Shloka 5
दानशील-समाचारः, सत्कारः, अहिंसा च
Umā–Maheśvara Saṃvāda
इदं चैवापरं गुह्ुमप्रशस्तं निबोधत । अग्नेस्तु वृषलो नेता हविर्मूढाश्व योषित:
idaṃ caivāparaṃ guhyaṃ apraśastaṃ nibodhata | agnestu vṛṣalo netā havirmūḍhāśva yoṣitaḥ ||
Sekarang pahamilah satu hal rahasia lagi—yang tidak terpuji, bahkan tercela: bila seorang Śūdra menjadi pembawa api suci agnihotra milik seorang dwija, dan bila perempuan-perempuan yang bodoh membawa persembahan (havis) untuk yajña; maka siapa yang menganggap perbuatan itu sebagai ‘dharma’ justru ternoda oleh adharma.
धौग्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse warns that certain ritual roles—specifically transporting the sacred sacrificial fire and carrying the oblation—are considered improper when performed by those deemed ritually unqualified in this normative framework. Treating such impropriety as ‘dharma’ is said to lead to adharma and adverse karmic consequences, symbolized by the anger of the sacred fires and an inferior rebirth.
Dhaugya continues an instruction on dharma by introducing a ‘secret’ but negative example (apraśasta). He lists actions regarded as blameworthy in sacrificial procedure—having a Śūdra transport the ritual fire and having ignorant women carry the havis—and states the moral-ritual consequence for endorsing such acts as righteous.