Shloka 15
Rules of Purity (Shauca) — Rules of Purity (Śauca), Permissible Foods, and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
गृहस्थेन सदा कार्यमाचारपरिपालनम् न ह्याचारविहिनस्य भद्रमत्र परत्र च
gṛhasthena sadā kāryamācāraparipālanam na hyācāravihinasya bhadramatra paratra ca
ಗೃಹಸ್ಥನು ಸದಾ ಆಚಾರಪಾಲನೆ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು; ಆಚಾರವಿಲ್ಲದವನಿಗೆ ಇಹದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಪರದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಮಂಗಳವಿಲ್ಲ.
{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "vira", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }
FAQs
For the gṛhastha—seen in Dharmaśāstra as society’s stabilizing pillar—ācāra is not optional. Welfare (bhadra) is framed as inseparable from disciplined conduct, affecting both worldly flourishing and post-mortem destiny.
This is dharma-śikṣā (ethical instruction) rather than sarga/pratisarga. It functions as Purāṇic normative teaching that supports the lived application of Vedic order within the narrative corpus.
‘Atra’ and ‘paratra’ pair the visible and invisible outcomes of action: ācāra becomes a bridge between social harmony now and karmic/spiritual continuity later, making ethics a cosmically consequential practice.