Shloka 11
Cāturāśramya-dharma—Marks of the Four Āśramas (चातुराश्रम्यधर्मः)
यो विकर्मस्थितो विप्रो न स सम्मानमहति । कर्म स्वं नोपयुञ्जानमविश्वास्यं हि तं विदु:
yo vikarmasthito vipro na sa sammānam arhati | karma svaṃ nopayuñjānam aviśvāsyaṃ hi taṃ viduḥ ||
ອິນທຣະໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: «ພຣາຫມັນຜູ້ຕັ້ງຢູ່ໃນການກະທໍາຜິດ (ວິກັມມະ) ບໍ່ສົມຄວນໄດ້ຮັບກຽດ. ຜູ້ທີ່ບໍ່ປະພຶດຕາມໜ້າທີ່ຂອງຕົນ ຖືກຮູ້ກັນວ່າເປັນຜູ້ບໍ່ຄວນໄວ້ໃຈ».
इन्द्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Honor is tied to dharmic conduct: a Brahmin who engages in prohibited actions (vikarma) and neglects his own prescribed duties forfeits social esteem and is deemed unreliable.
In a didactic passage of the Śānti Parva, Indra articulates a moral judgment about Brahmin behavior, emphasizing that status and respect depend on adherence to one’s proper duties rather than mere birth or title.