Shloka 49
Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture
दुष्टप्रायो विना क्षेत्रैः परभूमिचरो बली ।
ग्राम एव द्रमीसंज्ञो राजवल्लभसंश्रयः ॥
duṣṭaprāyo vinā kṣetraiḥ parabhūmicaro balī / grāma eva dramīsaṃjño rājavallabhasaṃśrayaḥ
যে ব্যক্তি অধিকাংশই দুষ্ট, যার নিজস্ব ক্ষেত নেই, বলবান হয়ে অন্যের জমিতে ঘোরে—সে গ্রামে বাস করলেও ‘দ্রমী’ নামে পরিচিত, অর্থাৎ রাজার অনুগ্রহের উপর নির্ভরশীল।
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FAQs
Landlessness coupled with strength and lack of restraint is depicted as a seed of social disorder; dependence on royal favoritism can shelter adharmic behavior if kingship is not vigilant.
Touches ‘vaṃśānucarita’ only indirectly via the role of the king; primarily it is dharma-śāstra-like social observation within Purāṇic narrative texture.
The ‘dramī’ archetype represents unintegrated power (bala) without yajña-like reciprocity (kṣetra/production), i.e., consumption without contribution—an inner imbalance mirrored socially.