Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 149 Shloka 56 - Mahabharata | German | Vedapath

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Shloka 56

Kāla (Right Time), Effort, and the Ethics of Giving — कालः, प्रयत्नः, दानधर्मश्च

Devanagari script

गृहस्थ ब्राह्मण घरमें रहकर प्रतिदिन संहिताका पाठ और शास्त्रोंका स्वाध्याय करे। अध्ययनको जीविकाका साधन न बनावे

Transliteration

gṛhastho brāhmaṇo gṛhe sthitvā pratidinaṃ saṃhitā-pāṭhaṃ ca śāstrāṇāṃ svādhyāyaṃ ca kuryāt | adhyayanaṃ jīvikā-sādhanaṃ na kuryāt |

Translation

Maheshvara sprach: „Ein Brahmane, der das Leben des Hausvaters führt, soll in seinem Hause bleiben und täglich die Saṃhitā rezitieren und die Śāstra im Svādhyāya studieren. Er soll das Lernen nicht zum Erwerbsmittel machen.“

Word by Word

गृहस्थःa householder

ब्राह्मणःa Brahmin

गृहेin the house/home

रहित्वाhaving stayed/remaining

प्रतिदिनम्every day

संहितायाःof the Saṃhitā

पाठम्recitation/reading

शास्त्राणाम्of the scriptures/treatises

स्वाध्यायम्self-study/recitation (study by oneself)

कुर्यात्should do/should perform

अध्ययनम्study

जीविकायाःof livelihood

साधनम्a means/instrument

नnot

कुर्यात्should make/do

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Maheśvara

gṛhastha brāhmaṇa

Saṃhitā

śāstra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A householder Brahmin should maintain daily Vedic recitation and scriptural self-study as a sacred duty, and should not commercialize learning by making study itself a tool for earning.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Śrī Maheśvara lays down a rule of conduct for the gṛhastha-brāhmaṇa: steady daily study at home, coupled with ethical restraint regarding livelihood.