Shloka 58
Kāla (Right Time), Effort, and the Ethics of Giving — कालः, प्रयत्नः, दानधर्मश्च
ब्राह्मण्यं देवि सम्प्राप्य रक्षितव्यं यतात्मना । योनिप्रतिग्रहादानै: कर्मभिश्न शुचिस्मिते
brāhmaṇyaṁ devi samprāpya rakṣitavyaṁ yatātmanā | yonipratigrahadānaiḥ karmabhiś ca śucismite ||
महेश्वर म्हणाले—देवि! ब्राह्मण्य प्राप्त झाल्यावर आत्मसंयमाने त्याचे रक्षण करावे. हे शुचिस्मिते! जन्म व आचरणाची शुद्धता, प्रतिग्रहाची शुद्धता, दानाची शुद्धता आणि सत्कर्मांनी त्या ब्राह्मण्याचे संरक्षण होते.
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Brahminhood is not merely a label but a discipline that must be preserved through self-restraint and ethical purity—especially in matters of personal conduct, accepting gifts, giving charity, and performing righteous deeds.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instructional discourse, Maheśvara addresses Devī and lays down a norm of conduct: having attained Brahmin status, one must protect it through controlled senses and through purity in key social-religious transactions such as receiving and giving.