Shloka 16
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
धर्मो धर्मानुबन्धार्थो धर्मो नात्मार्थबाधकः ।
उभाभ्यां च द्विधा कामस्तेन तौ च द्विधा पुनः ॥
dharmo dharmānubandhārtho dharmo nātmārthabādhakaḥ | ubhābhyāṃ ca dvidhā kāmas tena tau ca dvidhā punaḥ ||
धर्म असा आहे की तो पुढील धर्माला जन्म देतो; धर्म आत्महिताला अडथळा आणत नाही. आणि धर्म व अर्थ—या दोन्हींच्या बाबतीत—काम द्विविध होतो; म्हणून ते दोन्ही (धर्म व अर्थ)ही पुन्हा (कामाच्या संदर्भाने) द्विविध ठरतात.
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FAQs
True dharma is portrayed as self-consistent and welfare-producing: it does not ultimately harm one’s real interest. Desire (kāma) must be interpreted through its compatibility with dharma and artha.
Doctrinal ethics; not pañcalakṣaṇa.
The verse points to a deeper identity between dharma and ‘ātmārtha’: when the self is correctly understood, ethical order and personal good converge.