Shloka 34
Adhyaya 28 — Alarka Inquires into Varna and Ashrama Dharma; Madalasa Defines the Fourfold Duties
यश्चोल्लङ्घ्य स्वकं धर्मं स्ववर्णाश्रमसंज्ञितम् । नरोऽन्यथा प्रवर्तेत स दण्ड्यो भूभृतो भवेत् ॥
yaś collaṅghya svakaṃ dharmaṃ svavarṇāśramasaṃjñitam | naro 'nyathā pravarteta sa daṇḍyo bhūbhṛto bhavet ||
E o homem que, transgredindo o seu próprio dever—definido pela sua varṇa e pelo seu āśrama—age de outro modo, deve ser punido; torna-se passível do castigo do rei.
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FAQs
Dharma is treated as publicly enforceable order: persistent deviation from one’s varṇāśrama-defined obligations is not merely personal fault but a civic breach warranting royal correction.
Normative political-ethical teaching (daṇḍa aligned to dharma), ancillary to pancalakṣaṇa narrative categories.
On an inner reading, ‘the king’s punishment’ can symbolize the inevitable corrective force of karma and conscience when one violates one’s true nature (svadharma).