Shloka 49
Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture
दुष्टप्रायो विना क्षेत्रैः परभूमिचरो बली ।
ग्राम एव द्रमीसंज्ञो राजवल्लभसंश्रयः ॥
duṣṭaprāyo vinā kṣetraiḥ parabhūmicaro balī / grāma eva dramīsaṃjño rājavallabhasaṃśrayaḥ
ਜੋ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾਤਰ ਦੁਸ਼ਟ ਹੋਵੇ, ਜਿਸਦੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਖੇਤ ਨਾ ਹੋਣ, ਅਤੇ ਤਾਕਤਵਰ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਹੋਰਾਂ ਦੀ ਜ਼ਮੀਨ ਉੱਤੇ ਫਿਰਦਾ ਰਹੇ—ਉਹ ਪਿੰਡ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੱਸਦਾ ਹੋਇਆ ਵੀ ‘ਦ੍ਰਮੀ’ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਅਰਥਾਤ ਰਾਜੇ ਦੀ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਉੱਤੇ ਨਿਰਭਰ।
{ "primaryRasa": "karuna", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }
FAQs
Landlessness coupled with strength and lack of restraint is depicted as a seed of social disorder; dependence on royal favoritism can shelter adharmic behavior if kingship is not vigilant.
Touches ‘vaṃśānucarita’ only indirectly via the role of the king; primarily it is dharma-śāstra-like social observation within Purāṇic narrative texture.
The ‘dramī’ archetype represents unintegrated power (bala) without yajña-like reciprocity (kṣetra/production), i.e., consumption without contribution—an inner imbalance mirrored socially.