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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

na cārthabaddhaḥ karmāṇi dharmavān kaścid ācaret | gṛhasthavṛttayas tisras tāsāṁ niḥśreyasaṁ param ||

ಯಾವ ಧರ್ಮವಂತನೂ ಧನಲಾಭದ ಆಸೆಗೆ ಬಂಧಿತನಾಗಿ ಧರ್ಮಕರ್ಮಗಳನ್ನು ಆಚರಿಸಬಾರದು. ಗೃಹಸ್ಥನಿಗೆ ಜೀವನೋಪಾಯದ ಮೂರು ವೃತ್ತಿಗಳು ಹೇಳಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿವೆ; ಅವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ಮುಂದಿನ ವೃತ್ತಿ ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠವಾಗಿದ್ದು ಪರಮ ಶ್ರೇಯಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ನಿಶ್ಚಿತವಾಗಿ ಕರೆದೊಯ್ಯುತ್ತದೆ.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अर्थ-बद्धःbound to/conditioned by wealth (profit-motivated)
अर्थ-बद्धः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्थबद्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कर्माणिactions, rites
कर्माणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
धर्मवान्righteous, virtuous
धर्मवान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootधर्मवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कश्चित्anyone, any person
कश्चित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आचरेत्should practice/perform
आचरेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-चर्
FormVidhi-linga (optative), Present-system (injunctive/optative sense), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
गृहस्थ-वृत्तयःhouseholder-livelihoods/occupations
गृहस्थ-वृत्तयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगृहस्थवृत्ति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
तिस्रःthree
तिस्रः:
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
तासाम्of those (three)
तासाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
नि:श्रेयसम्highest good, final beatitude
नि:श्रेयसम्:
TypeNoun
Rootनि:श्रेयस
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
परम्supreme, highest
परम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
G
gṛhastha (householder)

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.