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 ||
ນາຣະດະກ່າວວ່າ: ຄວນເລືອກຢູ່ໃນແຜ່ນດິນທີ່ໃຫ້ສ່ວນອາຫານກ່ອນສຸດແກ່ພຣາຫມັນຜູ້ຮຽນວິທະຍາເວດ ແລະຮັກສາສະນາຕະນະທຳ ຜູ້ອຸທິດຕົນຕໍ່ທຳມະ ຜູ້ປະກອບຍັດ ແລະສອນ. ບ່ອນໃດທີ່ພິທີກຳດ້ວຍຄຳອຸທານ “ສວາຫາ” (ບູຊາໄຟ), “ສວະທາ” (ບູຊາບັນພະບຸລຸດ) ແລະສຽງ “ວະສັດ” ຖືກປະຕິບັດຢ່າງຖືກຕ້ອງ ແລະດຳເນີນຕໍ່ເນື່ອງບໍ່ຂາດ—ຄວນຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນໂດຍບໍ່ລັງເລ.
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.