Shloka 15
Purohita-Niyoga and the Brahma–Kṣatra Concord
Aila–Kaśyapa Saṃvāda
न ब्रह्मचारी चरणादपेतो यदा ब्रद्द॒ ब्रह्मणि त्राणमिच्छेत् । आश्षूर्यतो वर्षति तत्र देव- स्तत्राभीक्ष्णं दुःसहाश्चाविशन्ति
na brahmacārī caraṇād apeto yadā brāhmaṇo brahmaṇi trāṇam icchet | āścaryato varṣati tatra devas tatrābhīkṣṇaṁ duḥsahāś cāviśanti ||
迦叶波说道：“当一位梵行者被迫偏离正道，因盗贼侵扰而不得不舍弃所习吠陀支派之诵学，并为护持梵（神圣学识）而求得庇护之时，若因陀罗神仍肯在那片土地降雨，实属奇事。在那样的地方，沉重的灾厄屡屡侵入——如疫病与饥馑。”
कश्यप उवाच
Educational Q&A
When society fails to protect disciplined students and sacred learning from violence and predation, the moral order is damaged; nature and public welfare also decline, manifesting as drought, famine, and disease. The verse links protection of dharma (especially Vedic study and brahmacarya) with collective prosperity.
Kāśyapa describes a condition of social breakdown: robbers oppress a brahmacārin/brāhmaṇa so that he cannot continue his Vedic svādhyāya and must seek protection. Kāśyapa then states that rainfall there would be surprising, because such places are typically struck by repeated, unbearable afflictions like pestilence and famine.