Shloka 58
Kāla (Right Time), Effort, and the Ethics of Giving — कालः, प्रयत्नः, दानधर्मश्च
ब्राह्मण्यं देवि सम्प्राप्य रक्षितव्यं यतात्मना । योनिप्रतिग्रहादानै: कर्मभिश्न शुचिस्मिते
brāhmaṇyaṁ devi samprāpya rakṣitavyaṁ yatātmanā | yonipratigrahadānaiḥ karmabhiś ca śucismite ||
মহেশ্বৰে ক’লে—দেৱী! ব্ৰাহ্মণ্য লাভ কৰাৰ পাছত আত্মসংযমেৰে তাক ৰক্ষা কৰিব লাগে। হে শুচিস্মিতে! জন্ম আৰু আচৰণৰ শুদ্ধতা, প্ৰতিগ্ৰহৰ শুদ্ধতা, দানৰ শুদ্ধতা আৰু সৎকৰ্মৰ দ্বাৰা সেই ব্ৰাহ্মণ্য সংৰক্ষিত হয়।
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Brahminhood is not merely a label but a discipline that must be preserved through self-restraint and ethical purity—especially in matters of personal conduct, accepting gifts, giving charity, and performing righteous deeds.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instructional discourse, Maheśvara addresses Devī and lays down a norm of conduct: having attained Brahmin status, one must protect it through controlled senses and through purity in key social-religious transactions such as receiving and giving.