Shloka 63
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
वैखानसत्वं गार्हस्थ्यमाश्रमद्वितयं विशः गार्हस्थ्ययमुत्तमं त्वेकं शूद्रस्य क्षणदाचर
vaikhānasatvaṃ gārhasthyamāśramadvitayaṃ viśaḥ gārhasthyayamuttamaṃ tvekaṃ śūdrasya kṣaṇadācara
বৈশ্যের জন্য দুই আশ্রম—বৈখানস-জীবন ও গার্হস্থ্য। কিন্তু শূদ্রের জন্য একটিই, উৎকৃষ্ট গার্হস্থ্য আশ্রম, হে ক্ষণদাচর।
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FAQs
The verse frames dharma as role- and stage-appropriate: one should follow the duties prescribed for one’s varṇa and āśrama, with gṛhastha presented as the foundational life for sustaining society.
Primarily Dharma-śikṣā within Vamśānucarita/ācāra-oriented narration (didactic material rather than sarga/pratisarga cosmology).
By calling gṛhastha ‘uttama’ (excellent), the text symbolically elevates the sustaining, duty-bearing life that supports ritual, charity, and social continuity.