Shloka 16
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
धर्मो धर्मानुबन्धार्थो धर्मो नात्मार्थबाधकः ।
उभाभ्यां च द्विधा कामस्तेन तौ च द्विधा पुनः ॥
dharmo dharmānubandhārtho dharmo nātmārthabādhakaḥ | ubhābhyāṃ ca dvidhā kāmas tena tau ca dvidhā punaḥ ||
ধৰ্ম এনেকুৱা যে ই পৰৱৰ্তী ধৰ্মক জন্ম দিয়ে; ধৰ্মে আত্মহিতক বাধা নিদিয়ে। আৰু ধৰ্ম আৰু অৰ্থ—উভয়ৰ ক্ষেত্ৰত—কাম দ্বিবিধ হয়; সেয়ে সেই দুয়ো (ধৰ্ম, অৰ্থ)ও (কাম-সম্পৰ্কে) পুনৰ দ্বিবিধ বুলি কোৱা হয়।
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FAQs
True dharma is portrayed as self-consistent and welfare-producing: it does not ultimately harm one’s real interest. Desire (kāma) must be interpreted through its compatibility with dharma and artha.
Doctrinal ethics; not pañcalakṣaṇa.
The verse points to a deeper identity between dharma and ‘ātmārtha’: when the self is correctly understood, ethical order and personal good converge.