Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 10
शूद्रो5हं नाधिकारो मे चातुराश्रम्यसेवने । इति विज्ञानमपरे नात्मन्युपदधत्युत
śūdro ’haṃ nādhikāro me cāturāśramya-sevane | iti vijñānam apare nātmany upadadhaty uta ||
毗湿摩说道：“有人心想：‘我是首陀罗，因此无资格修行四住期（如梵行）。’然而，真正贤善的两次生者，并不在心中安置这种自欺的自我设限。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse critiques a defeatist or self-excluding belief—“I have no right to spiritual discipline”—and suggests that the virtuous do not take refuge in such inner excuses. Ethically, it points toward sincerity and responsibility in pursuing dharma rather than hiding behind identity-based pretexts.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he comments on how some people interpret social status as barring them from āśrama-based practices, while praising the truly good (here described as virtuous dvijas) for not entertaining such inner ‘chala’—a deceptive rationalization.