Shloka 97
Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method
स्वगात्रासनयोर्वाद्यं गुरोरेकासनादनम् । न हरेच्छ्रोत्रियस्वं च देवस्यापि गुरोरपि
svagātrāsanayorvādyaṃ gurorekāsanādanam | na harecchrotriyasvaṃ ca devasyāpi gurorapi
ไม่พึงทำเสียงดนตรีด้วยการตบกายตนหรือที่นั่ง และไม่พึงนั่งร่วมอาสนะเดียวกับคุรุ อีกทั้งไม่พึงฉวยทรัพย์ของศฺโรตริยะผู้รู้พระเวท—ไม่ว่าทรัพย์ของเทวะหรือของคุรุก็ตาม
Unspecified (narratorial/didactic injunction within the Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa context)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
Type: temple
Sandhi Resolution Notes: स्वगात्रासनयोर्वाद्यं = स्वगात्रासनयोः + वाद्यम् (ः + व् → र्व्); गुरोरेकासनादनम् = गुरोः + एकासनादनम् (ः + ए → रे); हरेच्छ्रोत्रियस्वं = हरेत् + श्रोत्रियस्वम् (त् + श् → च्छ्); गुरोरपि = गुरोः + अपि (ः + अ → र)।
FAQs
It teaches reverence and restraint: maintain proper etiquette toward one’s teacher and never appropriate what belongs to a Veda-learned person, a deity, or the guru.
A śrotriya is a qualified Vedic scholar; the text treats harming or taking such a person’s property as a serious breach of dharma because it undermines sacred learning and social-religious order.
By prohibiting taking what belongs to a deity, it supports temple ethics and devotional integrity—devotion is expressed not only by worship but also by scrupulous non-appropriation and respect.