Shloka 56
Kāla (Right Time), Effort, and the Ethics of Giving — कालः, प्रयत्नः, दानधर्मश्च
गृहस्थ ब्राह्मण घरमें रहकर प्रतिदिन संहिताका पाठ और शास्त्रोंका स्वाध्याय करे। अध्ययनको जीविकाका साधन न बनावे
gṛhastho brāhmaṇo gṛhe sthitvā pratidinaṃ saṃhitā-pāṭhaṃ ca śāstrāṇāṃ svādhyāyaṃ ca kuryāt | adhyayanaṃ jīvikā-sādhanaṃ na kuryāt |
Maheshvara disse: “Um brâmane que vive a vida de chefe de família deve permanecer em sua casa e, todos os dias, recitar a Saṃhitā e praticar o autoestudo dos śāstra. Não deve transformar o estudo em meio de sustento.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
A householder Brahmin should maintain daily Vedic recitation and scriptural self-study as a sacred duty, and should not commercialize learning by making study itself a tool for earning.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Śrī Maheśvara lays down a rule of conduct for the gṛhastha-brāhmaṇa: steady daily study at home, coupled with ethical restraint regarding livelihood.