Shloka 56
Kāla (Right Time), Effort, and the Ethics of Giving — कालः, प्रयत्नः, दानधर्मश्च
गृहस्थ ब्राह्मण घरमें रहकर प्रतिदिन संहिताका पाठ और शास्त्रोंका स्वाध्याय करे। अध्ययनको जीविकाका साधन न बनावे
gṛhastho brāhmaṇo gṛhe sthitvā pratidinaṃ saṃhitā-pāṭhaṃ ca śāstrāṇāṃ svādhyāyaṃ ca kuryāt | adhyayanaṃ jīvikā-sādhanaṃ na kuryāt |
Maheshvara dit : «Le brahmane qui mène la vie de maître de maison doit demeurer chez lui et, chaque jour, réciter la Saṃhitā et pratiquer le svādhyāya des śāstra. Qu’il ne fasse pas de l’étude un moyen de gagner sa vie.»
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.