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Shloka 24

Śāṇḍilī–Sumanā-saṃvāda: Sat-strī-samudācāra and Pati-dharma

Conduct of the Virtuous Wife

न वृत्तं मन्यते तस्य मन्‍्यते न च पातकम्‌ | तथा स्वकर्मनिर्वत्तं न पुण्यंन च पापकम्‌,ब्रह्मनिष्ठ पुरुष कर्तापनके अभिमानसे रहित होता है। अतः उसके किये हुए कर्मको न पुण्य माना जाता है न पाप। उसे अपने कर्मजनित पुण्य और पापकी प्राप्ति होती ही नहीं है

na vṛttaṁ manyate tasya manyate na ca pātakam | tathā svakarmanirvṛttaṁ na puṇyaṁ na ca pāpakam ||

బ్రహ్మనిష్ఠుడైన అతనికి ఏ కార్యమూ ‘పుణ్యం’గా పరిగణింపబడదు, ఏదీ ‘పాపం’గా కూడా కాదు. అలాగే స్వధర్మం వల్ల జరిగే కర్మ కూడా అతనికి పుణ్యమూ కాదు పాపమూ కాదు; ఎందుకంటే అతడు కర్తృత్వాభిమానరహితుడు.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वृत्तम्conduct; right behavior
वृत्तम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्त
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मन्यतेconsiders; thinks
मन्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (मन्यते)
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Singular, Atmanepada
तस्यof him
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
मन्यतेconsiders; thinks
मन्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (मन्यते)
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Singular, Atmanepada
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पातकम्sin; wrongdoing
पातकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपातक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तथाthus; likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
स्वकर्मनिर्वृत्तम्arisen/produced from one’s own actions
स्वकर्मनिर्वृत्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वकर्मनिर्वृत्त
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पुण्यम्merit; virtue
पुण्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पापकम्evil; sin
पापकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपापक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

A person established in Brahman and free from the ego of doership is not bound by action: his deeds are not counted as merit or sin, because the binding factor—self-centered agency and attachment to results—has been dissolved.

Vyāsa is explaining a doctrinal point within Anuśāsana Parva: the spiritual status of the Brahman-abiding person. He clarifies that even when such a person performs his own duties (svakarma), those actions do not generate karmic merit or demerit.