The Glory of the Viśrānti Tīrtha and the Account of a Rākṣasa’s Liberation
पापाचाररतो नित्यं पापसङ्गः सुदुर्मतिः ॥ गार्हस्थ्यधर्ममाश्रित्य मोहितो वर्त्तते सदा ॥
pāpācārarato nityaṃ pāpasaṅgaḥ sudurmatiḥ || gārhasthyadharmam āśritya mohito varttate sadā ||
„Stets dem sündhaften Wandel ergeben, in schlechter Gesellschaft und von äußerst geringem Urteilsvermögen, lebte er — verblendet — weiter, indem er sich unter dem Vorwand der ‘Dharma des Hausstandes’ verbarg.“
Varāha
It evidences a discourse where the āśrama system is treated as an ethical framework that can be upheld or misappropriated.
No location is specified in this verse.
Householder status is not itself a moral guarantee; ethical value depends on conduct (ācāra) and associations (saṅga).
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