Shloka 51
Adhyāya 287 — Janaka’s Inquiry on Śreyas, Abhayadāna, and Asaṅga
Non-attachment
जिस देशमें सदा धर्मपरायण, यज्ञ कराने और पढ़ानेके कार्यमें संलग्न सनातनधर्मी श्रोत्रिय ब्राह्मण ही सबसे पहले भोजन पाते हों, उस राष्ट्रमें अवश्य निवास करे ।।
svāhāsvadhāvaṣaṭkārā yatra samyaganūṣṭhitāḥ | ajasraṁ caiva vartante vaset tatra avicārayan ||
ナーラダは言った。「常にダルマに帰依し、祭祀（ヤジュニャ）を執り行い、また教え授けることに従事する、ヴェーダに通じた正統のシュロートリヤ・ブラーフマナが、食の第一の分け前を真っ先に受ける国にこそ住むべきである。『スヴァーハー』（火への供物）、『スヴァダー』（祖霊への供養）、そして『ヴァシャット』の呼声を伴う諸儀礼が正しく行われ、しかも絶え間なく続けられているところには、ためらうことなく住むがよい。」
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Choose residence in a society where dharma is actively upheld through continuous, correctly performed Vedic and ancestral rites, and where learned, dharma-committed Brāhmaṇas are honored—symbolized by giving them the first share of food.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on righteous living and social well-being, Nārada describes the marks of a dharmic land/kingdom and advises that one should live where sacrificial and śrāddha duties are properly maintained and the custodians of Vedic learning are duly respected.