Shloka 114
Puṣkara-Śapatha Itihāsa (Agastya–Indra Dispute at the Tīrthas) | पुष्कर-शपथ-आख्यानम्
अत्रि बोले--जो मृणालकी चोरी करता हो उसे गायको लात मारने, सूर्यकी ओर मुँह करके पेशाब करने और अनध्यायके समय अध्ययन करनेका पाप लगे ।।
Vasiṣṭha uvāca: anadhyāye paṭhel loke śunaḥ saḥ parikarṣatu | parivrāṭ kāmavṛttas tu bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ ||
Vasiṣṭha nói: “Kẻ nào học (Veda) vào lúc bị cấm học thì mắc lỗi nặng, ví như bị lũ chó lôi kéo giữa chốn nhân gian. Và kẻ du phương xuất gia mà sống theo tính ham muốn, buông thả theo dục vọng—kẻ ấy cũng phạm tội như trộm ‘bisa’ (xơ sợi cuống sen).”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
That dharma includes strict discipline in sacred learning and integrity in renunciation: studying the Veda at forbidden times (anadhyāya) and living as a desire-driven ‘renunciant’ are treated as serious moral violations, comparable to theft.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s didactic setting, Vasiṣṭha delivers a moral-legal judgment: he states the demerit attached to reciting during anadhyāya and condemns a wandering ascetic who behaves licentiously, declaring such conduct tantamount to stealing lotus-stalk fibres (bisa).