Shloka 87
Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)
नाध्यापनाद् याजनाद् वा अन्यस्माद् वा प्रतिग्रहात् | दोषो भवति विप्राणां ज्वलिताग्निसमा द्विजा:,वे संध्योपासक ब्राह्मण प्रज्वयलित अग्निके समान तेजस्वी होते हैं। पढ़ाने, यज्ञ कराने अथवा दूसरेसे दान लेनेके कारण भी उन्हें दोष नहीं छू सकता (क्योंकि वे उनकी जीविकाके कर्म हैं)
nādhyāpanād yājanād vā anyasmād vā pratigrahāt | doṣo bhavati viprāṇāṁ jvalitāgnisamā dvijāḥ ||
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “For brāhmaṇas, no moral taint arises from teaching, from officiating at sacrifices, or from accepting gifts in other proper ways. Such twice-born men, devoted to their rites, are like blazing fire—radiant and purifying—so these livelihood-duties do not stain them.”
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