Shloka 21
ब्रह्मस्वहरण-निषेधः — Prohibition of Appropriating Brahmin Property
Brahmasva
स्वाध्यायैस्तु महत्पापं हरन्ति गृहमेधिन:
svādhyāyais tu mahat pāpaṁ haranti gṛhamedhinaḥ
El cabeza de familia, mediante el svādhyāya—el estudio devoto y la recitación de las escrituras sagradas—borra incluso el gran pecado. Esta afirmación sostiene que el aprendizaje disciplinado y la práctica diaria de la palabra revelada no son meras tareas del intelecto, sino purificación ética, accesible en la vida doméstica ordinaria.
चाण्डाल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Regular svādhyāya—disciplined study and recitation of sacred teachings—has purificatory power; even a householder engaged in worldly responsibilities can remove grave moral taint through sustained scriptural practice.
A speaker identified as a Caṇḍāla states a dharma-principle: householders are not excluded from spiritual purification; through svādhyāya they can eradicate great sin, emphasizing practice over social status.