Shloka 24
Śāṇḍilī–Sumanā-saṃvāda: Sat-strī-samudācāra and Pati-dharma
Conduct of the Virtuous Wife
न वृत्तं मन्यते तस्य मन््यते न च पातकम् | तथा स्वकर्मनिर्वत्तं न पुण्यंन च पापकम्
na vṛttaṁ manyate tasya manyate na ca pātakam | tathā svakarmanirvṛttaṁ na puṇyaṁ na ca pāpakam ||
ব্ৰহ্মনিষ্ঠ সেই পুৰুষৰ বাবে কোনো কৰ্ম ‘পুণ্য’ বুলি গণ্য নহয়, কোনো কৰ্ম ‘পাপ’ বুলিও নহয়। তদ্ৰূপ স্বধৰ্মৰ পৰা নিৰ্বৃত্ত কৰ্মো তাৰ বাবে ন পুণ্য ন পাপ; কিয়নো সি কৰ্তৃত্বাভিমানশূন্য।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person established in Brahman and free from the ego of doership is not bound by action: his deeds are not counted as merit or sin, because the binding factor—self-centered agency and attachment to results—has been dissolved.
Vyāsa is explaining a doctrinal point within Anuśāsana Parva: the spiritual status of the Brahman-abiding person. He clarifies that even when such a person performs his own duties (svakarma), those actions do not generate karmic merit or demerit.