Shloka 33
Adhyaya 28 — Alarka Inquires into Varna and Ashrama Dharma; Madalasa Defines the Fourfold Duties
एते संक्षेपतः प्रोक्ता धर्मा वर्णाश्रमेषु ते । एतेषु च स्वधर्मेषु स्वेषु तिष्ठेत् समन्ततः ॥
ete saṃkṣepataḥ proktā dharmā varṇāśrameṣu te | eteṣu ca svadharmeṣu sveṣu tiṣṭhet samantataḥ ||
Estos dharmas te han sido enseñados brevemente para las varṇas y los āśramas. En esos deberes respectivos, cada persona debe permanecer firmemente establecida por todos los lados (es decir, en todo sentido).
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FAQs
The teaching culminates in svadharma-niṣṭhā: stability in one’s rightly assigned duties is portrayed as the practical axis of righteous life.
Ethical-social instruction; not directly one of the five, but a Purāṇic reinforcement of dharmic continuity across time.
‘Standing firmly’ indicates integration: virtue is not episodic but becomes the practitioner’s steady ground, supporting higher knowledge and freedom from inner fragmentation.