Shloka 3
गृहस्थस्य सदाचारः: शौच, तर্পण, वैश्वदेव, अतिथिधर्म, भोजन-विधि, संध्योपासन, ऋतु-धर्मः
साधवः क्षीणदोषास् तु सच्छब्दः साधुवाचकः तेषाम् आचरणं यत् तु सदाचारः स उच्यते
sādhavaḥ kṣīṇadoṣās tu sacchabdaḥ sādhuvācakaḥ teṣām ācaraṇaṃ yat tu sadācāraḥ sa ucyate
ಸಾಧುಗಳು ಎಂದರೆ ದೋಷಗಳು ಕ್ಷೀಣಿಸಿದವರು; ‘ಸತ್’ ಎಂಬ ಪದವು ಅಂಥ ಸಾಧುಗಳನ್ನು ಸೂಚಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಅವರು ಆಚರಿಸುವ ನಡೆವೇ ಸದಾಚಾರವೆಂದು ಕರೆಯಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತದೆ।
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse defines sadācāra as the lived conduct of sādhus—those whose faults have been diminished—making virtue a practical standard for dharma rather than a mere theory.
He characterizes sādhus as “kṣīṇadoṣa”—people whose defects are worn away—so moral authority rests on inner purification reflected in behavior.
Even when Vishnu is not named, the Purāṇa frames dharma as part of the cosmic order sustained by the Supreme; sadācāra becomes a human expression of that divinely grounded order.