belongs to Purāṇic dharma-ācāra material rather than the five classical lakṣaṇas; many Purāṇas incorporate such normative guidance alongside myth and genealogy.
The distinction implies that ‘daily rhythm’ may pause under liminal conditions (birth/death), but dharma responding to a specific sacred occasion must continue—symbolizing steadiness of moral responsibility amid life’s transitions.