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 ||
ব্রহ্মনিষ্ঠ সেই ব্যক্তির ক্ষেত্রে কোনো কর্মকে ‘পুণ্য’ বলা হয় না, কোনো কর্মকে ‘পাপ’ও বলা হয় না। তেমনি স্বধর্ম থেকে উদ্ভূত কর্মও তার জন্য না পুণ্য, না পাপ—কারণ সে কর্তা-অহংকারশূন্য।
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.