Shloka : 126

स्वशिष्यार्पितधान्यस्य कर्तव्यो विक्तयो न च ।

जीर्णं दत्वा नवीनं तु ग्राह्यं तन्नैष विक्तय: ॥ 126 ॥

અને પોતાના જે શિષ્ય તેમણે, ધર્મનિમિત્તે પોતાને આપ્યું જે અન્ન તે વેચવું નહિ; અને તે અન્ન જૂનું થાય તો, તે જૂનું કોઈકને દઈને નવું લેવું; અને એવી રીતે જે જૂનાનું નવું કરવું તે વેચ્યું ન કહેવાય. ॥ 126 ॥

And the grains which have been given by the devotees as a charity should not be sold; and if the grains have become old, they can be exchanged for the fresh stock; exchange of old grains for the sake of new grains is not considered as sales. || 126 ||

Commentary

Dharmavanshi Acharyas should not sell the grains like rice etc, offered by their devotees, evenif they have a lot more than what is required to support their family. And if they sell, these two Acharyas having big families, may have to go through trouble due to lack of grains during the emergency like famine. If they store the grains, then during famine etc. emergencies they can feed saints, Brahmins, beggars and other poor people and can perform great charity. These stored grains cannot be kept for a long time as there are chances of that being infested by small insects. Therefore, in exchange of the old grains new grains could be accepted. Thus the exchange of grains should not be considered as sale because by exchanging the grains the offence of selling the grains is not committed and the duty of a Grihastha is also performed. Whereas it is not appropriate to sell the grains out of greed to gain profits.