Shloka 4
Strī-dharma: Śiva’s Inquiry, Umā’s Consultation, and Gaṅgā’s Instruction
तस्मात् परस्य वै दारांस्त्यजेद् वन्ध्यां च योषितम् । ब्रह्मस्वं हि न हर्तव्यमात्मनो हितमिच्छता
tasmāt parasya vai dārāṁs tyajed vandhyāṁ ca yoṣitam | brahmasvaṁ hi na hartavyam ātmano hitam icchatā ||
لذلك، من أراد خيرَ نفسه حقًّا فليترك زوجةَ غيره، وليقطع كذلك مخالطةَ المرأة العاقر؛ ولا ينبغي له قطّ أن يستولي على مالِ براهمن، فإن أخذ ما يملكه البراهمن محرَّمٌ على من يبتغي صلاحَه الحقيقي.
लोगश उवाच
Educational Q&A
Personal welfare (hita) is achieved by adhering to dharma: avoid illicit relations with another man’s wife, avoid improper/inauspicious marital association as stated here (vandhyā), and never appropriate a Brāhmaṇa’s property (brahmasva), which is treated as especially protected.
Within Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-oriented discourse, the speaker delivers a prescriptive rule of conduct, linking moral restraint and respect for protected property to one’s own long-term good.