Shloka 216
ब्रह्मस्वहरण-निषेधः — Prohibition of Appropriating Brahmin Property
Brahmasva
दानै: पृथग्विधेश्वापि यथा प्राहुर्मनीषिण: । गृहस्थ मनुष्य वेद-शास्त्रोंके स्वाध्यायद्वारा तथा नाना प्रकारके दानोंसे अपने महान् पापको दूर कर देते हैं। जैसा कि मनीषी पुरुषोंका कथन है
dānaiḥ pṛthagvidheṣv api yathā prāhur manīṣiṇaḥ | gṛhasthaḥ manuṣyaḥ veda-śāstrayoḥ svādhyāyadvārā tathā nānā-prakārakaiḥ dānaiḥ svaṃ mahān pāpaṃ dūraṃ karoti, yathā manīṣi-puruṣāṇāṃ kathanam |
قال التشاندالا: «كما يقرر الحكماء، حتى بالعطايا على اختلاف أنواعها، فإن ربّ البيت—بالمواظبة المنضبطة على تلاوة الفيدا والـشاسترا وتدارسها (svādhyāya)، وبالإكثار من وجوه الصدقة—يطرد الخطيئة العظيمة. هكذا علّم أهل البصيرة.»
चाण्डाल उवाच
Educational Q&A
A householder can lessen or remove grave moral fault through two complementary disciplines: svādhyāya (study/recitation of Veda and śāstra) and dāna (charitable giving in varied forms), as affirmed by the wise.
The speaker identified as a Caṇḍāla states a dharma-teaching: citing the authority of manīṣins (wise authorities), he explains how a gṛhastha purifies himself—through scriptural study and diverse acts of charity.