Shloka 7
Adhyaya 28 — Alarka Inquires into Varna and Ashrama Dharma; Madalasa Defines the Fourfold Duties
दानं यज्ञोऽथ शुश्रूषा द्विजातीनां त्रिधा मया ।
व्याख्यातः शूद्रधर्मोऽपि जीविका कारुकर्म च ॥
dānaṃ yajño 'tha śuśrūṣā dvijātīnāṃ tridhā mayā | vyākhyātaḥ śūdradharmo 'pi jīvikā kārukarma ca ||
दान, यज्ञ आणि द्विजसेवा—ही तीन मी सांगितली; शूद्राचाही धर्म असा म्हटला आहे, आणि त्याची उपजीविका शिल्पकर्म व श्रमकर्माने होते.
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FAQs
The verse frames dignity of work through dharma: service and skilled labor are treated as legitimate life-paths when done with right intention and social responsibility, alongside the universal virtues of giving and participation in sacred order.
Ācāra/Dharma instruction (ancillary to the five lakṣaṇas), functioning as a prescriptive ethical layer within the Purāṇa.
‘Service’ signifies the purification of ego through duty; craftsmanship (kāru) symbolizes shaping the outer world while inwardly cultivating discipline and humility.