Shloka 29
Prāyaścitta-vidhāna: Tapas, Dāna, Vrata, and Proportional Expiation (प्रायश्चित्तविधानम्)
दीक्षितस्य कदर्यस्य क्रतुविक्रयिकस्य च । तक्ष्णश्चर्मावकर्तश्व पुंश्चल्या रजकस्य च
dīkṣitasya kadaryasya kratuvikrayikasya ca | takṣṇaś carmāvakartaś ca puṃścalyā rajakasya ca
വ്യാസൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“ദീക്ഷ സ്വീകരിച്ചിട്ടും കഞ്ഞുഷനായിരിക്കുന്നവൻ, ലാഭത്തിനായി യാഗകർമ്മം വിറ്റഴിക്കുന്നവൻ, തച്ചൻ, ചർമ്മകാരൻ (തോൽ മുറിച്ച് പണിയുന്നവൻ), വ്യഭിചാരിണി സ്ത്രീ, ധോബി—ഇവരുടെ കാര്യവും (ഇവിടെ) പരിഗണിക്കണം.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that moral evaluation in dharma-discourse considers both inner disposition and means of livelihood: mere ritual consecration (dīkṣā) does not sanctify a person if accompanied by miserliness or mercenary exploitation of sacred rites, and certain occupations/behaviors are cited as ethically or socially problematic within the text’s normative framework.
Vyāsa is listing categories of people—defined by flawed character, questionable religious commerce, or stigmatized occupations/sexual conduct—as part of a broader Shānti Parva discussion that classifies conduct and its consequences, setting up guidance on what is blameworthy or leads to adverse results.