Shloka 22
कामबन्धन-निवृत्ति तथा शान्तिलक्षण-उपदेशः | Release from Desire-Bondage and the Marks of Peace
न चार्थबद्धः कर्माणि धर्मवान् कश्चिदाचरेत् । गृहस्थवृत्तयस्तिस्रस्तासां नि:श्रेयसं परम्,किसी भी धर्मात्मा पुरुषको धनके लोभसे धर्मकर्मोंका अनुष्ठान नहीं करना चाहिये। गृहस्थ ब्राह्मणके लिये जो तीन आजीविकाकी वृत्तियाँ बतायी गयी हैं, उनमें उत्तरोत्तर श्रेष्ठ एवं कल्याणकारिणी हैं
na cārthabaddhaḥ karmāṇi dharmavān kaścid ācaret | gṛhasthavṛttayas tisras tāsāṁ niḥśreyasaṁ param ||
Vyāsa dijo: «Ningún hombre justo debe realizar obras de dharma con un propósito atado a la riqueza. Para el cabeza de familia se enseñan tres modos de sustento; y entre ellos, cada uno que sigue es superior, y conduce con mayor certeza al bien supremo».
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma should not be practiced as a means for acquiring wealth; right action must be free from greed. For householders, livelihood should be chosen in a way that increasingly supports purity and the highest welfare (niḥśreyasa).
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on conduct, Vyāsa lays down a principle of motivation: dharmic acts lose their integrity when driven by profit, and he introduces the graded teaching of three householder livelihoods, ranked by their spiritual benefit.