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Shloka 56

Kāla (Right Time), Effort, and the Ethics of Giving — कालः, प्रयत्नः, दानधर्मश्च

Devanagari script

गृहस्थ ब्राह्मण घरमें रहकर प्रतिदिन संहिताका पाठ और शास्त्रोंका स्वाध्याय करे। अध्ययनको जीविकाका साधन न बनावे

Transliteration

gṛhastho brāhmaṇo gṛhe sthitvā pratidinaṃ saṃhitā-pāṭhaṃ ca śāstrāṇāṃ svādhyāyaṃ ca kuryāt | adhyayanaṃ jīvikā-sādhanaṃ na kuryāt |

Translation

మహేశ్వరుడు పలికెను—గృహస్థధర్మంలో ఉన్న బ్రాహ్మణుడు ఇంటిలోనే ఉండి ప్రతిదినం సంహితాపాఠం చేయాలి, శాస్త్రాల స్వాధ్యాయం చేయాలి. విద్యను జీవికాసాధనంగా మార్చకూడదు.

Word by Word

गृहस्थःa householder

ब्राह्मणःa Brahmin

गृहेin the house/home

रहित्वाhaving stayed/remaining

प्रतिदिनम्every day

संहितायाःof the Saṃhitā

पाठम्recitation/reading

शास्त्राणाम्of the scriptures/treatises

स्वाध्यायम्self-study/recitation (study by oneself)

कुर्यात्should do/should perform

अध्ययनम्study

जीविकायाःof livelihood

साधनम्a means/instrument

नnot

कुर्यात्should make/do

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Maheśvara

gṛhastha brāhmaṇa

Saṃhitā

śāstra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.