Vamana Purana — Rules of Purity (Shauca), Shloka 55
Duties of Householder and Forest-Dweller
वसेच्च देशेषु सुराजकेषु सुसंहितेष्वेव जनेषु नित्यम् अक्रोधना न्यायपरा अमत्सराः कृषीवला ह्योषधयश्च यत्र
vasecca deśeṣu surājakeṣu susaṃhiteṣveva janeṣu nityam akrodhanā nyāyaparā amatsarāḥ kṛṣīvalā hyoṣadhayaśca yatra
ينبغي أن يُقام في بلادٍ حسنةِ الحكم، ودائمًا بين قومٍ منتظمين—حيث يكون السكان منزَّهين عن الغضب، ملازمين للعدل، غيرَ حاسدين، وحيث يوجد الزُّرّاعُ والأعشابُ الدوائية.
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FAQs
Dharma is ecological and civic: personal virtue flourishes best where governance is just and society is orderly. The ideal habitat is defined not by wealth alone but by non-anger, justice, non-envy, and practical supports of life—agriculture and medicine.
This is dharma-ācāra and rājadharma counsel, supplementary to the pancalakṣaṇa framework; it supports the Purāṇic aim of guiding conduct (sadācāra) alongside mythic and genealogical narratives.
‘Good rule + good people + herbs’ symbolizes a complete dharmic ecosystem: order (nyāya), harmony (amātsarya/akrodha), sustenance (kṛṣi), and healing (oṣadhi). It presents society itself as a field (kṣetra) for spiritual and material well-being.