Shloka 54

Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller

Devanagari script

एवमाचरतो लोके पुरुषस्य गृहे सतः धर्मार्थकामसंप्राप्तिः परत्रेह च शोभनम्

Transliteration

evamācarato loke puruṣasya gṛhe sataḥ dharmārthakāmasaṃprāptiḥ paratreha ca śobhanam

Translation

مَن أقام في بيته وسلك في العالم على هذا النحو نال الدَّرما (الاستقامة)، والأرثا (المنفعة)، والكاما (الرغبة المشروعة)؛ وكان له صلاحٌ وكرامةٌ في الدنيا والآخرة.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• आचरतः: of (one) practicing/acting
• आचरतः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चर् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), षष्ठी/सप्तमी?—अत्र षष्ठी एकवचनस्य ‘पुरुषस्य’ इत्यस्य विशेषणरूपेण; रूपम्: आचरत् + अस् (gen. sg.) → आचरतः; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग?—अत्र ‘पुरुषस्य’ (पुं.) सापेक्षं षष्ठी एकवचन

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• पुरुषस्य: of a man/person
• पुरुषस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• गृहे: in the house/home
• गृहे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• सतः: of (one) being/abiding
• सतः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘सत्’ (present participle of √as ‘to be’), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘पुरुषस्य’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• धर्म-अर्थ-काम-संप्राप्तिः: attainment of dharma, wealth, and desire
• धर्म-अर्थ-काम-संप्राप्तिः: Karta/Viṣaya (कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + संप्राप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः—धर्मस्य च अर्थस्य च कामस्य च संप्राप्तिः (acquisition of dharma, artha, kāma)

• परत्र: in the hereafter
• परत्र: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देश/कालवाचक (adverb: ‘in the other world/thereafter’)

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (adverb: ‘here’)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• शोभनम्: splendor, auspiciousness
• शोभनम्: Viśeṣya-vākya (विधेय/प्रत्यय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

Speakers

• Narrative layer not specified in input (commonly Pulastya → Nārada in Vāmana Purāṇa); speaker unspecified here

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Āśrama system
• Gṛhastha duties
• Purushārthas (dharma-artha-kāma)
• Ethics

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse affirms the gṛhastha ideal: disciplined household life, when aligned with dharma, legitimately yields artha and kāma without sacrificing spiritual welfare—producing benefit both in this life and after death.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is best classified under Dharma/Ācāra material (a common Purāṇic instructional layer) rather than the five strict pañcalakṣaṇa categories; if forced into a pañcalakṣaṇa-adjacent bucket, it aligns most closely with normative teaching embedded within vaṃśānucarita-era discourse, but it is primarily ācāra-dharma.

What is the symbolic significance?

It symbolically balances the puruṣārthas: household life is not a spiritual obstacle when governed by right conduct; it becomes a harmonizing field where worldly aims are integrated under dharma.