सदाचार-नियमाः: शील, संयम, संग-निषेध, शुचिता, वाणी-नीति, परोपकारः
ये कामक्रोधलोभानां वीतरागा न गोचरे सदाचारस्थितास् तेषाम् अनुभावैर् धृता मही
ye kāmakrodhalobhānāṃ vītarāgā na gocare sadācārasthitās teṣām anubhāvair dhṛtā mahī
जे काम, क्रोध आणि लोभ यांच्या आवाक्याबाहेर जाऊन विरक्त झाले आहेत व सदाचारात स्थिर आहेत—त्यांच्या आध्यात्मिक प्रभावाने ही पृथ्वी धारण होते।
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
This verse presents desire, anger, and greed as forces that destabilize order; liberation from them makes a person a stabilizing pillar of dharma, indirectly sustaining the world.
Parāśara frames the Earth’s stability not only as physical but as moral-cosmic: the anubhāva (spiritual force) of those established in sadācāra supports the world’s equilibrium.
Even when not named, the Purana’s logic is Vaishnava: dharma operates under Vishnu’s supreme sovereignty, and the saintly who embody restraint become instruments of that sustaining power.