Shloka 3
Adhyaya 28 — Madalasa's Teaching IV
मदालसोवाच दानमध्ययनं यज्ञो ब्राह्मणस्य त्रिधा मतः ।
नान्यश्चतुर्थो धर्मोऽस्ति धर्मस्तस्यापदं विना ॥
madālasovāca dānam adhyayanaṃ yajño brāhmaṇasya tridhā mataḥ / nānyaś caturtho dharmo 'sti dharmas tasyāpadaṃ vinā
ಮದಾಲಸಾ ಹೇಳಿದಳು—ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣನ ಧರ್ಮವು ತ್ರಿವಿಧವೆಂದು ಸ್ಮೃತಿಯಾಗಿದೆ: ದಾನ, ಸ್ವಾಧ್ಯಾಯ (ವೇದಾಧ್ಯಯನ), ಮತ್ತು ಯಜ್ಞ. ಆಪದ್ದರ್ಮವನ್ನು ಹೊರತುಪಡಿಸಿ ಅವನಿಗೆ ನಾಲ್ಕನೇ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ.
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FAQs
The brāhmaṇa ideal is defined by learning, generosity, and sacrificial responsibility; flexibility (āpaddharma) is acknowledged only under genuine hardship.
A dharma-śāstric insert within purāṇic narrative; not a direct pancalakṣaṇa component.
The triad can be read as purification of possession (dāna), purification of intellect (adhyayana), and purification of action (yajña)—a threefold discipline.